Unfit to Practice
Was there something more criminal than grand theft auto involved in the  disappearance of Nina Reilly's truck--and the legal files locked inside it? When  confidential information from those files that could endanger Nina's clients and  destroy her reputation surfaces, it begins to look as though someone wants to  put the feisty Lake Tahoe attorney out of business. There's no shortage of  suspects, including a policewoman who blames Nina for short-circuiting her  promotion, a client with a guilty secret who's convinced it was Nina's  negligence that lost his custody case, and a rival attorney who's seething over  all the high-profile clients he's lost because of Nina's growing prominence.  With help from her ex-husband, a legal malpractice specialist, and her lover,  who's also her investigator, Reilly races the clock to get to the bottom of the  smear campaign and save her license to practice in this smart, sexy thriller  that makes the most of the author's gifts of clever plotting, characterization,  and dramatic tension. Reilly, a single mom whose personal life is as chaotic as  her career, is aseriesheroine who gets more interesting with every new adventure. The conclusion of  this one, the author's eighth, finds Reilly pointed in a new direction with  plenty of interesting possibilities for the future.--Jane Adams