Lethal beauty : a Mia Quinn mystery [text (large print)] / Lis Wiehl with April Henry.

Title:

Author:

Wiehl, Lis W.

Additional Author(s):

Henry, April.

ISBN:

9781628995176

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library

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1628995173

Edition:

Center Point Large Print edition.

Publication Info:

Thorndike, Maine :

Description:

351 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

Subject(s):

Women lawyers -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

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The murder Mia is prosecuting seems like an open and shut case -- until the accused claims he was the real victim and that the dead girl attacked him first. The tabloids dub her a "lethal beauty." Still, a conviction seems imminent. Then a key witness goes missing. Just when it looks like the killer could walk free, the dead woman's mother takes matters into her own hands.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

In Wiehl and Henry's page-turning third Mia Quinn mystery (after 2014's A Deadly Business), the Seattle prosecutor loses a case in which Dandan Yee, a Chinese immigrant girl forced into prostitution, was killed by a client. After a hung jury, Mia wants to refile the case, although her boss doesn't agree. For a number of reasons, the case doesn't die. Meanwhile, Yee's mother takes matters into her own hands by seducing the sole jury holdout. On the personal front, Mia is still dealing with the fallout from her cheating husband's death, and two men-one a cop and the other a lawyer-would like to be more than friends. The book moves effortlessly from one interesting character to another, and their back stories add some depth. Unfortunately, the fairy tale quality of the resolution is too sweet for a story otherwise grounded in contemporary urban life. Agent: Todd Shuster, Zachary Shuster Harmsworth Literary Agency. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Starred Review. In this third series installment (after A Deadly Business), prosecuting attorney Mia Quinn is trying a murder case in which the defendant, a well-known and respected businessman, claims the victim, a young Chinese immigrant forced into prostitution, assaulted him and then killed herself. When the perpetrator walks as a result of a hung jury, the victim's mother takes matters into her own hands to avenge her daughter's death. Meanwhile, more Chinese immigrants are found dead. Working together with homicide detective Charlie Carlson, Quinn must race against the clock before the murderer strikes again, this time much closer to home. VERDICT Fans of J.D. Robb's Lt. Eve Dallas or The Closer's Brenda Leigh Johnson will appreciate strong female protagonist Quinn. In addressing the tough social issues of sex trafficking and domestic slavery in sometimes graphic detail, the best-selling coauthors combine skillfully multiple story lines with realistic characters and a palpable tension that keep the pages turning. The spiritual message is subtle: evil is everywhere, but where there is faith and people willing to fight for what is right, good will prevail. (c) Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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