{"product_id":"suspicion-of-innocence-paperback","title":"Suspicion of Innocence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Parker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdgar Award Finalist: This Miami crime thriller by a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author is \"an exhilarating debut [and] a sizzling page-turner\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major South Florida law firm, about to make partner--until her life is derailed by the discovery of her sister's body in the Everglades. What at first appears to be a suicide soon becomes a homicide investigation with Gail as the prime suspect. To defend herself, Gail must unravel the tangled web of her wild younger sister's life, which includes connections to drug traffickers, a Native American artifact, Gail's own estranged husband, and a handsome Cuban-American attorney, Anthony Quintana, to whom Gail is strongly attracted. But who can she trust as she fights for justice for her sister and herself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by a former prosecutor, the first book in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling Suspicion series delivers \"a sun-drenched variation on the work of Scott Turow and Patricia Cornwell\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Parker was trained as a lawyer and worked as a prosecutor with the state attorney's office in Dade County, Florida, before moving into a private practice that specialized in real estate and family law. She earned a master's degree in creative writing in 1993, and her first legal thriller was \u003ci\u003eSuspicion of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), which was followed by another seven titles featuring her two lawyer protagonists, the sometime-lovers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana. While writing the Suspicion series, she also produced \u003ci\u003eCriminal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood Relations\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Fake\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dark of Day\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSuspicion of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and two of her titles, \u003ci\u003eSuspicion of Deceit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSuspicion of Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, were \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. Parker died in March 2009, at age sixty-two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760643440928,"sku":"9781497639171","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c0b60ad9468c2676e37050306a7e3b84.webp?v=1780185659","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/suspicion-of-innocence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}