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Hidden Agenda (Willa Jansson, Book 3)
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Willa Jansson has always thought of herself as a right-thinking left-wing lawyer. But when her radical San Francisco law firm closes after the murder of its chief rabble-rouser, she does the next worst thing and takes a job as a high-priced corporate attorney. Willa has misgivings almost immediately, as she realizes all is not calm behind the firm's stately oak doors. After all, she's been around danger before, and she, can smell murder in the air. Sure enough, two partners are killed. Unfortunately, the popular misconception is that the storm is blowing in from her direction. Hassled now by the police, her parents, and office politics of the murdering kind, Willa is forced to play hardball with the big boys, before the third strike is called on her....
Star Witness: A Willa Jansson Mystery
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Just when attorney Willa Jansson is about to take a little time off from her job at a Son Francisco multimedia firm, a friend calls in a special favor. So, on her first day of what should have been her well-earned vacation, Willa's off to Santa Cruz to solve what she hopes will be a simple case of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run. But Willa is about to discover that nothing about this case -- or the town where it occurred -- is quite as it seems. Alan Miller's sports car went over an embankment and onto the coastal highway below, landing atop another car and killing its driver. But there are no tire tracks, no witnesses, and Miller's injuries aren't consistent with a car crash. Unable to recall where he was just after the accident, Miller's memory is jogged under hypnosis -- a recollection so far-fetched that Willa knows it will never stand up in court. All of a sudden, seemingly idyllic Santa Cruz is rife with dangerous secrets, and Willa must outrun helicopters, snipers, reporters, her own interfering mother -- and try to maintain her credibility and her career by making the jury buy her client's out-of-this-world alibi. If she can just keep the witnesses alive long enough to testify....
Remember the "Twinkie Defense," where a lawyer tried to get his client off on a murder charge on the basis of too much sugar in his diet? Fictional (but totally believable) San Francisco attorney Willa Jansson goes one step beyond in this addition to Lia Matera's lively series: Willa uses the "UFO Defense," based on her client's memories (revealed under hypnosis) of being in an alien spaceship when his sports car went off the road and killed another driver. Jansson finds four squabbling UFO experts to support this defense strategy, and not the least of Matera's many high points in a book full of them is her ability to convince us that it might just have happened. Previous Jansson cases in paperback include Last Chants, Hidden Agenda, Prior Convictions, and Radical Departure.
A Radical Departure
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A Radical Departure was nominated for the mystery genre's two top prizes, the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Anthony Award. Willa Jansson (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread) has taken the job of her left-wing dreams. She is working for the renowned law firm of an old family friend, famous activist Julian Warneke. Julian once defended Willa after a protest march got her arrested and hauled off to jail. The charge should have disappeared after a quick plea deal. But thanks to Julian's grandstanding, Willa spent two traumatic months behind bars. Now that she works for Julian, he's pushing her into a similar show trial… and never mind the client's best interests or Willa's best judgment. When Julian is murdered, a Who's Who of radicals flock to San Francisco to pay their respects to the grand old man of progressive politics. Willa discovers that her militant mother is entangled in conspiracies both old and new, and her father is lying about where he's been. And the only person offering to help Willa is her despised ex, back in town and on the case as a private eye. Find out why Robert B. Parker described A Radical Departure as, "Funny, cleared-eyed and strong," and the San Jose Mercury News said it has "almost everything a good mystery needs, a complex plot, social commentary, loads of atmosphere and a cast of unusual characters."
A Radical Departure was nominated for the mystery genre's two top prizes, the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Anthony Award. Willa Jansson (Where Lawyers Fear to Tread) has taken the job of her left-wing dreams. She is working for the renowned law firm of an old family friend, famous activist Julian Warneke. Julian once defended Willa after a protest march got her arrested and hauled off to jail. The charge should have disappeared after a quick plea deal. But thanks to Julian's grandstanding, Willa spent two traumatic months behind bars. Now that she works for Julian, he's pushing her into a similar show trial… and never mind the client's best interests or Willa's best judgment. When Julian is murdered, a Who's Who of radicals flock to San Francisco to pay their respects to the grand old man of progressive politics. Willa discovers that her militant mother is entangled in conspiracies both old and new, and her father is lying about where he's been. And the only person offering to help Willa is her despised ex, back in town and on the case as a private eye. Find out why Robert B. Parker described A Radical Departure as, "Funny, cleared-eyed and strong," and the San Jose Mercury News said it has "almost everything a good mystery needs, a complex plot, social commentary, loads of atmosphere and a cast of unusual characters."
A Hard Bargain
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Kirkus Reviews calls A Hard Bargain "a welcome respite from the mystery-by-formula crowd," and the Chicago Tribune says, "The nerves of everyone involved are strung so tight that you wait tensely for the breaking twang." Karen McGuin survived her first grisly suicide attempt. Then her husband started putting a loaded gun in front of her every day—to urge her to choose life, he said. But Karen pulled the trigger instead, and now her family wants him arrested for murder. When they hire a San Francisco law firm to make the case to their small-town D.A., detective Sandy Arkelett treks north to investigate. But what he really wants is to lure his one-time partner, lawyer Laura Di Palma, back to the city. Months ago, Laura was fired from the firm. She's been holed up in a backwoods cabin ever since, helping her reclusive lover get over an old injury. But his psychic wounds are a bigger challenge. And the more Laura learns about the McGuins, the more she fears she's made the same hard bargain. With families clashing and relationships crumbling, Laura and Sandy are on an emotional powder keg. And the explosion could prove fatal. Publishers Weekly says A Hard Bargain "skillfully weaves Laura's dissatisfaction with her own circumstances into the investigation of Karen's death, taking a thought-provoking look at the dangers in relationships that grow too close."
Kirkus Reviews calls A Hard Bargain "a welcome respite from the mystery-by-formula crowd," and the Chicago Tribune says, "The nerves of everyone involved are strung so tight that you wait tensely for the breaking twang." Karen McGuin survived her first grisly suicide attempt. Then her husband started putting a loaded gun in front of her every day—to urge her to choose life, he said. But Karen pulled the trigger instead, and now her family wants him arrested for murder. When they hire a San Francisco law firm to make the case to their small-town D.A., detective Sandy Arkelett treks north to investigate. But what he really wants is to lure his one-time partner, lawyer Laura Di Palma, back to the city. Months ago, Laura was fired from the firm. She's been holed up in a backwoods cabin ever since, helping her reclusive lover get over an old injury. But his psychic wounds are a bigger challenge. And the more Laura learns about the McGuins, the more she fears she's made the same hard bargain. With families clashing and relationships crumbling, Laura and Sandy are on an emotional powder keg. And the explosion could prove fatal. Publishers Weekly says A Hard Bargain "skillfully weaves Laura's dissatisfaction with her own circumstances into the investigation of Karen's death, taking a thought-provoking look at the dangers in relationships that grow too close."
Designer Crimes: A Laura Di Palma Mystery
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They say that living well is the best revenge. But attorney Laura Di Palma may not have the opportunity to find out. Her former boss keeps trying to torpedo her new solo law practice, and when his slanders cost Laura her most important client, this lawyer decides to sue. But her case hasn't even begun when labor lawyer Jocelyn Kinsley is shot before her eyes. Uttering the dying words " designer crimes," Kinsley offers Di Palma the only clue to her slaying. With the help of private detective Sandy Arkelett, Laura's friend and former lover, she goes to work untangling Kinsley's cryptic words. Meanwhile, she's also defending a high school friend accused of a grisly murder, and trouble follows closely at her heels -- before long she is shot at, nearly blown up, and even arrested. Living well just may be the best revenge, but survival becomes Laura's first order of business. Unfortunately, her detours off the high road could cost her more than just her career....
A Radical Departure
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"Has almost everytrhing a good mystery needs...a complex plot, social commentary, loads of atmosphere and a cast of unusual characters...The reader wants to hang out with Jansson and see more of her clear-eyed view of the world." SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS Working for a fat-cat San Francsico law firm, Willa Jansson thought she'd seen everything. Then her boss dies from hemlock poisoning. Things go from awful to outrageous when Willa's rad-lib mother, a former client of the deceased, is suspiciously named in his will to inherit his fantastic home in the hills. By now Willa is frantic to discover what's going on around her. Poking into the recent past and the apolitical present, she fishes out an old boyfriend she'd rather forget, a cop she hates on principle, and a famous law firm that can barely make ends meet. It's a pretty good catch for a first-year associate--considering that, in the meantime, someone is trying to kill her....
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Da domani le prime note del Concorso di Musica “Euterpe” 2009 - CoratoLive.it
CoratoLive.it, Italy - Feb 08, 283
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CoratoLive.itDa domani le prime note del Concorso di Musica “Euterpe” 2009Giovedì 28 alle ore 20,30 presso la sala “Fellini” del Nicotell Wellness è previsto il Concerto Inaugurale con la presentazione del CD coprodotto con la casa discografica “FareLive” di Matera con le esecuzioni dei vincitori della 10ª edizione alcuni
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MATERA, SI E' CHIUSA IERI LA PRIMA EDIZIONE ARTEKNE', OLTRE 3.00 I ... - Lucanianews24.it
Lucanianews24.it, Italy - May 19, 2009
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Concorso Euterpe, dal 28 Maggio via all'undicesima edizione - CoratoLive.it
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CoratoLive.itConcorso Euterpe, dal 28 Maggio via all'undicesima edizioneCome ormai consuetudine, i partecipanti riceveranno la registrazione digitale su CD della propria esecuzione, curata da “Audionova” di Matera. Numerosi i premi per i vincitori delle varie categorie, con borse di studio per un totale di oltre 9.000 euro
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Berlusconi: «Non frequento le minorenni» - Il Giornale del Friuli Libero
Il Giornale del Friuli Libero, Italy - Feb 08, 1123
Berlusconi: «Non frequento le minorenni»Barbara Matera è bellissima ma anche serissima…», precisa Berlusconi. Quanto al rapporto con le giovanissime e alla ormai famosa festa per il diciottesimo compleanno di Noemi, il premier ripercorre tutta la vicenda della festa di Casoria e parla di
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