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Summary: A Good Read
Review: I enjoy Ms. Parker's Gail Connor series a lot, and this one is no exception. However, I may be in the minority, but I don't like the relationship between Gail and Anthony. I think they make much better adversaries than lovers, and I hope the author returns to that in future installments.
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Summary: Suspicion of Malice
Review: I enjoyed reading this book. I have just ordered the complete series from Amazon.com. Great suspense fiction.
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Summary: This one's much improved!
Review: I have really enjoyed the Gail Connor/Anthony Quintana series; however, I was disappointed in the last one. But Parker has really redeemed herself. The characters sizzle along, the plot is unusual and interesting, and the resurrection of the love story which appeared doomed (stay tuned) was done quite well... I was happy that Gail seems to be acting more responsibly and ethically and thus more believable - she is flawed, but not stupid... One suggestion - the relationships of the various characters took awhile to iron out, and other than the "surprise" one - perhaps it would have been helpful to include a family "tree" in the opening pages - it would have helped to focus on the story as it got going.....
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Summary: An exciting thriller about the rich and dysfunctional.
Review: I read "Suspicion of Malice" because I wanted to keep up with the continuing saga of Anthony Quintana and Gail Connor. They are two lawyers, living in Florida, who have had a stormy romance, and they are trying to get on with their lives without one another. Connor and Quintana are reluctantly brought together to solve the murder of Roger Cresswell, a wealthy young man whom many people hated. Most of the members of the Cresswell family are a nasty, conniving, and greedy bunch, and several of them have a strong motive for murder. Parker's dialogue is brisk and she holds the reader's interest throughout. The ending could have been stronger, but overall this thriller is satisfying and I recommend it.
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Summary: Connor and Quintana keep sparks flying...
Review: in Barbara Parker's continuing "Suspicion" series.The on-again, off-again romance of Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana has the stage set by a murder; each has a client that is on the fringe of the killing, and each has to support each other to insure that the real killer is unmasked. Dysfunctional is the middle name of each person in the Cresswell family. Each remaining person, that is, because the book opens with the suspicious murder of Roger Cresswell, a killing that keeps tying back to Maggie Cresswell, his sister, who had been a victim of what seemed like suicide in a prior year. Anthony's daughter Angela, returns, getting Gail involved in the criminal defense (not a specialty of Gail's) to defend the boy she loves, dancer Bobby Gonzalez. Although Bobby is entangled in the background of the killing, so many of the Cresswells have motive, and so few of them have any admirable qualities, it seems that Gail and Anthony, working together against their better judgement, must pull the responsibility back to one of them, but whom? Both Anthony and Gail, single parents and very different in heritage and background, leave the reader wondering about their attraction, and attraction it is, despite their break up in a prior instalment of the series. Although they remain together at the end of the book, it is only with some tragedy in their own lives, which draws the reader even closer to them. The Miami setting is well-told in Parker's novels, and the romance never interferes with the mystery, just enhances it. A great read from a fine writer!
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Summary: A Good Read
Review: Loved this book and sorry to have started late in the series. Will catch up real soon. This book kept me up late at night - a sure sign of a good read! Relationship was very intense and you never knew where it was going for long. Barbara Parker is on my reading list for sure now!
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Summary: Excellent and Intelligent
Review: Loved this book and sorry to have started late in the series. Will catch up real soon. This book kept me up late at night - a sure sign of a good read! Relationship was very intense and you never knew where it was going for long. Barbara Parker is on my reading list for sure now!
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Summary: One of my favorite suspens authors writes a great work
Review: Once they were lovers planning to marry until Anthony Quintana turned his back on his obligation to the law, forcing Gail Connor to walk out on him. He went to Spain to forget his feeling of betrayal while she remained in Miami just as determined to overcome her feeling of deceit. She started to make a life for herself and her daughter from a previous relationship. Unbeknownst to Anthony when he left her, Gail was pregnant with his child. A chance encounter with Anthony's eighteen-year old daughter Angela results in Gail accepting the teen's boyfriend Bobby as a client. Bobby, who has been previously convicted of some petty criminal activity, is suspected of killing Roger Cresswell, owner of Cresswell Yachts, who fired the lad for allegedly stealing. One person who Bobby insists can provide him with an alibi and prove he is not guilty is Judge Nathan Harris, a person under consideration for an appointment to the US District Court. Heeding the advice of his attorney, Nathan sends his lawyer Anthony to deal with Gail. As the two former lovers closely work together to prove Bobby's innocence, their relationship flares to life once again. As suspense novels go, the Connor-Quintana novels rank with the best ones, but SUSPICION OF MALICE provides the audience much more than an exciting legal thriller. The tale is a relationship drama that will remind readers of the works of Delinsky and Siddons. The investigation is fascinating but the heart and soul of the tale rests in the relationship between Gail and Anthony, two obstinate but compatible individuals. Barbara Parker shows much talent in this exciting thriller has cross-genre appeal. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Pretty good Read
Review: SUSPICION OF MALICE (Suspense) Barbara Parker Dutton - May 2000 ISBN: 0525945423 Suspicion of Malice is the third installment of Gail Conner and Anthony Quintana--Suspicion of Deceit was first and Suspicion Betrayal was second. The barbaric murder of Roger Cresswell took place in the shadows of an exclusive party on the Miami waterfront. The Victim is the heir to a yacht building family, and the suspects abound within this family driven by jealousy, greed, and malice. Bobby Gonzales is accused of killing Cresswell, and he is the secret lover of Angela Quintana. Angela goes to Gail Conner (her fathers ex-lover) and asks her to help clear Bobby. Angela tells Gail that Bobby has an airtight alibi that happens to be represented by Anthony Quintana. The air crackles with electricity when Anthony and Gail find themselves locked together on opposite sides of a capital case, but with an innocent mans life hanging in the balance, there is no room for venomous emotions and no margin for error, somehow they must work together to save Bobby's life. Could this case destroy whatever is left of their relationship completely or bring them closer than ever before? Barbara Parker writes piercing dialogue and brings a great cast of characters who are very interesting to life. The plot moved swiftly to a gratifying end. Best of all was the sparks between the two protagonists that kept things animated throughout the book. Pam Stone
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Summary: Pretty good Read
Review: SUSPICION OF MALICE (Suspense) Barbara Parker Dutton - May 2000 ISBN: 0525945423 Suspicion of Malice is the third installment of Gail Conner and Anthony Quintana--Suspicion of Deceit was first and Suspicion Betrayal was second. The barbaric murder of Roger Cresswell took place in the shadows of an exclusive party on the Miami waterfront. The Victim is the heir to a yacht building family, and the suspects abound within this family driven by jealousy, greed, and malice. Bobby Gonzales is accused of killing Cresswell, and he is the secret lover of Angela Quintana. Angela goes to Gail Conner (her fathers ex-lover) and asks her to help clear Bobby. Angela tells Gail that Bobby has an airtight alibi that happens to be represented by Anthony Quintana. The air crackles with electricity when Anthony and Gail find themselves locked together on opposite sides of a capital case, but with an innocent mans life hanging in the balance, there is no room for venomous emotions and no margin for error, somehow they must work together to save Bobby's life. Could this case destroy whatever is left of their relationship completely or bring them closer than ever before? Barbara Parker writes piercing dialogue and brings a great cast of characters who are very interesting to life. The plot moved swiftly to a gratifying end. Best of all was the sparks between the two protagonists that kept things animated throughout the book. Pam Stone
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