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Nina Reilly takes on the most dangerous and difficult caseof her career in New York Times bestselling author Perri O'Shaughnessy's latestthriller. An ingenious blend of forensic science, history, and grippingsuspense, Unlucky in Law pits the tough but compassionate attorney against themost unbeatable adversary of all: the law. Nina has just received a last-minute call from her old bossand mentor in Monterey County, California, where she is enjoying thebreathtaking scenery and spending time with her boyfriend, P.I. Paul vanWagoner. Klaus Pohlmann is in desperate straits and begs Nina to take over aseemingly unwinnable case: A luckless two-time felon named Stefan Wyatt hasrobbed a grave and made off with the long-buried bones of a Russian émigré.When he is caught and arrested, further devastating evidence found in the gravesuggests that Stefan is guilty of a far more deadly crime. A young woman, a classmate of Stefan's, has been killed, andhe is accused of her murder. Now, as a result of California's Third Strike law,Wyatt is looking at twenty-five years to life whether he's convicted of grandtheft or murder. Either way, he's in big trouble. With her client's blood DNA found in the dead woman'sapartment, Nina faces an uphill battle. Suspecting that her hapless client hasbeen set up, Nina brings in a brilliant forensic pathologist who comes up witha startling theory about the case that could rewrite a crucial page of Europeanhistory. As the evidence mounts against Nina's client, Paul launches his owninvestigation into the shadowy past of the two-decades-old skeleton. Butlong-held secrets nearly get him killed and reveal a more insidious evil atwork - and an extraordinary story dating back to tsarist Russia and the Romanovcourt. As Wyatt edges closer to the unluckiest verdict of his young life, Ninamakes an astounding discovery that just might save her client - or expose akiller who could bury them all.
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