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In her third outing, a reluctant Marty Nickerson is asked by her law partner and lover, Harry Madigan, to represent Louisa Rawlings, his former girlfriend. Louisa's husband, Herb, disappeared while on a boating trip, and the boat is found without Herb on it. Louisa is due to receive $1 million in life insurance, but both the insurance company and the police are suspicious about Herb's death. When physical evidence ties Louisa to the crime, she is arrested, and Marty must defend a client whose guilt looks increasingly likely. Complicating matters, Marty and Harry's associate, "The Kydd," becomes infatuated with the client and commits an indiscretion that may cost him his license to practice law. A nicely detailed Cape Cod setting, appealing and realistically rendered characters, and an engaging romantic relationship between Marty and Harry make this an enjoyable legal thriller, even though the whodunit aspects offer little in the way of a puzzle.
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Entreated by partner and boyfriend Harry Madigan to defend a wealthy woman who has been accused of murdering her husband, Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson doubts her own instincts in the wake of mounting evidence.
