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Summary: Act of Malice
Review: Acts of Malice is an awesome book. I think that Perri O'Shaughnessy is a great auther. When I was reading it, I just couldn't put it down. It only took me three days to read the whole book. I would read it long into the night. I would seriously recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: A disappointment in the series
Review: After reading the other books in the series, this one was a disappointment. The part of the plot which concerns Nina Reilly's personal life is shallow and unbelievable--more like what I imagine a "romance" novel to be. I am not likely to continue reading the series after this one.
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Summary: Not Bad, But Not Enticing Enough To Try Another
Review: Although the book was a fast read, there were too many negative points for me to try another in the Nina Reilly series. A summary of my main points of contention: way too much dialogue and not enough descriptive action; unbelievable 'love story' that leads to an intense coupling and a tragic loss; the assistant, Sandy, is unsympathetic and annoying rather than inscrutably intuitive or compassionate; and the villain was far too immature in his actions and verbiage to provide real suspense. Back to Fairstein, Kava and Coulter...
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Summary: Nina Reilly at her best
Review: Attorney Nina Reilly operates a highly regarded practice in Lake Tahoe even as she raises her sixteen-year old son by herself. Since her divorce, she rejects all men until Assistant District Attorney Collier Hallawell reenters her life. He wants her back though he rejected her just last year. Nina refuses to allow him back in her life because she fears the pain when he leaves again as she expects of him. Adding to her skittishness is that the two lawyers are on opposite sides of a case. Though her client Jim Strong leaves Nina uneasy, she defends him from the state's accusation that he killed his brother. As Nina and Collier work closely together, he manages to penetrate her personal defenses. At the same time, evidence begins to prove that Jim is not the innocent he claims to be. If this turns out to be true, Nina and all those she cherishes are in considerable danger. The fifth Nina Reilly novel is the best of this wonderful series as a different side of the lead character's personality surfaces. This makes Nina seem more vulnerable and, in turn, human. The legal procedural story line comes across as realistic as the prosecution and defense thrusts and parries each other in the courtroom. Observing the personality of the defendant change over the course of the novel will leave chills up and down the spine of the audience. ACTS OF MALICE is Perri O'Shaugnessy at her best, which is at a higher level than most authors will ever achieve. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: "Gripping Legal Thriller"
Review: Couldn't put it down. As always, the O'Shaughnessy sisters provide their wonderfully complicated protagonist--attorney Nina O'Reilly--, a taut storyline, a malicious villian, great courtroom scenes, a suberb supporting cast, and a chilling and unexpected denouement. Don't miss this one, and if you haven't read Perri O'Shaughnessy's four other novels, read them, too!
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Summary: Great summertime beach read
Review: Easy to follow, good whodunnit book - the romance is a little over the edge but great paperback for the beach!
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Summary: Turns like a coaster
Review: Great book past it on to many people .This would be a great movie .If they followed the book amazing writing i must say i try to avoid many female Authors but they a great. on the same lines as Kate Wilhelm and her Barbra Hollaway attorney seltuh .Most writers get worse after there 3rd book these girls just get better.Keep up the good work and may God continue the blessings.
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Summary: Character Development Stuck in Limbo
Review: Having read all of the Nina Reilly series books, I have finally given up. The characters have stagnated in their development filling the plot with the same schizophrenic romances (Paul & Nina) and a perpetually "in the red" law office. I had been hoping against hope to see some movement in this last book, but alas, it was not to be. Recommend finding a new series to follow as this one is dead on arrival.
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Summary: Fine plot - bad psychology
Review: I admit: this is a fast reading novel, exciting and full of suspense. And I enjoyed reading it. But there is a major flaw: its psychology. It is not really conceivable that the lawyer of the alleged murderer falls in love with her adversary, the lawyer who represents the prosecution. In the courtroom they fight against each other using more or less unfair methods and tricks. Then they go to bed and do not speak a single word about the case. The characters of the alleged killer's wife and his father - among others - are not credible in their action and motivation either. But if you do not mind this, you can read a novel with a fine plot and in addition a well worked out setting that shows more realism than the characters.
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Summary: Northern Exposure meets Family Law
Review: I can see this clearly as a episode of Family Law. Separated mum lawyer in a average cold, snowy town, defending a man on a murder charge who is accused of killing his brother. Not a bad eposide but I hate Family Law and Northern Exposure and I would much prefer to watch The Practise! This book has got to be one of the worst legal 'thrillers' around. Like Family Law, the actual 'law' part takes a backburner to the relationships that actually happening to the main characters. The opening is good - guy sees his brother ski off a cliff and somehow he is wound up charged for murdering his brother, but the rest of the book, is really about Nina Reily (his lawyer) and what is happening in her life when she is taking a break from defending him. One special moment is Nina's marriage to another lawyer, who happens to be the prosecuting DA in the same trial! Funnily enough, the guy on the murder charge is not really happy about this little arrangement, I wonder why? Hello..realism? As you plod through the book, you eventually get to the last 10 pages or so when the story does get a bit more interesting (hence the 2 star rating) but by then you really don't care what happens to anybody and the very last 2 pages is even more unbelievable. I really don't think that I will be reading another book by Perri, I would advise you to do the same unless you like mediocre television shows that don't go anywhere.
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