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Politics Is Murder — Lia Matera
POLITICS IS MURDER is an omnibus edition of two novels, Prior Convictions (1991) and The Good Fight (1990), originally published by Simon & Schuster.
PRIOR CONVICTIONS was nominated for the mystery genre's top prizes, the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Anthony Award. It was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, its heroine described as "among the most articulate, and surely the wittiest of women sleuths at large in the genre." (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times)
After a year in the Los Angeles office of a Wall Street firm, lawyer Willa Jansson has, she hopes, finally repaired an epic hit to her résumé. Still mourning the love life she left behind in San Francisco, she goes home … but finds no warm welcome there. Her activist parents consider her a political sell-out, and her despised ex-boyfriend begins sabotaging her at her new job. If they have their way, Willa will end up dying for a cause none of them believe in anymore.
THE GOOD FIGHT features lawyer Laura Di Palma at the top of her career, famous for the clever defense of a man who murdered two senators. But the case brought her notoriety as well as kudos, undermining her position in a top San Francisco firm. Its partners warn her: She'll be fired if she insists on taking another high profile case involving politics. But she can't say no to activist Dan Crosetti, accused of shooting his best friend, who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. Laura was with Crosetti years before when a military truck ran over protesters blocking its path. Crosetti lost his legs that day, and Laura won't see him lose his freedom, too.
PRIOR CONVICTIONS was nominated for the mystery genre's top prizes, the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Anthony Award. It was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, its heroine described as "among the most articulate, and surely the wittiest of women sleuths at large in the genre." (Marilyn Stasio, New York Times)
After a year in the Los Angeles office of a Wall Street firm, lawyer Willa Jansson has, she hopes, finally repaired an epic hit to her résumé. Still mourning the love life she left behind in San Francisco, she goes home … but finds no warm welcome there. Her activist parents consider her a political sell-out, and her despised ex-boyfriend begins sabotaging her at her new job. If they have their way, Willa will end up dying for a cause none of them believe in anymore.
THE GOOD FIGHT features lawyer Laura Di Palma at the top of her career, famous for the clever defense of a man who murdered two senators. But the case brought her notoriety as well as kudos, undermining her position in a top San Francisco firm. Its partners warn her: She'll be fired if she insists on taking another high profile case involving politics. But she can't say no to activist Dan Crosetti, accused of shooting his best friend, who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent. Laura was with Crosetti years before when a military truck ran over protesters blocking its path. Crosetti lost his legs that day, and Laura won't see him lose his freedom, too.
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