In her three previous appearances, attorney Barbara Holloway has taken on the sort of cases no one else wants, all hopeless messes. With the help of her father, Frank, she has pulled through each time. But even from the start, this new case is different.

Mitch Arno always meant bad news for the coastal town of Folsum, Oregon. When they ran him out of town seventeen years ago, he left behind a wife with two daughters and a family that never

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A small Oregon town is rocked by a wheels-within-wheels case of art, fraud, and murder.

Trial lawyer Barbara Holloway has a reputation for taking on the toughest cases and winning them. But this time it looks as though she's up against an unbeatable opponent. The trial involves the murder of Gus Marchand, a hard-working, God-fearing man who was found dead on his kitchen floor. The locals cast their suspicions toward Alex Feldman, Marchand's hideously deformed neighbor, without any real evidence linking him to the crime. At the request...

Four children in Oregon hide their mother's death for fear of being sent to foster homes. Eventually, they are forced to report her disappearance, a lawyer is appointed and falls in love with the eldest daughter who narrates the tale. By the author of Malice Prepense.

Lawyer Barbara Holloway of Oregon defends a woman accused of murdering her husband and disguising it as suicide. Holloway discovers she was framed by a man seeking a seat on the state supreme court.

Barbara Holloway left a promising legal career defending clients against murder charges when she became disgusted with the system. One call from her father brings her back into the courtroom and into a maelstrom of injustice and confusion.

When her beloved father is murdered at his isolated lake cottage, Abby Conners must re-evaluate all of her safe assumptions about life as she probes for hidden messages in her father's last novel that may reveal his killer.

Lee Donne has an eidetic memory that maintains a visual representation of everything she's ever seen. Unfortunately, this gift hasn't helped her in college, where she spent four years drifting from major to major. With no degree or job prospects, Lee is relieved to be house-sitting her grandfather's isolated Oregon home. But her stay soon becomes a nightmare when she is tormented by strange and menacing noises at night. Determined to track down the...

Charlie Meiklejohn is a former arson detective turned private investigator. His wife, Constance Leidl, is a professional psychologist. Together they're and unbeatable team, ready to take on the most convoluted cases.