Author: Perri O'Shaughnessy Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery
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ISBNs: 9780749935726 9780739445969 0749935723 0385336462 |
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In California, if a person is convicted of two serious crimes and is then found guilty of any subsequent crime, he or she is automatically subject to a prison sentence of twenty-five years to life. This is called the Third Strike law. Nina Reilly's new case is difficult from the start: her young client is facing his Third Strike, and stands accused of grave robbing...and of killing the fresh corpse found on top of the coffin. He insists he is innocent of both crimes, and claims he was hired to dig up the grave of Constantin Zhukovsky, who, according to his headstone, was once 'Page to the Tsar'. But who is Zhukovsky, and could he possibly have a connection to the Russian royal family, murdered during the revolution? The sudden disappearance of his bones causes further problems for Nina, and her client's denial is on shaky ground when the murder victim turns out to be one of his classmates. With her client remaining tight-lipped about why he was at Zhukovsky's grave and evidence piling up against him, Nina's got a tough battle ahead - one that stretches from the law courts and classrooms of modern-day California, to the intrigues of the Russian Revolution...
This book is part of the "Nina Reilly" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Dreams of the Dead" First published in 2010 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Show No Fear" First published in 2008 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Case of Lies" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Presumption of Death" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Unfit to Practice" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Writ of Execution" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Move to Strike" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Acts of Malice" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Breach of Promise" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Invasion of Privacy" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Motion to Suppress" First published in 1995 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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