Redress of Grievances
by Brenda Adcock
**Recipient of the 2008 award for Best Mystery from the Golden Crown
Literary Society, the premier organization for the support and
nourishment of quality lesbian literature. **In the first of a
series of psychological thrillers, Harriett Markham is a defense
attorney in Austin, Texas, who lost everything eleven years earlier. She
had been an associate with a Dallas firm and involved in an affair with
a senior partner, Alexis Dunne. Harriett represented a rape/murder
client named Jared Wilkes and got the charges dismissed on a
technicality. When Wilkes committed a rape and murder after his release,
Harriett was devastated. She resigned and moved to Austin, leaving
everything behind, including her lover.Despite lingering
feelings for Alexis, Harriet becomes involved with a sex-offense
investigator, Jessie Rains, a woman struggling with secrets of her own.
Harriet thinks she might finally be happy, but then Alexis re-enters her
life. She refers a case of multiple homicide allegedly committed by
Sharon Taggart, a woman with no motive for the crimes. Harriett is
creeped out by the brutal murders, but reluctantly agrees to handle the
defense.As Harriett's team prepares for trial, disturbing
information comes to light. Sharon denies any involvement in the crimes,
but the evidence against her seems overwhelming. Harriett is plunged
into a case rife with twisty psychological motives, questionable sanity,
and a client with a complex and disturbing life. Is she guilty or not?
And will Harriet's legal defense bring about justice -or another Wilkes
case?
Literary Society, the premier organization for the support and
nourishment of quality lesbian literature. **In the first of a
series of psychological thrillers, Harriett Markham is a defense
attorney in Austin, Texas, who lost everything eleven years earlier. She
had been an associate with a Dallas firm and involved in an affair with
a senior partner, Alexis Dunne. Harriett represented a rape/murder
client named Jared Wilkes and got the charges dismissed on a
technicality. When Wilkes committed a rape and murder after his release,
Harriett was devastated. She resigned and moved to Austin, leaving
everything behind, including her lover.Despite lingering
feelings for Alexis, Harriet becomes involved with a sex-offense
investigator, Jessie Rains, a woman struggling with secrets of her own.
Harriet thinks she might finally be happy, but then Alexis re-enters her
life. She refers a case of multiple homicide allegedly committed by
Sharon Taggart, a woman with no motive for the crimes. Harriett is
creeped out by the brutal murders, but reluctantly agrees to handle the
defense.As Harriett's team prepares for trial, disturbing
information comes to light. Sharon denies any involvement in the crimes,
but the evidence against her seems overwhelming. Harriett is plunged
into a case rife with twisty psychological motives, questionable sanity,
and a client with a complex and disturbing life. Is she guilty or not?
And will Harriet's legal defense bring about justice -or another Wilkes
case?