Sleight of Hand

Wally Lederer had been accused and had served time in jail for theft. Five years later, he was freed and vowed to never go back to his old stealing ways. He promised his wife he'd change, because if he failed, Meg would readily divorce him. Over the years, he'd kept to his promise and lived a good,......more

This is a tough book to rate, the characters and dialog are good, but the murder and Barbara's case are so bad as to be laughable. The "case" against her defendant was nonsense, no cop would make the arrest, and no prosecutor would file the charges on such non-evidence. And, in the end, Barbara's mo......more

Kate Wilhelm continues to deliver good mysteries using her Barbara Hollaway character. In this novel Barbara is challenged by what she has to do to get her client freed from a murder charge. There are several plot strands, but they all come together and support each other. I really like this series.......more

So, the first boyfriend had to be gotten rid of because he wanted Barbara to take breaks from her obsessive way of working cases. The second boyfriend had to be gotten rid of because he was also a lawyer, and even though they got along great, there was no passion. Now, we're getting rid of the third b......more

Great book, great find in the library. The author was on a list provided by the library and I had read or heard of the others but not Ms Wilhelm. Like the story, the characters and the court drama. She struggled with an issue of who killed the person and how did this happen. She proceeded how she th......more