false 85342 4 Fans who have been eagerly awaiting the next installment in the Nina Reilly series won't be disappointed by Perri O'Shaughnessy's latest, <I>Breach of Promise</I>. The creator of <I>Invasion of Privacy</I> and <I>Obstruction of Justice</I> has crafted a tale of love and murder gone awry in the material age.<p> Palimony--birds do it, bees do it, Liberace's heirs do it, and so do Mike and Lindy Markov. When Mike falls for Rachel, a young and beautiful vice president at Markov Enterprises, he tells Lindy (his companion and business partner of many years) that their relationship is over, leaving her, in effect, to go soak her head in one of the Markov Super Spas they've invented and sold to countless arthritics. Desperate to retain her fair share of their $250 million fortune, Lindy hires Nina to pursue a palimony suit against Mike, tempting her with an enormous percentage if they win their case.<p> O'Shaughnessy thus leads into the deceptively simple, deeply disturbing philosophical conundrum around which she weaves her tale of intrigue: What would you--what would anyone--do for money? As Nina pursues her case, O'Shaughnessy tests the boundaries of traditional courtroom-drama fiction by playing with the conventions of narrative form, but she remains true to the genre's ethic of devious surprises and fast-paced action.<p> Granted, Nina is a lawyer rather than a private investigator, and her smooth style bears little resemblance to, say, the sardonic goofiness of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone, but she may strike a chord with fans of Sara Paretsky's Chicago sleuth, V.I. Warshawski. Both Nina and V.I. cling stubbornly to their independence and sense of fairness as they wage battle against institutionalized forces of greed; and both O'Shaughnessy and Paretsky use engaging characters, tight plotting, and clever dialogue to lure their readers into wrestling with legal and moral dilemmas. <I>--Kelly Flynn</I> 2181487 1998 Breach of Promise total:182|5:37|4:82|3:54|2:7|1:2| 182 691 251 9 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Thu Aug 20 11:22:56 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 11:29:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:20:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:22:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 10:11:36 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 10:12:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 18:22:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 15:20:10 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon May 18 18:33:53 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 15:52:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 22 20:58:33 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 20:58:33 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jun 23 07:24:26 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 07:25:20 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Sat Dec 08 17:32:39 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 17:33:17 -0800 2007 1 0 false false Mon Jun 23 10:25:42 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 10:26:05 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 23:32:27 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 23:32:27 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 10:53:25 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 10:53:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 02:25:57 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 02:25:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 23:35:23 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 23:35:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 24 14:15:48 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 14:15:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Oct 12 11:13:40 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 11:13:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 10:01:01 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 10:01:01 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Oct 09 19:10:52 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 19:10:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 13:34:40 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 13:34:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Sep 28 12:32:18 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 12:32:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 08:06:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 08:06:26 -0700 2009