A New York District Attorney and her attorney-husband are coerced into being counsel for the same case with one catch, the losing lawyer will be killed. After six months of unemployment, Sara Tate is eager to re-launch her career as a newly minted New York Assistant District Attorney. But when budget cutbacks are announced, the last hired is the first fired, and Sara's much-needed job is in jeopardy. Determined to keep herself alive in the DA's office, Sara is coerced by colleagues to take a case that will tie her up in trial for months. But what she doesn't know is that the case--inteded for a senior staffer--is not what it appears to be. A routine burlary hides a deadly conspiracy. Lawyer Jared Lynch of New York is warned he will be killed if he fails to successfully defend his client, a criminal. Lynch could ask his wife to lose--she is the prosecutor in the case--but professional pride prevents him and he says nothing.
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Originally published: New York : Rob Weisbach Books, 1998.
