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Title details for The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan - Available

The Murder List

A Novel of Suspense

by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Angela Dawe
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The Murder List is a new standalone suspense novel in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and B. A. Paris from award-winning author and reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan.
"An exhilarating thrill ride that keeps you turning pages...Ryan deftly delivers a denouement as shocking as it is satisfying."—Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish and The Last Time I Saw You
Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She's smart, she's a hard worker, she does the right thing, she's successfully married to a faithful and devoted husband, a lion of Boston's defense bar, and her internship with the Boston DA's office is her ticket to a successful future.
Problem is—she's wrong.
And in this cat and mouse game—the battle for justice becomes a battle for survival.

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  • Release date

    August 20, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781250222435
      • File size: 323321 KB
      • Duration: 11:13:35

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 17, 2019
      Early in this disappointing legal thriller from Mary Higgins Clark Award winner Ryan (the Jane Ryland series), Harvard Law student Rachel North accepts an internship with Martha Gardiner, the first assistant district attorney of Middlesex County, Mass. This decision raises tensions with Rachel’s husband, Jack Kirkland, a preeminent Boston defense attorney who recently lost a high-profile murder case to Martha. Martha throws Rachel into the middle of a fresh homicide case, the killing of nurse Tassie Lyle, implausibly having her take an active role in the investigation. The inquiry soon zeroes in on a pizza deliveryman who was a hospital patient of the victim’s and who may have been working with her to sell drugs. The action is interrupted first by flashbacks to Rachel’s previous life as a political aide to Thomas Rafferty, the president of the state senate, who stops by her apartment late at night to leave an envelope with her for safekeeping. More flashbacks reveal the unlikely start to Rachel’s relationship with Jack. Details that don’t ring true to life only accentuate the soap opera–ish plot, which builds to an unsatisfying ending. Ryan has done better and will do so again. Agent: Lisa Gallagher, DeFiore & Co.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This courtroom drama and murder mystery will delight listeners who enjoy a well-constructed story presented by a skilled narrator. The story involves a vicious competition between an ambitious prosecutor and a defense attorney who is determined to win every trial. Narrator Angela Dawe gives Martha, the prosecutor, a distinctive raw, scratchy voice that communicates power and authority. Attorney Jack is given a charming, surprisingly masculine voice that marks him as an alpha male. At the center of the plot is law student Rachel, who recounts events in the voice of the girl next door. Dawe brings all the characters to life in this deftly plotted suspense, which leaves listeners asking who the good guys are. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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