Suspicion of Guilt (Paperback)

by Barbara Parker (Author) "Late on a Monday afternoon, Gail Connor sat in Larry Black's office waiting for him to finish a phone call..." (more)
Key Phrases: alligator purse, document examiner, Althea Tillett, Howard Odell, Patrick Norris (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Returning in this accomplished sequel to Suspicion of Innocence, Miami attorney Gail Connor faces serious career choices. After spirited widow Althea Tillett is found dead in her kitschy Miami home, a number of local charities are positioned to benefit from her will. But Patrick Norris, Althea's nephew and Gail's old law school buddy who had dropped out to do good, suspects the will is a fake. If so, he, as Althea's only survivor, stands to gain all of the multimillion-dollar estate. Gail agrees to represent him, a decision which causes problems at her firm (where she's about to be made partner), with her lover, Anthony Quintana, and in her home life as she struggles to reconcile principle with ambition and cope with the demands of raising her 10-year-old daughter. When the police determine that Althea was murdered, Patrick becomes the prime suspect and Gail is soon searching for a forger and killer. She discovers that many interests are being protected, some of them by Miami's elite. Parker controls her narrative assuredly-she's at her best with boardroom scenes that crackle with tension-and she unabashedly goes after the big finish. While some of the characterization seems cliched, it all fits the steamy Miami setting of power and ambition. Overall, this is a breathlessly paced legal thriller with a powerful punch. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal
Miami attorney Gail Connor has no idea what's in store for her when she accepts old friend Patrick Norris as a client. The estate of wealthy Althea Tibbett is one prize in a bitter battle between unreformed flower child Patrick, his artistic cousins, and an assortment of charities. Soon, Connor finds deeper and deeper complications, including murder, career criminals, and financial misdeeds of the lowest kind. The occasional predictability of the plot is balanced by Connor's dilemmas, so familiar to many women: an adolescent daughter still grieving for her absent father, a romantic Hispanic attorney tentatively learning to know both mother and daughter, and the elusive goal of a partnership in an influential law firm if Connor compromises certain ideals. This is a good if unexceptional addition to the legal suspense genre.
--Elsa Pendleton, Boeing Computer Support Svcs., Ridgecrest, Cal.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Signet; Gail Connor #2. edition (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451177037
• ISBN-13: 978-0451177032
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #253,123 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 2 in The Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana Series.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book In This Series!, August 2, 1999

By A Customer

This is the next book in the Gail Connor/Anthony Quintana series. It follows "Suspicion of Innocence" and is just as great! I'm so glad I discovered this author. This story follows Gail as she works on a case for a friend of hers from law school. Of course, nothing is what it seems at first. What looks like an accident really is a murder, etc. And the ending is so suspenseful ~ it will keep you hooked. I can't wait to read "Suspicion of Deceit" next!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OK for a follow up but could be better, November 27, 2006

By	Helen Hancox "Auntie Helen" (Essex, England) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The original book in the Gail Connor/Anthony Quintana series, "Suspicion of Innocence" was excellent. This second book in the series is OK, but the characters are becoming rather more stereotyped.

Some months have passed since the end of the first book, and although in that book it appeared that Gail Connor was starting her own law firm, that hasn't happened yet. Her relationship with the gorgeous Anthony Quintana is also somewhat more distant than we might have expected.

This book is about Gail defending an old flame who is contesting a Will. Much of the plot is about society links and internal machinations within her law firm. Anthony Quintana features occasionally as a rather annoying macho "saving the day" kind of guy who tells Gail what to do (she then does the opposite). I found this book a little unsatisfactory as I felt the characters had not really moved on from the first book, they'd regressed. If you want to know how NOT to carry on a relationship with a gorgeous rich man and with your daughter, read what Gail does. She also continues to display her rather dense nature (the reader is well aware she's wandering into trouble long before she is) and it sometimes makes you wonder how she got into such a high-powered job.

The plot is OK although a little complicated at times, and the end is perhaps a little weak, but overall it's a good book. If I had read it first I would have been less inspired to read the others in the series - it's definitely important to start with Suspicion of Innocence.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Gail Connor!!, February 20, 2001

By	lusty22 "avid reader" (VT United States) - See all my reviews

I love the Gail Connor series by Barbara Parker!! They are about my favorite. Her relationship with Anthony is so well written. The chemistry between those two is so exciting and always in each book there is great suspense. I anxiously look forward to another book. I highly recommend you start with the first book in the series though to get the full effect. Otherwise it get's confusing because you will want to truly understand Gail's relationship not only to Anthony but to her ex husband, Dave. Parker is good at spinning a mystery and I can never put her books down. A great read!