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The Bad Witness
Mira, Nov 2002, 23.95, 352 pp. ISBN: 1551669528 NY TV news reporter Sally Harrington is in Santa Monica to testify as a defense witness in the “Mafia Boss Murder Trial”. Hollywood producer Jonathan Small stands trial for killing mobster Nick Arlenetta. While the prosecutor screams murder one, the defense team insists self-defense as they claim that Jonathan shot Nick before the mobster could kill his sister. Sally who has done a documentary on...
The Kill Fee
Mira, Nov 2003, 23.95, 320 pp. ISBN: 1551667444 In Castleford, Connecticut, octogenarian Percy Harrington gives a letter he received to his great niece Sally Harrington to check into. Apparently, somehow Percy owns some property in Hillstone Falls, New York and the Western Connecticut Land Trust Company wants to buy that land. Sally's West Coast lover, former Hollywood cop Paul Fitzwilliam has transferred to the New Haven force to attend a ne...
Trouble Becomes Her
Mira, Nov 2001, 22.95, 300 pp. ISBN: 1551668475 Life looks good to Sally Harrington as she now works for DBS News in Manhattan even though she is the key witness at Los Angels' high viz “The Mafia Boss Murder” trial. Sally's boss Alexandra Waring takes her off everything and assigns her to investigate her old mob pals, Presario-Arlenetta, so the show can produce a special. Choosing between mobsters whom she previously alienated and who almo...