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The ex / Alafair Burke.

By: Publication details: London : Faber & Faber, 2016.Description: 283 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780571328154 : (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • FIC 23
Summary: In this breakout standalone thriller, a lawyer agrees to help an old boyfriend who has been accued of murder - but begins to suspect that she is being manipulated. Widower Jack Harris has resisted dating since the shooting of his wife by a fifteen-year-old boy three years ago. An early morning run along the Hudson River changes that when he spots a woman who echos his past. Eager to help Jack find love again, his best friend posts a 'Missed Moment' item online. Days later, a woman responds... Olivia Randell is one of New York City's best criminal defence lawyers. When she getd the phone call informing her that her former fiancée, Jack Harris, has been arrested for a triple homicide there is no doubt in her mind that he is innocent. For Olivia, representing Jack is a way to make up for past regrets, and the hurt she caused him, but as the evidence against him mounts up, she is forced to confront her doubts. The man she knew could not have done this, but what if she never really knew him?
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In this breakout standalone thriller, a lawyer agrees to help an old boyfriend who has been accued of murder - but begins to suspect that she is being manipulated.

Widower Jack Harris has resisted dating since the shooting of his wife by a fifteen-year-old boy three years ago. An early morning run along the Hudson River changes that when he spots a woman who echos his past. Eager to help Jack find love again, his best friend posts a 'Missed Moment' item online. Days later, a woman responds...

Olivia Randell is one of New York City's best criminal defence lawyers. When she getd the phone call informing her that her former fiancée, Jack Harris, has been arrested for a triple homicide there is no doubt in her mind that he is innocent.

For Olivia, representing Jack is a way to make up for past regrets, and the hurt she caused him, but as the evidence against him mounts up, she is forced to confront her doubts. The man she knew could not have done this, but what if she never really knew him?

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