Mary DiNunzio, head-strong Philly
attorney, has finally made partner and fellow attorney, Judy Carrier, feels a
little left out; her best friend is now her boss. Not sure where she’s going to
fit in with the new pecking order, and overloaded with asbestos damage cases
sent over by a New York law firm, Judy jumps at the chance to visit her
favorite aunt Barb, even though she’ll have to gear up for some family drama,
since her mother, who’s had a frosty relationship with Barb at the best of
times, will be there too.
Little does she suspect what she will
discover. Along with the shocking revelation of Aunt Barbara’s diagnosis with
breast cancer and impending surgery, there is the matter of Barbara’s close
friend and housekeeper, Iris, an undocumented immigrant, who is found dead in
her car later that evening of an apparent heart attack.
Judy, with her nose for investigation,
suspects foul play. When things take a dark and violent turn as she digs
deeper, it looks less and less like a heart attack was the cause of death. Most
of the area’s immigrant workers are in the county illegally: the police know it
and are looking the other way . . . perhaps, Judy suspects, because they are
paid too. When Judy unearths a connection between Iris’s best friend going
missing and more questionable financial dealings at the business where she
worked, she is lucky to get out alive.
Determined not to let the grass grow
under her feet and fall back into the mundane happenings once she’s able to
return to her practice, Judy makes some life decisions that have repercussions
for everyone at Rosato & Associates, thus setting up an interesting start
for the next novel in this exhilarating series.
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