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Zusatztext "Leotta pens romantic suspense detailing street crime in a style that's as real as it gets." Informationen zum Autor Allison Leotta was a federal sex-crimes prosecutor in Washington, DC, for twelve years. In 2011, she left the Justice Department to pursue writing full time. She is the acclaimed author of Law of Attraction , Discretion , Speak of the Devil , A Good Killing , and The Last Good Girl and founder of the award-winning blog, The Prime-Time Crime Review. Leotta lives with her husband, Michael, and their two sons outside of Washington, DC. Visit her online at AllisonLeotta.com. Klappentext "Former federal prosecutor and critically acclaimed author Allison Leotta's spellbinding thriller follows prosecutor Anna Curtis as she heads home to Michigan to defend her sister in a case that will bring her to her knees. Newly single after calling off her wedding, sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis is summoned home to Michigan when her old high school coach--a hometown hero--is killed in a fiery car crash. But Anna isn't there to prosecute a crime, she's home to support her innocent sister, Jody, who has been wrongfully accused of the coach's murder. But maybe Jody isn't so innocent after all? The police are convinced that Jody was having an affair with the married coach and killed him out of jealousy. As Anna investigates with the help of her childhood friend Cooper Bolden--an Afghan War veteran with a secret of his own--she slowly peels back the facade of her all-American hometown and discovers that no one is telling the truth about the coach, not even the people she thought she knew best. When the town rallies against them, threatening not just Jody's liberty but both sisters' lives, Anna resolves to do everything she can to save her sister and defend the only family she has left. In her best book yet, Leotta, "a highly entertaining storyteller" (George Pelecanos), explores the limits of vigilante justice, the bonds of sisterhood, and the value of the truth"-- Zusammenfassung Selected as one of “Summer’s Best of the Best” books by O! The Oprah Magazine ! Allison Leotta’s spellbinding thriller follows prosecutor Anna Curtis as she heads home to Michigan to defend her sister in a case that will bring her to her knees. How far would you go to save your sister? Anna Curtis is back in her hometown just outside of Detroit. Newly single after calling off her wedding! Anna isn’t home to lick her wounds. She’s returned to support her sister! Jody! who has been wrongfully accused of murder after their old high school coach! a local hero! dies in a suspicious car crash. But maybe Jody isn’t so innocent after all. The police are convinced that Jody was having an affair with the married coach and killed him out of jealousy. As Anna investigates with the help of her childhood friend Cooper Bolden! an Afghan War veteran with a secret of his own! she slowly peels back the facade of her all-American town and discovers that no one is telling the truth about the coach! not even the people she thought she knew best. When the town rallies against them! threatening not just Jody’s liberty but both sisters’ lives! Anna resolves to do everything she can to save her sister and defend the only family she has left. In her best book yet “with surprising twists and an ultimately satisfying conclusion” ( Booklist )! Allison Leotta! “the female John Grisham” ( The Providence Journal )! explores the limits of vigilante justice! the bonds of sisterhood! and the price of the truth. ...
