Product Description
The Smart Money introduces San Francisco litigator, Laura Di Palma, described by the New York Times as "one of the smartest, most open-minded sleuths in the lawyering trade."
A year of death threats and harsh publicity might drive any woman back to her home town. And Laura Di Palma certainly got plenty of them when she represented the killer of two U.S. Senators. But Laura didn't leave her dream job in the city just to hide out in a rainy backwater.
Fourteen years ago, her marriage ended when she walked in on her high school sweetheart with another woman. In the wild week that followed, she rebounded with that woman's husband. She even thought she was in love. The two planned to run away together, but he left her packed and waiting at a motel. When she moved on without him, she thought she'd never look back.
But now she's learned he died that night. And she's certain her ex-husband murdered him.
Laura has the money and fame these days to spotlight the old crime. But in a town run by her uncle the mayor, Laura's ex isn't the only one who'll strike back hard to keep a secret.
Find out why Booklist says, "Tight plotting, good characterizations, and page-turning suspense…make Matera one of the best contemporary mystery novelists. Matera is too good to miss."
A year of death threats and harsh publicity might drive any woman back to her home town. And Laura Di Palma certainly got plenty of them when she represented the killer of two U.S. Senators. But Laura didn't leave her dream job in the city just to hide out in a rainy backwater.
Fourteen years ago, her marriage ended when she walked in on her high school sweetheart with another woman. In the wild week that followed, she rebounded with that woman's husband. She even thought she was in love. The two planned to run away together, but he left her packed and waiting at a motel. When she moved on without him, she thought she'd never look back.
But now she's learned he died that night. And she's certain her ex-husband murdered him.
Laura has the money and fame these days to spotlight the old crime. But in a town run by her uncle the mayor, Laura's ex isn't the only one who'll strike back hard to keep a secret.
Find out why Booklist says, "Tight plotting, good characterizations, and page-turning suspense…make Matera one of the best contemporary mystery novelists. Matera is too good to miss."
