- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Pocket; 671st edition (Sep 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671536192
- ISBN-13: 978-0671536190
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,101,361 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
McGuire's latest novel (after Until Death Do Us Part) starring Kathryn Mackay, a senior prosecuting trial attorney in the DA's office, is a provocative story examining the ugly twists of domestic violence. As an activist for battered women herself, Kate's determined to sift through murder evidence to find the truth when the defense poses BWS, Battered Women's Syndrome. No happy endings here; a subplot entangles Dave Granz, an inspector in the DA's office, and Kathryn's love interest, with Julia Soto, a woman who turns to crazed violent revenge after her rape and family disgrace. Statistics and the law, doled out in dialogue, form a running commentary on a high prevalence of domestic abuse. Despite occasional irregular and jarring scene transitions, early colorful forensics provide explicit, cogent detail in this sharp legal thriller.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Best-selling McGuire's new heroine, Kathryn MacKay, is a hardworking young woman struggling to maintain the job focus and dedication to justice needed as an assistant district attorney in Santa Rita County, California, but her ability to balance her career with her family and love life is put to the test when she and her boyfriend, police detective Dave Grantz, are called away from their Fourth of July holiday for a murder/arson emergency. As the investigation develops, what appears to be a straightforward case becomes complicated: Kathryn finds herself prosecuting against a surprise defense of battered wife syndrome, while Dave gets romantically (and nearly fatally) involved with an informant--who just so happens to be a passionate yet deranged ex-girlfriend. Although McGuire's characters lack depth, her plot is full of the sort of twists and insider looks at a criminal investigation that fans of legal thrillers adore. Catherine Sias
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4.0 out of 5 stars
the characters make the story,
By A. Christie "bibliofiend508" (Plano, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Until the Bough Breaks (Mass Market Paperback)
ADA Kathryn MacKay is an extremely competent lawyer. Where she really hooks the reader is in her imperfect private life. She is good at her job, but in motherhood she comes up somewhat short or so she feels. Her relationship with beau David Grantz is on the rocks. Some of the scenes of the breakdown of their relationship were very poignant and hard to read. You genuinely like both these characters. There is a somewhat standard crime and courtroom case, but it is the characters that keep you flipping the page
5.0 out of 5 stars
Poor Dave! They should have met !!,
By Rajneesh Gupta (India) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Until the Bough Breaks (Mass Market Paperback)
Untill the Bough breaks is a novel which I read in four month. After every gap I restarted it just to see how & in which circumstances they meet. The end was really sad, the poor chap Dave Grantz!!My symapthies are with him. Hope to see them meeting again in a new story.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kathryn Mackay has done it again!,
By "sweetnsnooty" (Antioch, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Until the Bough Breaks (Mass Market Paperback)
She's a darn good prosecutor - I just can't read enough of her court victories! It wasn't too hard to figure out ahead of time who the bad guys were, but that did not spoil the reading at all - just the opposite! What compelled these people to do what resulted in their prosecution for first-degree murder??? Read on and find out - it's worth the reading. I was a bit disappointed at the end with the outcome of Kathryn's personal life, but I can't expect every book to end how I think it will end - can I?
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