Suspicion of Deceit

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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 companys newest young starwho is set to take the lead in Mozarts Don Giovannirecently performed in Castros Cuba. And while the Operas board of directors couldnt care less, Miamis 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 Operas problems may threaten to expose a secret hidden in the history of Cuban emigration to Miami. Its a secret someone is killing to keep, and a deadly conspiracy that leads Gail to the most unlikely of suspects: her fianc 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.

Author Bio

Barbara Parker was trained as a lawyer and worked as a prosecutor with the state attorneys office in Dade County, Florida, before moving into a private practice that specialized in real estate and family law. She earned a masters degree in creative writing in 1993, and her first legal thriller wasSuspicion of Innocence (1994), which was followed by another seven titles featuring her two lawyer protagonists, the sometime-lovers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana. While writing the Suspicion series, she also producedCriminal Justice,Blood Relations,The Perfect Fake, andThe Dark of Day. Suspicion of Innocencewas a finalist for the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, and two of her titles,Suspicion of DeceitandSuspicion of Betrayal,wereNew York Timesbestsellers. Parker died in March 2009, at age sixty-two.