“PLEASANTLY TWISTY . . . [A] WHAM-BAM, HEART-RACING CLIMAX.” —USA Today
“[O’SHAUGHNESSY’S] BEST COURTROOM THRILLER TO DATE.”
—Kirkus Reviews
MOVE TO STRIKE
Nina Reilly thought she’d seen it all. An attorney and single mother, Nina isn’t afraid to tackle the toughest cases and trickiest defenses. But she is wholly unprepared for her latest client—sixteen-year-old Nicole Zack, rebel, thief, and best friend of Nina’s teenage son, Bob. Did Nikki steal something from her uncle, a prominent plastic surgeon, then kill him in cold blood? To find out, Nina calls in Paul van Wagoner, a P.I. and ex-lover whose bravado conceals a troubling personal secret. As Paul investigates the eerily coincidental death of the surgeon’s son—killed in a plane crash the same night his father was murdered—Nina sorts through the twisting lies surrounding Nikki, uncovering a seething mystery, some enraged former patients, and two very old crimes. Finally, Nina must confront the central question she must answer in order to save her client: What did Nikki really see the night of her uncle’s murder?
“SUSPENSEFUL, ENTERTAINING READING.”
—BookPage
“COMPULSIVELY READABLE . . .
VERY POSSIBLY HER BEST . . .
A PAGE-TURNER THAT WILL
—The Drood Review of Mystery
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
PERRI O’SHAUGHNESSY is the pen name for two sisters, Pamela and Mary O’Shaughnessy, who live in Hawaii and California respectively. Pamela graduated from Harvard Law School and was a trial lawyer for sixteen years. Mary is a former editor and writer for multimedia projects. They are the authors of Move to Strike, Acts of Malice, Breach of Promise, Obstruction of Justice, Invasion of Privacy and Motion to Suppress. Readers can contact Perri O’Shaughnessy at perri@perrio.com.
Also by Perri O’Shaughnessy
MOTION TO SUPPRESS
INVASION OF PRIVACY
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
BREACH OF PROMISE
ACTS OF MALICE
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2001 by Mary O’Shaughnessy and Pamela
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001028468
July 2002
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