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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Transgression Handled With Kid Gloves. ** Grade: A- **, November 29, 2004
This review is from: Husband and Lover (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
This should have been called: `The Long Goodbye'. Lynn Erickson's tale may be a suspense thriller -- a classic `who done it' -- but HUSBAND AND LOVER is also the story of a woman falling OUT of love with her husband. The story of a woman regretfully examining her life, her marriage, and her future.
Julia Innes has it all. She is a deputy DA and married to a wealthy, important man. She has an agreeable stepdaughter and Julia Innes is one of the beautiful people who calls Aspen, Colorado home. Yes, she has everything until one sunny, spring afternoon they arrest her husband and charge him with murder - the murder of his first wife, a crime executed twelve years ago.
Today, Cam Lazlo is a best-selling novelist's private assistant and he is only too happy to be assigned to the Innes defense team! As a former Denver homicide detective, Cam Lazlo is sure, twelve years ago, they convicted the right man!
Through long tiring days, working side by side, Cam and Julia slowly fall in love. Lynn Erickson does a staggering job disclosing this suppressed desire. The author writes the romance using a gentle hand and, in doing, avoids offending her reader - marriage is a sacred undertaking and Erickson is marvelously respectful.
Lynn Erickson draws a smooth, tight story. This author delivers the tension effortlessly, yet the pressure is on. She controls with evenly paced words using catlike stealthiness - `Is the good doctor a clever killer?'
Husband and Lover is a polished suspenseful story and it is a very good book, but it lacks sexual heat. Take note: I may not read it again, but I would recommend it. Grade: A-
Grace Atkinson, Ontario - Canada.
This review is based on an Advanced Reading Copy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous romantic legal thriller, October 31, 2004
This review is from: Husband and Lover (Berkley Sensation) (Paperback)
In Aspen, Colorado twelve years ago, Denver Homicide Detective Cam Lazlo finds evidence that led to the conviction of Matt Homan for murdering his lover Samantha Innis. Everyone felt sorry for the victim's husband orthopedic doctor Thomas and their daughter seven years old Livie.
Thomas is married to Deputy DA Julia and Livie has made some emotional progress, but remains haunted by the tragedy. The nightmare resurfaces when Julia's boss DA Bret McSwain shockingly arrests Thomas for murdering his wife and consequently frees Matt. Julia's best friend defense attorney Ellen Marshall agrees to head the defense. Retired Cam, who works as a consultant for renowned mystery writer Victor Ferris, offers his investigative services. He does so because his employer wants to write a novelization of the case but also for personal reasons; Cam felt that his work a dozen years ago was clean with overwhelming evidence pointing at the lover while the husband had numerous alibis at the hospital where he worked. As Cam and Julia work close together in support of Ellen's defense, they fall in love, but she knows she must be there for her husband and her stepdaughter at their time of need.
HUSBAND AND LOVER is a fabulous legal thriller with a terrific subplot involving the romance between the caring Julia and likable Cam. The story line displays the defense team putting together its strategy and ultimately its case led by the fabulous Ellen whose work in court is fantastic to follow. Though the final twist makes life a bit too easy for this complex tale, fans will appreciate this strong drama and clamor for an Aspen-Denver sequel starring the legal combatants Ellen and Bret.
Harriet Klausner
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