Practice to Deceive

<p>Much to her surprise and relief smart lawyer-sleuth Annie MacPherson is being wooed by Seattle's most eminent law firm and its most renown partner. But when she enters the rich and hushed halls of Kemble Laughton Mercer and Duff she discovers office politics isn't a game it's a deadly obsession. And everyone is a player. Annie hasn't even cut through the paperwork when top partner Gordon Barclay's secretary and not-so-secret lover kills herself. The dead woman's sister refuses to believe appearances and wants Annie so far unseduced by Barclay's legendary charms to investigate the high and mighty machinations of Seattle's most feared litigator. Things heat up when a sniper targets Annie--just as a shocking glimpse into her family's past blows her life wide open. Soon Annie finds herself caught in a destructive web of love lies and murder that only her sharp insight and fierce intelligence can unravel. The second in the Annie MacPherson mystery series which began with Sea of Troubles.</p>