Practice To Deceive

The Story

'Annie's an efficient, agreeable, no-nonsense sort--and so is this mystery.' THE KIRKUS REVIEWS Lawyer-sleuth Annie MacPherson is new on the job at a high-power Seattle law firm, when the top partner's secretary and not-so-secret lover, Nancy, kills herself. But the dead woman's sister doesn't believe it, and asks Annie to investigate. Suddenly Annie herself becomes a target, just as a shocking glimpse into her family's past blows her life wide open. And Annie is caught in a destrucive web of loves, lies, and murder that only her sharp insights and fierce intelligence can unravel. From the Paperback edition.