Suspicion of Deceit
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3.9 • 7 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestseller: Miami attorneys Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana are back in action in this "complex, involving tale" (Booklist).
Now running her own private law practice, Gail has taken on the Miami Opera as her first client. The company's newest young star—who is set to take the lead in Mozart's Don Giovanni—recently performed in Castro's Cuba. And while the Opera's board of directors couldn't care less, Miami's Cuban community could make a great deal of trouble for all involved.
To Gail, it seems more like a case for a PR specialist than a lawyer. But she soon discovers that the Opera's problems may threaten to expose a secret hidden in the history of Cuban emigration to Miami. It's a secret someone is killing to keep, and a deadly conspiracy that leads Gail to the most unlikely of suspects: her fiancé Anthony Quintana.
Edgar Award finalist and former Florida state prosecutor Barbara Parker once again serves up "a rich mix of tropical politics, edgy romance and secrets from the past" in the third legal thriller in the bestselling series (Publishers Weekly).
Suspicion of Deceit is the 3rd book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Miami attorney Gail Connor plunges into volatile Cuban-American politics in her third heady adventure (after Suspicion of Guilt.) When Gail's client, the Miami Opera, hires fast-rising singer Thomas Nolan to star in Don Giovanni, opera managers learn that Nolan recently performed in Havana. Much of Miami's Cuban community sees any such appearance as support for the hated Fidel Castro. Gail asks her fiance, Cuban-born lawyer Anthony Quintana, to intervene with the local exiles. Complicating matters is the fact that Anthony's brother-in-law, Octavio Reyes, leads the anti-Nolan talk on a Miami radio station. Just before a planned appearance on the Reyes show, Seth Greer, an old friend of Quintana and opera director Rebecca Dixon, is shot to death. Because the exiles, however passionate, seldom resort to violence, Gail wonders if Greer's death is related to his long-ago revolutionary work with Quintana and Rebecca in Nicaragua. The possibility leads her to wonder if her lover, who is adamantly secretive about his own history, could be the killer? The story and cast at first seem formulaic: the ever competent heroine, the macho but tender Latin lover, life among wealthy Miamians. The narrative triumphs, however, thanks to Parker's rich mix of tropical politics, edgy romance and secrets from the past.
Customer Reviews
Poorly edited
Was this even edited at all ? The continuous typos interrupted the plot. Seriously, what happened?