Keep No Secrets
by Julie Compton
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Pub Date Mar 15 2013 | Archive Date Sep 09 2013
Fresh Fork Publishing | AuthorBuzz
Description
After the ultimate betrayal, what is more important: trust or forgiveness? In KEEP NO SECRETS, the controversial follow-up to Compton's debut legal thriller TELL NO LIES, a district attorney struggles to redeem himself after a one-night stand four years before damaged his marriage and professional reputation.
After surviving the private and public fallout from a one-night stand four years before, St. Louis DA Jack Hilliard wants nothing more than to be trusted again by his wife, Claire, and to earn back the respect of the community he serves. Since the day Claire accepted him back into the family, he's vowed to be true to these goals, and so far he's succeeded.
But all of Jack's efforts begin to crumble when the woman involved in his earlier downfall, Jenny Dodson, returns to town claiming threats on her life and asking for his help, and resurrecting for Jack long-buried emotions and questions of her guilt for the murder of a client. Just when he thinks the pressure can't get any worse, his son's girlfriend, Celeste, accuses him of sexual assault, and he suddenly finds himself on the wrong end of a criminal case, battling for his freedom.
Can Jack trust his freedom to the legal system on which he built his career? Or will the ghost of his one-night stand four years before come back to haunt him, causing him to be convicted on the mistakes of his past?
A Note From the Publisher
ISBN:9780988793224 (print: $15.95)
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ISBN:9780988793224 (print: $15.95)
Advance Praise
“In Keep No Secrets, Compton merges psychological, family, and legal drama in a masterful thriller that rivals the work of Scott Turow and William Landay.” Sharon Potts, author of The Devil's Madonna
PRAISE FOR PREQUEL TO KEEP NO SECRETS, Tell No Lies:
“Compton’s debut [Tell No Lies] is a taut, tense cautionary tale complete with courtroom drama and a surprise ending.” Kirkus Reviews (starred)
Tell No Lies is “an absorbing account of an honourable man gradually yielding to multiple temptations,” and “a strong debut from a writer who knows her law, and more importantly, can depict the ebb and flow of relationships, the conflict between love and desire and the irresistible urge to self-destruct of a ‘man who has everything’.” Guardian (UK)
“It’s a compliment to Compton that Tell No Lies bears comparison to Turow’s landmark 1987 debut, which has launched numerous imitations if few equals. The prose is solid, the plotting assured, and the characters believable. There’s even a marvelous surprise ending.” Fort Myers News-Press
“Compton proves she has real storytelling skills. Tell No Lies’ final twist is as stunning as that classic surprise in Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent.” South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9780988793224 |
PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
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