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Defenseless

by Celeste Marsella

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ISBN13: 9780440244660
ISBN10: 0440244668
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They’re overworked, underpaid, and unstoppable: four young women in a big-city attorney general’s office. But when best friends Marianna, Laurie, Shannon, and Beth find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, it’s not just their careers that are in danger—it’s their lives.

It’s after midnight when a young coed’s body is thrown from a car—right before their eyes. When their boss finds out that their presence at the scene might jeopardize the prosecution, Marianna takes the fall, exiled to a job inside an ivy-walled private college—where the murdered girl had been a student. Suddenly Marianna is in the eye of the storm alone as a vicious killer strikes again…and again. With no one to trust on either side of the law except themselves and a secretive ex-cop, Marianna, Laurie, Shannon, and Beth will have to join all their smarts, savvy, and loyalty to stop the killer from taking one of their own.…

Review:

"This captivating debut by criminal defense attorney Marsella kicks off a series with a complex, intriguing mystery. After a drunken night at a popular mob hangout, four friends employed at the Rhode Island attorney general's office witness a brutal murder. Laurie, Shannon, Beth and narrator Marianna are soon thrown into the investigation, which leads directly to the posh private college attended by the victim. Buried behind the ivy walls are secrets and more bodies. The women tell desperate lies to their bosses, trying to hide their whereabouts on the night of the killing, as they dig deeper into the crime. At times the plot gets bogged down by Marianna's wordy inner monologues, and the amateur detectives seem scarcely more mature than the college students they're investigating, but the skillful twists and turns of the mystery will keep readers engaged. Additional elements of romance and humor keep the novel balanced and realistic and open the door for sequels." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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"Meet four women who know the meaning of killer high heels. In Defenseless, Celeste Marsella combines the attitude of Sex and the City with the true grit of a harrowing thriller for a potent novel guaranteed to keep you racing through the pages."—Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of Say Goodbye

Synopsis:

They're overworked, underpaid, and unstoppable: four young women in a big-city attorney general's office. But when best friends Marianna, Laurie, Shannon, and Beth find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's not just their careers that are in danger--it's their lives.

It's after midnight when a young coed's body is thrown from a car--right before their eyes. When their boss finds out that their presence at the scene might jeopardize the prosecution, Marianna takes the fall, exiled to a job inside an ivy-walled private college--where the murdered girl had been a student. Suddenly Marianna is in the eye of the storm alone as a vicious killer strikes again...and again. With no one to trust on either side of the law except themselves and a secretive ex-cop, Marianna, Laurie, Shannon, and Beth will have to join all their smarts, savvy, and loyalty to stop the killer from taking one of their own....

Product Details

ISBN:
9780440244660
Author:
Marsella, Celeste
Publisher:
Dell Publishing Company
Subject:
Suspense
Subject:
Women lawyers
Subject:
Rhode island
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Publication Date:
September 2008
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
404
Dimensions:
7.00x4.14x1.15 in. .45 lbs.

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