- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (June 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0684803127
- ISBN-13: 978-0684803128
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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From Publishers Weekly
In a brief prologue that works more as a spoiler, San Francisco lawyer Laura Di Palma is arrested for conspiracy to murder ambitious DA Connie Gold. The book proper soon clarifies that Gold is prosecuting Laura's sole client Brad Rommel, who has been charged with murdering his missing and presumed-dead ex-lover. The pursuit of another issue, trying to stop an ex-employer's slander, puts Laura at the scene of a murder: a masked man shoots lawyer Jocelyn Kinsley during her meeting with Laura. Kinsley's last words, "designer crimes," baffle Laura until her former (and possibly future) lover, PI Sandy Arklett (who wonders if Laura was the shooter's real target), discovers that someone in the office was tailoring extralegal revenge when the law would not suffice. Before long, Brad jumps bail, claiming that someone is trying to kill and frame him, and he echoes Sandy's suspicions that Laura is at the center of things. Matera (Face Value) creates a dark world in which insinuation looms large and the crimes stack up in rapid succession, requiring significant suspension of disbelief. Laura, particularly angry and uncertain in this complex plot, finds only small relief in the resolution.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Series heroine Laura Di Palma (Face Value, S. & S., 1994), a San Francisco attorney, agains teams up with boyfriend/private eye Sandy Arkelett. First, they investigate the murder of Laura's attorney, who dies just before revealing a self-styled vigilante in her own law firm. Second, Laura lands in jail after trying to help a hometown client accused of murder.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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cyber sleuthing & d.a. screenplays,
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This review is from: Designer Crimes (Mass Market Paperback)
high tech high jinks, high school memories and legal reputations all converge to give laura di palma a new beginning. when di palma escapes the clutches of death time after time, instead of heightening tension,it dullens the senses and the plot devolves into tedium.
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cyber sleuthing & d.a. screenplays,
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This review is from: Designer Crimes (Mass Market Paperback)
high tech high jinks, high school memories and legal reputations all converge to give laura di palma a new beginning. when di palma escapes the clutches of death time after time, instead of heightening tension,it dullens the senses and the plot devolves into tedium.
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