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Case of Lies (Nina Reilly #11)
No one writes legal suspense like Perri O’Shaughnessy. Blending powerful human drama with legal thrills, mystery, humor, and unforgettable characters, the New York Times bestselling author has created a uniquely entertaining series of novels centered around lawyer and single mother Nina Reilly. Now, in a masterful new novel, Nina’s investigation into an unsolved murder tak...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
June 27th 2006
by Dell
(first published June 1st 2005)
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Been awhile: Nina Reilly book 9--here's the plot:
No one writes legal suspense like Perri O’Shaughnessy. Blending powerful human drama with legal thrills, mystery, humor, and unforgettable characters, the New York Times bestselling author has created a uniquely entertaining series of novels centered around lawyer and single mother Nina Reilly. Now, in a masterful new novel, Nina’s investigation into an unsolved murder takes her on a dark journey strewn with old crimes, bitter truths, and heart-st...more
No one writes legal suspense like Perri O’Shaughnessy. Blending powerful human drama with legal thrills, mystery, humor, and unforgettable characters, the New York Times bestselling author has created a uniquely entertaining series of novels centered around lawyer and single mother Nina Reilly. Now, in a masterful new novel, Nina’s investigation into an unsolved murder takes her on a dark journey strewn with old crimes, bitter truths, and heart-st...more
The two sisters who write under O’Shaughnessy’s pseudonym, know the Tahoe area well, and it is refreshing to get a natural, bordering on wild landscape in a book, Ponderosa, mountains, rain torrents, and snow storms and Lake Tahoe. The sisters are good technicians of the wounded woman as protanganist, Nina the attorney, doing anything to find a murderer. Her massage therapist Chelsi asks her to represent her uncle in a civil case against a motel where the uncle’s wife was murdered when the desk...more
Never heard of the author, never read their books till now. The only reason I bought it was because it was 50 cents...plus I love mystery books.
I enjoyed the story. The characters were complex. And I enjoyed all the math. I feel like many people are rating this book down because of the math. Fitting...considering most people are terrified of math.
The ending was disappointing. I mean really? Come on. I could have pulled a better ending than that.
I am now inspired to become a professional blackj...more
I enjoyed the story. The characters were complex. And I enjoyed all the math. I feel like many people are rating this book down because of the math. Fitting...considering most people are terrified of math.
The ending was disappointing. I mean really? Come on. I could have pulled a better ending than that.
I am now inspired to become a professional blackj...more
Dec 10, 2011
CassandraG
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Perri O’Shaugnessy a case of lies:
A Nina Reilly Mystery
Nina Reilly a lawyer in Tahoe takes on a cold case, about a woman who was murdered at a motel and there were no apparent witnesses.
The case has about 2 weeks left before all legitimate queries about the case runs it’s course.
Dave Hanna, husband of murdered woman Sarah Hanna, hires Nina, after being somewhat pressured by his brother-in-law and niece to try and put some closure to the case.
Nina eventually finds the witnesses and the purporte...more
A Nina Reilly Mystery
Nina Reilly a lawyer in Tahoe takes on a cold case, about a woman who was murdered at a motel and there were no apparent witnesses.
The case has about 2 weeks left before all legitimate queries about the case runs it’s course.
Dave Hanna, husband of murdered woman Sarah Hanna, hires Nina, after being somewhat pressured by his brother-in-law and niece to try and put some closure to the case.
Nina eventually finds the witnesses and the purporte...more
A robbery, the murder of a pregnant schoolteacher, followed by the disappearance of three witnesses – all take place at a Lake Tahoe motel and lead to a wrongful death suit. Time is running out on the case and there has been no significant progress; the previous attorney wants out. Nina Reilly takes over the case of the bereaved spouse, at the personal request of the victim’s niece.
Her first action is to locate the witnesses – three brilliant math students – and she tracks two of them to Boston....more
Her first action is to locate the witnesses – three brilliant math students – and she tracks two of them to Boston....more
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i really like this author, so far. i've only read one other book of there's, but this one, though being a mostly good read, goes way too much into primes, and gives information on them which just really don't matter. the average reader will have no clue what they are saying. and though i rarely skip even boring parts of otherwise good books, i could not keep going with the math descriptions, and skipped an entire section. it is otherwise a very compelling read.
Nina returns to Tahoe for this case...trying to solve a 2-year-old murder to bring closure to the victim's husband. The case turns unusually violent for one of Nina's cases...several more murders take place as she tries to get to the bottom of the story.
A sub-plot of quantum physics and advanced mathematics involving prime numbers gets a little deep...at times you might wonder if you got lost in a math textbook! But I did find the theories interesting.
The ending was a bit disappointing...the res...more
A sub-plot of quantum physics and advanced mathematics involving prime numbers gets a little deep...at times you might wonder if you got lost in a math textbook! But I did find the theories interesting.
The ending was a bit disappointing...the res...more
I liked it! To be truthful, I finished this a couple days ago and forgot to review it, and don't have time now, but I remember I liked it! It's a well established series and I know I began back in 2003ish so if I enjoyed it I'd have more to read -- I'll add the next in the series for sure. Nina Reilly is a very relatable woman, with every day problems like the rest of us - the only difference is the exciting legal cases she takes on. Two thumbs up!
I haven't read any of the previous Nina Reilly mysteries by Perri O'Shaghnessy, but I will keep an eye out for them as I really did enjoy this book. I thought that the explanations of the mathematical theories were a bit long, but at the same time interesting. A book worth reading.
O'Shaughnessy bases the book locally so this is fun. The niece of a man whose wife was killed by a "random"bullet engages Nina Reilly to solve the mystery. The only witnesses are students who have been running numbers in the casinos, and they have false ids.Something is fishy, Lucy!
Stunning, complex, interesting even though at first I was baffled by the Prime Numbers Theory! I listen to the audiobook and then checked out the book. I was yancy to find out what happens. Very satisfying. NOW: I must go onto book #12 to find out what happens to Nina!
Way too technical with all of the math information for someone who did not do well in school with math. I scanned and turned many many pages without even reading them to get to the story line. I am such a Perri O'Shaughnessy fan that this was a real disappointmeant.
I'm glad Nina is back in Tahoe. I love that area and every time I read these novels, I wonder if my fair-weather, San Diego ass could handle a Tahoe winter. I'd like to try some day.
Single mother, Nina Reilly, is a lawyer at Lake Tahoe. Plot involves a math equation, very bright young students and several murders. Very easy to relate to the setting.
Nina Reilly #11
Math Whiz students gamble in Tahoe and encounter lots of success by counting cards. In their motel they become witnesses in a murder along the way.
Math Whiz students gamble in Tahoe and encounter lots of success by counting cards. In their motel they become witnesses in a murder along the way.
Jan 26, 2009
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This was the book that hooked me thanks to my friend Rhonda. I had to find the first book and start from the beginning.
This series just keeps getting more and more stupid. And yet, I feel compelled to keep reading them because I have to know what happens to these characters.
I loved this book. Complicated in crime and satisfying in love interest. Finally!
tahoe setting - so from that standpoint it's interesting to me.
Jul 29, 2011
Susan Essman
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This was good. Had a twist at the end that I liked.
A little warped but a good mystery.
didn't finish
One of a series about a California Lawyer, who does well on the job, but sure doesn't have a clue about her personal life. This novel sparked my interest because the principal characters involved in the story were mathmaticians. The author(s)present math theory in such away that it seems fascinating, stimulating and like it actually can make a difference in our lives. Who woulda thought! Author also does a great job of portraying the Lake Tahoe community.
This was a very good mystery. There are several twists and turns.
As always a good read. This one is pretty brainy--lots of math
Really suspenseful and we get to go with Nina to several different places including Germany. Card counting and the very involved math involving prime numbers were interesting to me and I liked learning a little about the encryption system based on primes. Great plot, a lot more death in this one than their other stories, but still a good fast paced story.
Not as much legal action as usual, but a closer look at what makes her tick on a personal level. No Paul and there was a lot of bloodshed. A good effort, but not my Nina fave.
The summary on the back of this book tells about the case, but fails to mention all of the math theory you must read. It took me a long time to get through because I was essentially learning about 3-4 different mathmaticians and their theories, etc. It would have been a great book without all of that!
Interesting. Intelligently written and well knit plot. You cant guess truth till last 5 pages.
I started this about 2 years ago and just never finished it. It wasn't bad - it just didn't ever capture my attention as much as anything else I was reading at the time. Maybe one day I'll pick it up again.
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Perri O’Shaughnessy is the pen-name for two people, Pamela and Mary O’Shaughnessy, sisters. The authors' pseudonym is an homage to Perry Mason, the man who never met a guilty client, and a melding of their two first names, Pamela and Mary. O’Shaughnessy is their paternal family name.
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