num_pages: 372
description: He took a chance, told a lie, then a plane went down-- and the nightmare began...Michael Ashmore, senior partner at a top law firm, has a reputation he cherishes. In a world of liars, he's an honest man. So he shouldn't start an affair with a junior attorney at his firm. But he loves her. As a major airline's counsel, he shouldn't hide a failed drug test for his pilot brother, Charlie. But the test showed a mere trace of a prescription sleeping pill. And Charlie swears he'll never touch a pill again.Then Charlie's plane crashes, killing everyone on board. Charlie is found loaded with barbiturates. Now Michael, himself charged with reckless homicide, doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell. And that's just what someone planned . For Michael Ashmore, soft-hearted, hard-headed trial lawyer, has been chosen as the perfect patsy in a chilling conspiracy. And he has until the verdict comes in to find out who and why...
language: English
title: Reckless Homicide
titlecomplete: Reckless Homicide
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 75
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks