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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781410417305
Edition: Lrg
Format: Large Print
ISBN: 1410417301
Label: Thorndike Press
Manufacturer: Thorndike Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 623
Publication Date: August 11, 2009
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Studio: Thorndike Press
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THE PRINCIPALS
Paul Wheeler. CEO of the Wheeler Enterprises empire. At age fifty-two, he's a pillar of Atlanta society and a brilliant businessman. But Paul is out of the picture even before the opening credits -- shot dead during an armed robbery.
Julie Rutledge. A savvy, cultured, and attractive Southern woman, seasoned by a stint of study and romance in Paris. She owns the city's most successful and sophisticated art gallery on Peachtree Street. She was also Paul Wheeler's weekly companion at the hotel where he was murdered and was hand in hand with him at the time of his death.
Derek Mitchell. A defense lawyer of renown. Successful, handsome, and despised by the Atlanta PD for his courtroom victories, he goes to the mat to make a case for every client - and headlines for himself. A guilty verdict is not an option. Yet he's not entirely without a conscience, as proven when his life takes a terrible turn toward the cinematic.
Creighton Wheeler. The prodigal nephew of Paul. With movie-star looks and guileless blue eyes, the twenty-eight-year-old playboy has a penchant for call girls, fast cars, and designer clothes. But his passion is movies. He studies them, quotes them...and lives them. Even those closest to Creighton can't be sure when he exits reality and enters the fantasy world of films.
STORYBOARD
The murder of Paul Wheeler has all the elements of a blockbuster: family rivalries, incalculable wealth, and a prominent man dying in the arms of his beautiful mistress. It's a case that could earn Derek Mitchell even greater star power. When the Wheeler family approaches him about defending Creighton for his uncle's murder -- even before he's charged -- he jumps at the chance.
But Derek soon discovers that Julie will stop at nothing to secure justice for Paul -- and that includes preventing Derek from defending Creighton. Infuriated, Derek realizes that his hands have been tied in a way that could not only cost him the case, but ruin his entire career.
Although Creighton has a rock-solid alibi, Julie is convinced that he is responsible for Paul's murder. But the homicide detectives have another theory. Caught in several lies, and keeping secrets from Derek and the police, Julie is suspected of casting blame on Creighton to cover her own crime. Meanwhile, Derek fears he's once again being duped...yet he burns with jealousy when he thinks of Julie with her late lover.
But the more Derek learns about Creighton and his darker side, the more he doubts the young man's innocence.
And hiding in a squalid motel under an assumed name is the one man, a career criminal, a killer, who knows the truth.
The clock ticks down toward a shocking ending as Derek and Julie seek to learn whether Creighton's fascination with movie murders is merely a bizarre hobby or depravity. Has he begun reenacting cinema's goriest scenes...and, if so, who will be his unwitting costars? They won't know until the final SMASH CUT.
From "masterful storyteller" Sandra Brown (USA Today) comes this thrilling new novel full of jarring twists and breathless suspense that will have you on the edge of your seat.
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Since the book's beginning till the end you'll be thrilled by the plot but the best of it is the end. You'll never have any inkling about it.
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Paul Wheeler, an Atlanta bigwig, and his companion, Julie Rutledge, a beautiful sophisticate, who runs a fashionable Atlanta art gallery, meet every Wednesday in an Atlanta hotel. But this Wednesday tragedy awaits them as they step into the elevator. Suddenly a masked robber enters, robs the occupants of their valuables, and shoots Paul, who dies in Julie's arms.
Derek Mitchell, a brilliant lawyer, is hired by the Wheeler family to defend their spoiled, movie-obsessed son Creighton, who they fear might be charged with the crime even though he's got an airtight alibi. But Julie, who hates Creighton, and is convinced he killed Paul, or hired someone to do it, is afraid Derek might get him off and sees to it that Derek loses the job. Derek is furious, feeling Julie might ruin his career, but in spite of himself he's drawn to her. And when the police begin to suspect Julie herself of the crime, after they've caught her in several lies, and feel she might be trying to cast doubt on Creighton to protect herself, Derek immediately goes to her aid. Meanwhile the killer, the only man who knows the truth, is hiding away in a shabby motel, while events race toward an exciting and totally unexpected climax. Another thriller from master storyteller Sandra Brown.
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I was extemely happy with my purchase through Amazon. The book arrived in perfect condition.
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I enjoyed this story, I was entertained. However, the editor must have had a rough night. The sudden name change of one of the characters in chapter 18 really threw me. I had to go back to the early chapters to reassure myself that I hadn't just imagined her name was Sharon, not Susan. What's up with that? This was no small mistake! I was glad that they eventually gave her back her correct name. Unlike some, I enjoyed the rather far-fetched plot line. Isn't that why it's called fiction?
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yup it hits all the right buttons..........this book is now doing the rounds with friends who also enjoy books by Sandra Brown.
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