New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From HarperCollins 1998 Jan-March
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From HarperCollins JAN-MARCH 1998

Lisa Scottoline Legal Tender Pbk published January 1998 by HarperCollins at £5.99 ISBN: 0 00 649851 5 Artwork by: Jefferson Memorial 1997 Mel Curtis, Photonica.
Hard-hitting, tough-talking legal crime thriller from Edgar Award-Winning Lisa Scottoline
Maverick lawyer 'Bennie' Rosato prosecutes police misconduct and excessive-force cases, and business has never been better Her latest client - an activist roughed-up by the police during a demo against a pharmaceutical company - seems to have a open-and-shut case, until he confesses that his group have bee plotting the murder of the company's president. And as if that wasn't bad enough, Bernie's former lover and current law partner, Mark Biscardi, announces that he wants to oust her from the firm, in favour of an ambitious and beautiful associate.
The following morning Mark is found murdered, and all the evidence points to Bennie. Suddenly her world is turned upside down as the lawyer becomes the client and the cops she once prosecuted are out to get her When a second murder takes place Bennie finds herself indicted for double homicide - a crime punishable by death.
With no one she can trust, Bennie becomes a fugitive armed or with her wits and courage. She'll find the real killer. Or die trying.>BR< 'Bennie, a delightful heroine, deserves an encore; and, again, Scottoline merits a big round of applause' Publishers Weekly

Running from the Law
Lisa Scottoline Running from the Law Pbk published January 1998 by HarperCollins at £5.99 ISBN: 0 00 649850 7 Artwork by: Cover photograph: Mel Curtis, Photonica
See Review by Val McDermid - Gold Dagger winner & creator of Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan & Tony Hill

Hard-hitting, thriller from Edgar Award-winning Lisa Scottoline

Rita Morrone is a fast-talking poker player, as well as being one of the toughest trial lawyers in Philadelphia. She loves taking risks, hates to lose, and can't resist a challenge... So when a distinguished federal judge - and her prospective father-in-law - is accused of sexually harassing his young secretary. Morrone takes on the defence of what becomes one of the most high-profile cases in the country.

But then the game turns serious and Morrone finds herself at the centre of a murder case, with her client as prime suspect. Bluffing her way into the murder investigation, Morrone uncovers shocking new evidence and decides to end the lethal game. She lays it all on the line for the highest stake ever - her life.

Filled with plot twists, compelling characters, stinging wit and gripping suspense, Running from the Law shows exactly why Lisa Scottoline is one of the strongest players in the legal thriller game.

'A pacy page-turner...Fast, unpredictable and tense, it's a cleverly plotted entertainment that makes some serious points under the thrills' Val McDermid



Mary Willis Walker Zero At The Bone Pbk published March 1998 by HarperCollins at £5.99 ISBN: 0 00 649971 6
First UK publication for this award-winning murder mystery from the author of Under the Beetle's Cellar and The Real Scream.
Katherine Driscoll hasn't heard from her father since she was a baby over thirty years ago. She's filled with suspicion when he writes her a letter, promising help. How does he know she needs it, Although she's the best dog trainer in Texas, she must find $90,000 immediately, or lose everything.
But when she tries to take her father up on his offer, he's already dead, mauled by a tiger in the zoo where he worked. Katherine resolves to investigate, drawn to uncover long-hidden family secrets as well as what's behind the tragedy at the zoo. It becomes all too apparent that the tiger isn't the only killer around.
Winner of the Agatha Award (for Zero at the Bone) and Edgar Award for Best Crime Novel (The Red Scream), Mary Willis Walker lives in Texas.