Southampton attorney Jackie Swaitkowski, a supporting character in Knopf’s Sam Acquillo series (Head Wounds, Two Time), takes center stage in this series debut as she is hired to help a man resolve an unpleasant domestic situation. His sister-in-law has moved into and taken over his house, convinced she’s the owner because she loaned her late sister money. But the case is not as simple as it appears. Jackie’s client is fatally run down, and when she’s hired to settle his estate, things turn really ugly as it becomes clear to the killer that Jackie is no pushover. VERDICT Readers, fasten your seatbelts for a roller-coaster ride as Knopf’s intelligent, savvy protagonist works her wiles solving whodunit and why. – Library Journal, Starred Review
Feb 8
