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Writ of Execution (Nina Reilly, Bk 7)
Writ of Execution - Nina Reilly, Bk 7
Author: Perri O'Shaughnessy
Masterful storytelling ... gripping legal drama ... relentless suspense -- these are the hallmarks of Perri O'Shaughnessy's work. Critics hail her legal thrillers as "terrific ... will keep you turning the pages into the night" (USA Today) and "a real puzzler ... with twists diabolical enough to take to court" (The New York Times Book ...  more »).

Now the New York Times bestselling author of Move to Strike returns with Writ of Execution, an electrifying tale that plunges attorney Nina Reilly into a shadowy world of high-stakes money and cold-blooded murder.

In the mountain resort town of South Lake Tahoe, Nina Reilly is known for taking on the underdog cases, the kind that can make -- or break -- her one-woman law practice. Her latest case begins in the middle of a summer night when she is called away from a very personal visit to her investigator Paul van Wagoner's hotel room to meet with a desperate new client at her office who gives her name as Jessie Potter. The frightened young woman has just hit a huge slot machine jackpot, and the men in suits are waiting to hand her the check just as soon as she tells them her real identity.

With time running out, Nina helps her client devise a brilliant plan to collect the money while keeping her true identity a secret. Unfortunately, powerful interests have lined up to grab the money. The gaming commission thinks the jackpot was rigged. The man sitting on the seat just before the jackpot hit says it's his, and he doesn't mind going outside the law to get it. And the wealthy man stalking Nina's client has retained an unscrupulous local lawyer, Jeff Riesner, to attack the jackpot winnings using a legal maneuver called a Writ of Execution. The odds of Jessie ever collecting are starting to look hopeless.

For Nina, what began as a fight for an underdog in federal court soon escalates into something very different and far more dangerous. Jessie has a secret, and she needs that money for a very good reason. By the time Nina discovers that Jessie is withholding vital information, it might be too late for her client and even for Nina herself.

Because somewhere in the darkening Tahoe night, people are dying. A cold-blooded, obsessed killer will stop at nothing -- including execution-style murder -- to get that jackpot in a case where the Writ of Execution has become more than a legal maneuver; it's a death warrant.

Sweeping from the glittering casinos of Tahoe to the drama of a packed courtroom to the darkness of a woman's secret past, Writ of Execution is spellbinding entertainment -- Perri O'Shaughnessy's most intricate and compelling novel to date.
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ISBN-13: 9780385334839
ISBN-10: 0385334834
Publication Date: 7/3/2001
Pages: 416
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 31 ratings
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1
I realy liked this one. She gets better with each book.
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If you like legal thrillers, this is one to enjoy. As the book blurb says, "this will keep you turning the pages into the night." An attorney and single mother, Nina Reilly sees other people's ups and downs as clearly as she sees her own. But she's never seen anything like the fierce terrified young woman who comes to her in the middle of the night trailing a computer geek who was a stranger a few hours before. Their problem; they just won seven million dollars at the slot machines. Within hours, her client's good fortune has plunged Nina into a battle that will be waged in court and on the streets. The young woman's past - and the mysterious death of her husband in Hawaii - has triggered a powerful man's crusad of revenge. But a moment of chance and enough money to save two troubled lives has done something worse; it's brought a killer into their midst.
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tioga avatar reviewed Writ of Execution (Nina Reilly, Bk 7) on + 167 more book reviews
Fast paced, easy read. Lots of legal maneuvers.
4 stars
jdyinva avatar reviewed Writ of Execution (Nina Reilly, Bk 7) on + 408 more book reviews
Great story. Her usual best.
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Writ of Execution by Perri O'Shaughnessy is a cross between a Grisham legal thriller and an Evanovich Stephanie Plum novel. Nina Reilly, attorney, gets naked on page 13, but due to a fast moving plot doesn't get any for the rest of the book (427 pages worth). The book revolves around a 7 million dollar jackpot that's won by a girl on the run. A string of murders follow and it's a race to solve the murders and get the girl her jackpot.

Literary Quality: 7/10

Enjoyment: 8/10
reviewed Writ of Execution (Nina Reilly, Bk 7) on + 6 more book reviews
Another episode in the growing law practice of Nina Reilly in South Lake Tahoe. This is a courtroom thriller with as many twists and turns as you could want. This series is very well-written and Nina's relationships with her son and with her investigator turned lover both add spice and interest to the story.


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