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008			120626s2005 nyub 000 1 eng
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050	0	0	_aPS3565.S542 _bC37 2005
082	0	0	_aFIC OSH
100	1		_aO'Shaughnessy, Perri
245	1	0	_aCase of lies _c/ Perri O'Shaughnessy
260			_aNew York _b: Delacorte Press _c, 2005.
300			_a390 p. _b: map _c; 25 cm.
500			_aMap on lining papers
520			_aA math genius, a tough courtroom adversary and an even tougher judge make the 11th legal thriller in the Nina Reilly series the most intriguing yet. Back in Lake Tahoe, Nina gets her next case from a masseuse whose aunt was killed during a motel robbery. Unless Nina acts, the lawsuit filed against the Ace High Lodge will be dismissed, as no one has been able to locate the witnesses. Reluctant to call on ex-lover PI Paul van Wagoner for help, Nina hires her assistant's PI son, Wish, who discovers that the witnesses are MIT students with a sideline counting cards. While the old case takes on new life, people connected to it are threatened and worse. O'Shaughnessy (lawyer Pamela and editor Mary O'Shaughnessy) takes the reader inside the beautiful mind of emotionally immature, occasionally delusional, quantitatively inspired Elliott Wakefield as he solves equations, cares for his father and plays blackjack. In thrillers as in math proofs, neatness counts. Here, the Internet and national security bring Elliott's story to an almost too-neat conclusion, while Nina ingeniously solves the problem of replacing Paul in her personal life. As always, O'Shaughnessy keeps legal procedure straight, language crisp and plot consistently absorbing.
650		0	_aReilly, Nina (Fictitious character) _v--Fiction
650			_aWomen lawyers _v--Fiction
651		0	_aTahoe Lake (CA and NV) _v--Fiction
655		7	_aMystery fiction
655		7	_aLegal stories
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