Soft-hearted attorney Matthew Hope has never been known for taking easy cases, and this is no exception. A mother and her two little girls are brutally murdered on Florida's steamy west coast, and the only person who doesn't have a motive is confessing--and insists that Hope defend him.
Matthew Hope Séria
Táto séria sleduje odvážneho právnika a bývalého boxera, ktorý sa vrhá do temných zákutí mesta, aby odhalil pravdu. Každý prípad prináša nové výzvy a konfrontácie s nebezpečnými protivníkmi. S napínavými zápletkami, nečakanými zvratmi a silným hrdinom, ktorý sa nebojí postaviť zlu, táto detektívna sága zaručene vtiahne do deja.
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The third Matthew Hope mystery novel from the acclaimed author of the popular 87th Precinct series. What begins as an ordinary one-night-stand for attorney Matthew Hope turns into a deadly mystery when the woman--a 60's rock star trying for a comeback--is brutally murdered, and her daughter turns up missing.
Beauty and the Beast
- 256 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
Matthew Hope spots her on Saturday, exquisitely beautiful, strolling topless on the beach. On Monday, she shows up in his law office, beaten and bruised, ready to file for divorce. By Tuesday, she is dead--and her big, ugly husband is arrested for murder. But Matthew believes he is innocent; now, he has to prove it.
Florida criminal lawyer Matthew Hope never takes a case unless he knows for sure his client is innocent. But retired schoolteacher Mary Barton - known as, "Mary, Mary, quite contrary" to her neighbors - isn't as easy woman to believe in. In fact, Mary doesn't appear interested in hiring Matthew, only in bad mouthing those she feels have done her wrong. But due to the efforts of Mary's former student, Melissa Lowndes, Matthew agrees to try to prove Mary innocent of the charges filed against her: sexually mutilating, murdering, and burying three little girls in her garden. Making the case tougher, the State Attorney's "killer" prosecutor is assigned Mary's case. Max the Ax brings forth witnesses that swear to seeing Mary with each of the girls; Mary carrying bloody clothes to the cleaners; and Mary digging small graves late at night. But Hope's biggest problem is Mary herself, a difficult woman swept up in horrible circumstances - a woman with secrets so terrible she can't tell them - even to save her own life.
Schneeweisschen und Rose tot
- 270 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
Sára Whittakerová má skoro všechno - je úžasně krásná, mladá, bohatá - ale chybí jí svoboda. V současné době se nachází proti své vůli v luxusním sanatoriu, kde byla soudem prohlášena za schizofrenní paranoičku. Tvrdí to lékaři, soud i její ovdovělá matka. Rozhodla se tedy zatelefonovat Matthewu Hopeovi a požádat ho, aby se stal jejím právním zástupcem a vybojoval jí svobodu. K tomu také 650 000 dolarů, které jí odkázal její otec a které nyní zadržuje její matka. Hope usoudil, že Sára mluví pravdu, a rozhodl se její pověření přijmout. Dostal se tak do zrcadlového bludiště, kde se realita mísí s fikcí a kde číhá nejhroznější nebezpečí, jaké kdy podstoupil.
Cinderella. Roman.
- 253 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
Ona, pohádkově krásná a všem unikající, šla po miliónové zásilce kokainu. On, unavený, opíjející se, ale hodně dobrý soukromý detektiv Otto Samalason, šel po ní, ale nepřežil. Na právníkovi Matthewu Hopeovi je, aby našel jeho vrahy dřív, než oni najdou i ji, a v bahně floridského podsvětí spojil dva volné konce jednoho případu.
Puss in Boots
- 256 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
This crime novel describes how Florida's Matthew Hope assumes defence of a husband against circumstantial evidence that he killed his actress wife. Hope is soon on the trail to solving the mystery but the actress, meanwhile, is stashed away - naked but for her red leather boots.
A Matthew Hope Novel: The House That Jack Built
- 256 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
Ralph Parrish is a middle-aged, hard-working Indiana farmer who visits his gay brother in Florida, even though he does not approve of his brother's lifestyle. From the moment he arrives, Ralph and his brother argue heatedly--until the next morning when his brother is found dead . . . and Ralph becomes suspect number one!
Tri slepé myši
- 212 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
Príbeh nás zavedie na slnečnú Floridu v čase, keď augustové horúčavy sužujú staré mesto Calusu. V ázijskej štvrti ktosi objaví mŕtvoly troch Vietnamcov. Žeby pomsta vlastných, alebo drogy, ktoré kraľujú v tejto časti mesta? Peńaženka nájdená na mieste činu je usvedčujúcim predmetom, ktorý polícií stačí na identifikáciu páchateľa
Mary, Mary
- 372 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
When the bodies of three young girls are unearthed in Mary Barton’s garden, the retired Florida schoolteacher insists she didn’t do it. But an eyewitness—the woman next door—has a different story: she swears she saw “Mary, Mary quite contrary,” so called by her neighbors, burying something the night before. Mary’s former student Melissa Lowdnes can’t believe the fun-loving teacher she once knew could ever carry out a murder—much less three—and seeks the help of lawyer Matthew Hope. Matthew only takes on clients he feels are innocent, and he’s got a hunch that Mary could be telling the truth—that is, when she isn’t ranting about the neighbors she feels have done her wrong. Matthew follows clues and builds a solid defense, but his strategy runs into a major setback: he’s going up against “killer” assistant district attorney Patricia Hemming, and she’s got an offer on the table that compromises the entire case.
Kriminalroman fra Florida med baggrund i cirkusmiljø. Advokaten Matthew Hope er skudt ned, og under opklaringen af mordforsøget møder hans kolleger vold, grådighed og forræderi
Lainie Commins, a freelance designer of children's toys, hires attorney Matthew Hope for a lawsuit against her old employers, Brett and Etta Toland. At stake are the lucrative rights to Gladly, a teddy bear with crossed eyes and corrective lenses. It's a straightforward case--until Brett Toland is shot in the throat aboard his luxury yacht and Lainie becomes the chief suspect.
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