Book description
When Dr Rennie Newton is summoned to jury duty, she brings to the
courtroom the same degree of dedication and composure that she displays
in the operating room. And it is this commitment to duty and precision
that compels her to return a not guilty verdict in the trial of
notorious killer, Ricky Lozada. But it might prove the most regrettable
decision of her life ... When a rival colleague is brutally slain,
Rennie is cast as prime suspect even though Lozada's menacing shadow
looms over the murder. Not only does Lozada seem to be insinuating
himself into every aspect of her life, but the police also seem intent
on invading her privacy - particularly Wick Threadgill, an embittered
detective with vengeance on his mind and a point to prove. As the stakes
continue to rise, Rennie and Wick decide to forge an uneasy alliance -
but what they both have yet to realise is that when the killer strikes,
they won't see it coming ... Sandra Brown is the author of fifty-six
New York Times bestsellers, most recently PLAY DIRTY which was published
in August 2007 by Simon & Schuster and debuted at number two on the
New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list. Her other recent
bestsellers include RICOCHET (2006), CHILL FACTOR(2005), WHITE
HOT(2004), HELLO, DARKNESS(2003), THE CRUSH(2002), ENVY (2001), all of
which have jumped onto the
Times
bestseller list in the number one to five spot. Her new novel SMOKE
SCREEN will be published on August 12, 2008. Brown began her writing
career in 1981 and since then has published nearly seventy novels, most
of which remain in print. As of 1990, when Mirror Image
made The New York Times
bestseller list, each subsequent novel, including reprints of earlier
books, have become Times
bestsellers. Her novel THE WITNESS was recently optioned by Twinstar
Entertainment for a major motion picture. Brown now has seventy million
copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated
into thirty-three languages. A lifelong Texan, Sandra Brown was born in
Waco and raised in Ft. Worth. Before embarking on her writing career,
she worked as a model at the Dallas Apparel Mart, and in television,
including weathercasting for WFAA-TV in Dallas, and feature reporting on
the nationally syndicated program PM Magazine
. She is much in demand as a speaker at book festivals and charity
functions throughout the year.
