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"A delightful romantic legal thriller"

After everything that has happened to them in the past, lawyers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana are trying to make their relationship work. He hires divers to try to find the engagement ring he threw into the muddy pond. Their joint profession brings them closer together when Gail's mother asks her to help the son of an old family retainer appeal his death sentence.

Kenny Ray Clarke has been convicted for the vicious death of Amber Dardson twelve years ago. He has been sentenced to death and the appeal process is rapidly running out. Gail is reluctantly dragged into taking on the appeal. Anthony knows what mental price the process takes on a lawyer and reluctantly helps her in order to spare her a nervous breakdown. By the time they are fully acquainted with the facts of the case, Anthony and Gail believe their client is innocent, but they only have days left to prove their case before Kenny receives a lethal injection.

SUSPICION OF VENGEANCE is one of the author's best Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana novels to date. Barbara Parker has thoroughly researched the death penalty issue and it is more than likely readers on the fence will come away converted to her belief that its too open for human error. This novel is an exciting romantic legal thriller that will have massive cross-genre appeal.

Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted June 25, 2001

The Innocence Project, a cutting-edge organization that

seeks to free innocent death row inmates using DNA testing,

has just asked Anthony Quintana to take on the appeal of a

convicted killer. For the passionately committed criminal

attorney, it's the opportunity of his career. But Gail

Connor knows the well-heeled, close-knit community where the

crime took place and fears that the road to justice will

prove a dead end. Emotions are running high among the rich

and powerful who are furious that a murderer could walk. And

against this rising tide of public outrage, Anthony and Gail

must mount a credible defense for their client, whom they

have begun to believe is the victim of a far-reaching

conspiracy. For beneath the town's stony facade lies a

tangled web of smoldering secrets, political hypocrisy, and

a dark act of vengeance that goes far beyond the question of

one man's guilt or innocence. Filled with her trademark

blend of adrenaline-charged plot, complex characters, and

sizzling Florida atmosphere, Suspicion of Vengeance is

bestselling author Barbara Parker at her galvanizing best.

(Courtesy Amazon.com)