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Délit d'innocence
Lorsqu'elle accepte de défendre Jack Devlin, un architecte inculpé du
meurtre de sa femme, Eve Marchand sent vite que cette affaire sera l'une des plus délicates de sa carrière d'avocate. Les protestations d'innocence de Devlin ne pèse pas lourd en effet face aux preuves qui s'accumulent contre lui.
Malgré tout, la conviction de la jeune femme est vite arrêtée: le caractère droit et intègre qu'elle devine chez cet homme ne peut être celui d'un assassin.
Mais pour le sauver de la peine de mort, il lui faut convaincre les juges... Eve commence alors à interroger tous les protagonistes de cette affaire, en quête de la moindre preuve susceptible d'avoir échappé aux inspecteurs. Un détail suffirait à sauver Devlin, un simple détail.
Et pour le trouver, elle est prête à prendre tous les risques...
meurtre de sa femme, Eve Marchand sent vite que cette affaire sera l'une des plus délicates de sa carrière d'avocate. Les protestations d'innocence de Devlin ne pèse pas lourd en effet face aux preuves qui s'accumulent contre lui.
Malgré tout, la conviction de la jeune femme est vite arrêtée: le caractère droit et intègre qu'elle devine chez cet homme ne peut être celui d'un assassin.
Mais pour le sauver de la peine de mort, il lui faut convaincre les juges... Eve commence alors à interroger tous les protagonistes de cette affaire, en quête de la moindre preuve susceptible d'avoir échappé aux inspecteurs. Un détail suffirait à sauver Devlin, un simple détail.
Et pour le trouver, elle est prête à prendre tous les risques...
438 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1998
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Lynn Erickson
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Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen were born in in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. on January 22 and September 12. In the late 60s, both newly returned from bumming around the world, they met in Aspen in the Red Onion, an Old West saloon. They were both new brides, wet behind the ears. It was several years later that they dreamed up Lynn Erickson, the pseudonym a combination of their husbands' names. They had read every romance put out in the early 70s and started saying, "We can do better than this." Well, they couldn't, but what the heck? The wrote two fat novels before we chanced onto an agent and made a sale. His first words to them: "The manuscript is flawed, but..."
They published their first novel as Lynn Erickson in 1980. Their early books were historical romances, full of blood and guts and murder, then they turned to contemporary women's suspense. "We've set almost all of our books in Colorado, especially in Aspen, a town where the truth is usually stranger than fiction. Aspen is a character in our books, not just a setting. We love to drop inside jokes about the quirks and fancies of our hometown. The scenery truly is glorious, the mountains magnificent, the skiing and hiking and fishing and horseback riding legendary. We cover the arts, too - the world-renowned music festival, the shops full of museum-quality paintings and sculptures. Southwestern art is big, of course: paintings and pottery and Navajo rugs."
Molly Swanton and Carla Peltonen were born in in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A. on January 22 and September 12. In the late 60s, both newly returned from bumming around the world, they met in Aspen in the Red Onion, an Old West saloon. They were both new brides, wet behind the ears. It was several years later that they dreamed up Lynn Erickson, the pseudonym a combination of their husbands' names. They had read every romance put out in the early 70s and started saying, "We can do better than this." Well, they couldn't, but what the heck? The wrote two fat novels before we chanced onto an agent and made a sale. His first words to them: "The manuscript is flawed, but..."
They published their first novel as Lynn Erickson in 1980. Their early books were historical romances, full of blood and guts and murder, then they turned to contemporary women's suspense. "We've set almost all of our books in Colorado, especially in Aspen, a town where the truth is usually stranger than fiction. Aspen is a character in our books, not just a setting. We love to drop inside jokes about the quirks and fancies of our hometown. The scenery truly is glorious, the mountains magnificent, the skiing and hiking and fishing and horseback riding legendary. We cover the arts, too - the world-renowned music festival, the shops full of museum-quality paintings and sculptures. Southwestern art is big, of course: paintings and pottery and Navajo rugs."
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January 6, 2023
Stock characters. Predictable plot. Predictable and unrealistic plot "twists". Overall, a terrible book. But what can one expect from Harlequin? I got this book via Bookcrossing (check it out! www.bookcrossing.com) so I read it even though I didn't expect great things. It was amusing in the way an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie is good to kill time, but I can't recommend it by any means.
June 27, 2018
How in the heck could it just end?!?! I read close to 400 pages for that end?!? I would have given the book 5 stars even if I didn’t like the whole Gary/Donna thing that shouldn’t have even made it in the book! But that end? Nope, no way!!
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