Siga a un abogado tenaz y exboxeador mientras navega por el submundo de la ciudad, buscando justicia frente al peligro. Cada entrega presenta intrincados misterios y peligrosas confrontaciones con criminales despiadados. Con tramas apasionantes, giros inesperados y un protagonista dedicado a la verdad, esta serie de ficción criminal ofrece un suspense implacable.
Soft-hearted attorney Matthew Hope has never been known for taking easy cases, and this is no exception. A mother and her two little girls are brutally murdered on Florida's steamy west coast, and the only person who doesn't have a motive is confessing--and insists that Hope defend him.
The third Matthew Hope mystery novel from the acclaimed author of the popular 87th Precinct series. What begins as an ordinary one-night-stand for attorney Matthew Hope turns into a deadly mystery when the woman--a 60's rock star trying for a comeback--is brutally murdered, and her daughter turns up missing.
Matthew Hope spots her on Saturday, exquisitely beautiful, strolling topless on the beach. On Monday, she shows up in his law office, beaten and bruised, ready to file for divorce. By Tuesday, she is dead--and her big, ugly husband is arrested for murder. But Matthew believes he is innocent; now, he has to prove it.
Florida criminal lawyer Matthew Hope never takes a case unless he knows for sure his client is innocent. But retired schoolteacher Mary Barton - known as, "Mary, Mary, quite contrary" to her neighbors - isn't as easy woman to believe in. In fact, Mary doesn't appear interested in hiring Matthew, only in bad mouthing those she feels have done her wrong. But due to the efforts of Mary's former student, Melissa Lowndes, Matthew agrees to try to prove Mary innocent of the charges filed against her: sexually mutilating, murdering, and burying three little girls in her garden. Making the case tougher, the State Attorney's "killer" prosecutor is assigned Mary's case. Max the Ax brings forth witnesses that swear to seeing Mary with each of the girls; Mary carrying bloody clothes to the cleaners; and Mary digging small graves late at night. But Hope's biggest problem is Mary herself, a difficult woman swept up in horrible circumstances - a woman with secrets so terrible she can't tell them - even to save her own life.
Sára Whittakerová má skoro všechno - je úžasně krásná, mladá, bohatá - ale chybí ji svoboda. V současné době dlí proti své vůli v luxusním sanatoriu, byla totiž soudem prohlášena za schizofrení paranoičku. Tvrdí to lékaři, soud i její ovdovělá matka. Rozhodla se tedy zatelefonovat Matthewu Hopeovi a požádat ho, aby se stal jejím právním zástupcem a vybojoval jí svobodu. A k ní také 650 000 dolarů, které Sáře odkázal její otec a teď je zadržuje její matka. První brožované vydání v českém jazyce. Hope usoudil, že Sára mluví pravdu, a rozhodl se její pověření přijmout. Dostal se tak do zrcadlového bludiště, kde se realita mísí s fikcí a kde číhá nejhroznější nebezpečí, jaké kdy podstoupil.
This crime novel describes how Florida's Matthew Hope assumes defence of a husband against circumstantial evidence that he killed his actress wife. Hope is soon on the trail to solving the mystery but the actress, meanwhile, is stashed away - naked but for her red leather boots.
When the wife of a wealthy landowner is brutally raped, the police arrest three recent immigrants, who are later found murdered. The lawyer Matthew Hope is called in to defend the landowner, but soon realizes that he is involved in a situation far more complex than he or his client had imagined.
Mathew Hope a Waren Chambers řeší obzvlášť složitý případ - na zahradě bývalé učitelky Mary Bartonové se našly mrtvoly tří bestiálně zavražděných děvčátek a Mary byla okamžitě zatčena. Je konfrontována s několikerým zdánlivě nezpochybnitelným svědectvím: byla s dětmi viděna, osobně odnesla do čistírny zakrvácené šaty, a dokonce podle jednoho svědka pohřbívala v noci mrtvá těla. Je vůbec možné takovým svědectvým otřást? Mary však jen nepochopitelně mlčí a se svým obhájcem odmítá spolupracovat. Vypadá to, že elektrickému křeslu neunikne...... celý text
Kriminalroman fra Florida med baggrund i cirkusmiljø. Advokaten Matthew Hope er skudt ned, og under opklaringen af mordforsøget møder hans kolleger vold, grådighed og forræderi
Lainie Commins, a freelance designer of children's toys, hires attorney Matthew Hope for a lawsuit against her old employers, Brett and Etta Toland. At stake are the lucrative rights to Gladly, a teddy bear with crossed eyes and corrective lenses. It's a straightforward case--until Brett Toland is shot in the throat aboard his luxury yacht and Lainie becomes the chief suspect.
A woman approaches Florida attorney Matthew Hope to find her husband, Jack, whom she wishes to sue for divorce. Soon afterwards Jack turns up dead - or is he? If he is still alive, who is the corpse in his bed and who are the cops who knew Jack and take an interest in his disappearance?