Absolute Certainty: A Crime Novel

Successfully navigating a conviction against a prime suspect in the murder of a college student, assistant D.A. Marty Nickerson finds her ideals challenged when she is held back from reopening the case despite new evidence that someone else may have been the killer. 40,000 first printing.

Literature & Fiction

Connors, Rose

United States

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Temporary Sanity: A Crime Novel

When can a citizen become a killer? Is homicidal insanity ever a moral or legal justification for murder? And what should a jury do when the facts are clear but they don't tell the real story? Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson, until recently a Massachusetts prosecutor, must ask herself those questions in her new role as defense attorney for client Buck Hammond. The charge is murder one. When Buck's seven-year-old son was raped and killed by pedophile Hector Monteros, Buck took justice into his own hands. Unfortunately, the TV cameras were rolling as Buck aimed his hunting rifle at Monteros's head. The only viable-defense is insanity, but the grieving father refuses to say he was crazy when he pulled the trigger. Marty, teaming with Harry Madigan, her partner in love and law, has a tough case. How can the jury acquit Buck when the shooting is right there on the screen for all to see? Marty and Harry and their young assistant, Kevin Kydd, are already stretched thin when, on the very eve of the trial, a battered and bleeding woman staggers into their office. She's in deep trouble - her attacker's body has just been found, viciously stabbed, and he's an officer of the court. Now Marty has two seemingly impossible battles to win against her former colleagues. But losing a verdict may be the least of Marty's worries, as her efforts soon lead to shocking revelations that bring fear to the Cape and devastating changes to Buck's trial. Well, who said being a defense attorney was going to be easy?

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Entreated by partner and boyfriend Harry Madigan to defend a wealthy woman--Harry's former lover--who has been accused of murdering her husband, Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson doubts her own instincts in the wake of mounting evidence, a situation that is complicated by the defendant's seductive personality. 25,000 first printing.

Maximum Security: A Crime Novel

A defense lawyer struggles with her ethics throughout two cases involving a U.S. senator suspected in the disappearance of a female staffer and a second client who is on trial for the murder of a priest. By the author of Maximum Security. 15,000 first printing.

False Testimony: A Crime Novel

As an assistant D.A. for Massachusetts' Barnstable County, Marty Nickerson sees her job as a means for doing right. When a jury finds Manuel Rodriguez guilty of a brutal murder committed on a Cape Cod beach at the beginning of last year's tourist season, Marty feels vindicated. But then another body turns up as this year's vacationers begin to arrive and Marty has to wonder: Did they target the wrong man? The D.A. refuses to reopen the high-profile case, but Marty fears that the real killer will strike again. With her career on the line and lives at stake, she must rely on her own moral compass, legal savvy, and gut instinct as she matches wits with a twisted killer.

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IS HOMICIDAL INSANITY EVER A LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR MURDER? 
 Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson, formerly a prosecutor, faces hard questions as defense attorney for Buck Hammond. With TV cameras rolling, Buck took justice into his own hands. Now he is charged with murder one but he refuses the only viable defense: insanity. Marty and her partner in love and law, Harry Madigan, are already stretched thin when, on the eve of Buck's trial, a bleeding woman staggers into their office. Her attacker has just been found -- dead -- and he's an officer of the court. Now Marty has two seemingly impossible cases. But legal motions and courtroom strategy may be the least of her worries, as shocking revelations soon bring fear to the Cape and devastating twists to Buck's trial....

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Entreated by partner and boyfriend Harry Madigan to defend a wealthy woman--Harry's former lover--who has been accused of murdering her husband, Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson doubts her own instincts in the wake of mounting evidence, a situation that is complicated by the defendant's seductive personality. Reprint.

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What does a lawyer do when she discovers her client may be a liar, or worse?Charles Kendrick, the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, has been named a "person of interest" in connection with the disappearance of his twenty-five-year-old spokesperson, Michelle Forrester. Attorney Marty Nickerson is representing Kendrick, a high-profile resident of Cape Cod, but soon finds that parts of his story don't check out. Meanwhile, Marty and her law partner -- and lover -- Harry Madigan, are defending ex-con Derrick Holliston, who stands accused of murdering a popular local priest on Christmas Eve. He admits the killing, but claims, improbably, that he acted in self-defense.Michelle Forrester's body is found the day Derrick Holliston's trial begins, which leaves Marty and Harry facing two mounting legal battles and two clients whose stories don't make sense. Together they must confront the law in all its maddening complexity, battling for -- or maybe against? -- their own cagey clients in order to see that justice is ultimately served.

Temporary Sanity

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Absolute Certainty: A Crime Novel

Temporary Sanity: A Crime Novel

Absolute Certainty (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

Maximum Security: A Crime Novel

False Testimony: A Crime Novel

Absolute Certainty: A Crime Novel

Temporary Sanity: A Crime Novel

Maximum Security: A Crime Novel

False Testimony: A Crime Novel

Temporary Sanity