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Absolute Certainty : A Crime Novel

2 Ratings: 3.0

A book by Rose Connors

Unlike many legal thrillers, which suffer from excess verbiage or rely on obscure legal maneuverings, Connors's first novel offers sleek, straightforward entertainment. A year after a horrific murder (a young man was bludgeoned and mutilated), prosecuting … see full wiki

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Author: Rose Connors

Publisher: Pocket Star

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review by mikedraper. March 21, 2011

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

"Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery." Calvin Coolidge

In the close knit community of Chatham, MA. young men are being murdered without logical reason and with nothing other than location, to tie them together. Martha "Marty" Nickerson is an assistant DA in Cape Cod. She feels a high level of accomplishment when the jury finds Manuel Rodriguez guilty of killing college student Michael Scott. With the guilty verdict in, there is a sense of relief with the community but before Marty can relax … more

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review by katknit. March 16, 2009

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

Decisions

Marty Nickerson is a dedicated prosecutor for the DA's office on Cape Cod. As this debut novel opens, she is wrapping up a murder case, with absolute certainty that the defendant is guilty. When a similar murder occurs the day after the trial ends, she's still certain that the state has its man. But public defender Harry Madigan, an attorney whom Mary admires, is convinced the opposite is true. The reader is privy to Ms. Nickerson's thought process as she sifts and resifts through evidence, considers … more

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