| JUDGMENT CALLS
 The bold debut
thriller that received high praise from the biggest names in crime
fiction.
Deputy District Attorney Samantha
Kincaid walks into her office in Portland's Drug and Vice Division
one Monday morning to find the sergeant of the police bureau's
vice unit waiting for her. A thirteen-year-old girl has been
brutally attacked and left for dead on the city's outskirts. Given
the lack of evidence, most lawyers would settle for an assault
charge; Samantha, unnerved by the viciousness of the crime,
decides to go for attempted murder. But as she prepares for the
trial, she uncovers a dangerous trail leading to a high-profile
death penalty case, a prostitution ring of underage girls, and a
possible serial killer. And she finds her judgment -- not only in
matters of the law but in her personal life -- called into
question.
In Samantha Kincaid, Alafair
Burke has created a complex, appealing character -- a woman
consumed by a sense of justice, who is also tough enough to take
on a man's world. Seamlessly juxtaposing courtroom scenes with
those of criminal investigation, Judgment Calls reveals not
only an insider's knowledge of the criminal justice system but a
fresh new voice in the world of crime writing.
Mass Market
Paperback: 0312997205
Hardcover:
Published by Henry
Holt
July 2003
Mystery / 352 pages
Hardcover / $23.00US
ISBN: 0-8050-7386-8
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