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a Young Woman Is Killed In An “accident” And Our Heroes Are On The Trail To Discover What Really Happened. Danger, Mystery, And Romance Abound In This Sequel To majestic Descending

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in Graham's Muddled Second Legal Thriller To Feature John Delaney And Katherine Adams (after majestic Descending), Delaney, A New York City Law Professor, Welcomes The Opportunity To Visit Adams, His Long-distance Lover, In Atlanta, Even If The Occasion Is A Melancholy One. Delaney Has Agreed To Resolve The Estate Of Sarah O'connor, A Former Law Student And The Daughter Of His Father's Partner In The Nypd, Who Fell To Her Death Off A Cliff One Night While Camping In Cloudland Canyon In North Georgia. This Routine Assignment Turns Into Anything But After Delaney Learns O'connor Apparently Stole A File From The Federal Prosecutor's Office Where She Worked As A Summer Intern That Implicated A Major-league Bad Guy. Improbable Action Sequences (e.g., A Trained Psycho Killer Turns His Back On Adams With Fatal Results) And Unconvincing Court Scenes Add Up To A Subpar Effort. (july)copyright © Reed Business Information, A Division Of Reed Elsevier Inc. All Rights Reserved.