"A Signet book." Originally published: New York : D.I. Fine, 1994. Includes an excerpt of the author's novel "The motive", p. [539]-544.
Summary:
A legal thriller featuring a battered San Francisco wife accused of shooting both her husband and her seven-year-old son. When the trial opens she refuses to allow a defense of spousal abuse because of its implication of guilt. Which presents her lawyer, the narrator, with a major problem as the prosecution claims she killed the husband for the insurance.
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