Bonnie M. (tresha) reviewed on 2/4/2006 + 37 more book reviews

"A certain justice, the latest James, has all her hallmarks: Elegance of language, a stellar sense of place, exquisitely defined characters, and a skillfully rendered tale of moral justice....A novel of power and grace." The Globe and Mail

"Venetia Aldridge is a criminal lawyer of large talents and personal charm, working at a venerable London firm....As she tries to save a young lower-class tough who is accused of murdering his prostitute aunt, we learn she is in a position to ruin a number of professional lives, and is of precisely the temperament to do it....[Then] the lawyer is murdered-discovered in her locked chambers in a particularly gruesome tableau....Dalgliesh moves with grace and acumen through the blood-soaked crime scene, guiding his more volatile staff through the tangled web of multiple deceit and Mixed motive." The Washington Post Book World

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