Book Description
Sandra Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of
Unspeakable and Fat Tuesday, delivers another spellbinding
novel of suspense, intrigue, and corruption. A woman
suspected of murder arranges the one thing she desperately
needsTHE ALIBI.
Born into a fine old Charleston family, Hammond Cross is
determined to be the city's next district attorney-without
sacrificing his integrity. Prosecuting the sensational murder
of real estate magnate Lute Pettijohn could be his ticket
into the office. Yet while Hammond anticipates his success,
someone near him is plotting his downfall Steffi Mundell,
colleague, ex-lover, and rival for the DA's officeRory
Smilow, the homicide detective without equal and Hammond's
avowed enemythe wily and beautiful Davee Pettijohn, Lute's
widow and Hammond's lifelong friend who's too honest to mourn
the husband she despisedand Hammond's prime suspect, the
mysterious woman who shares the secret that would be fatal to
Hammond's ambitions.
For the first time in his career, he's bending the rules
in favor of the suspect. All clues point to her guilt. Yet
she holds in reserve the perfect alibi-Hammond Cross. Is she
a master manipulator who set him up? Or an innocent victim?
As her past is revealed with startling repercussions,
links between Hammond's own father and the dead man also
surface, forcing him to weigh family loyalty against his
desire for full disclosure, no matter how shattering the
truth might be.
His reputation as a tough prosecutor is placed on the
line, and he's torn between protecting the woman he's come to
love against false prosecutionand a killer bent on
eliminating all possible witnesses.
Written in a narrative that grabs and doesn't let go, THE
ALIBI is a top-notch crime novel-and more. With sensitivity
and insight into the human condition, Sandra Brown also
creates a forceful psychological portrait of a man in moral
turmoil, who must make difficult choices between his personal
passions and the demands of his conscience.
