Barbara Parker Books In Order

Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana Books In Publication Order

  1. Suspicion of Innocence (1994)
  2. Suspicion of Guilt (1995)
  3. Suspicion of Deceit (1998)
  4. Suspicion of Betrayal (1999)
  5. Suspicion of Malice (2000)
  6. Suspicion of Vengeance (2001)
  7. Suspicion of Madness (2003)
  8. Suspicion of Rage (2005)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Blood Relations (1996)
  2. Criminal Justice (1997)
  3. The Perfect Fake (2006)
  4. The Dark of Day (2008)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Mystery Writers of America Presents The Prosecution Rests (2009)

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Barbara Parker Books Overview

Suspicion of Innocence

Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana make a combustible mix on many levels. Passionately attracted to each other on a personal level, they are equally passionate defenders of their clients even when their interests don t always work in tandem. Set all this against the sultry background of a Miami that is riddled with crime and corruption, drowning in drugs, illegal immigrants and shady deals, simmering with a melting pot clash of cultures and you have a recipe for highly entertaining, hotly explosive crime and justice. In the first title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Innocence, Gail Connor is a fast rising attorney in a major law firm, about to make partner until her life is derailed by the discovery of her sister’s murdered body and the quick revelation that Gail is the prime suspect. Gail must fight for her life as she gets a first hand look at the dark underside of the legal system.

Suspicion of Guilt

Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana make a combustible mix on many levels. Passionately attracted to each other on a personal level, they are equally passionate defenders of their clients even when their interests don’t always work in tandem. Set all this against the sultry background of a Miami that is riddled with crime and corruption, drowning in drugs, illegal immigrants and shady deals, simmering with a melting-pot clash of cultures and you have a recipe for highly entertaining, hotly explosive crime and justice. In the second title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Guilt, Gail has the biggest case of her life, a career-maker and a guarantee that a partnership will soon be hers, until she discovers that a suspected forgery is only the top layer of a cover-up for brutal murder and a step into deep conspiracy and deadly risk.

Suspicion of Deceit

After turning down a lucrative partnership in a prestigious Miami law firm to start her own business, Gail has become engaged to Anthony her longtime friend and lover. Embarking on this new life together inevitably opens the door to Anthony’s past a shadowy past containing an unspeakable tragedy. Now, as Gail accepts her first major case, elements from Anthony’s past and present come together to threaten his entire family, and endanger his future with Gail.

Suspicion of Betrayal

Attorney Gail Connor is on top of the world. She’s engaged to the man of her dreams, criminal lawyer Anthony Quintana; they’ve bought the house of their dreams in beautiful Coral Gables; and Gail finally has her dream job her own private law practice. But then her 11 year old daughter Karen starts receiving odd, hangup phone calls and creepy notes and photos in the mail. Could it be Gail’s jealous ex husband Dave? A disgruntled former client? Someone from Anthony’s shadowy past? While Anthony and Dave clash violently over how to protect Gail’s daughter, the stalker closes in. Then Karen is abducted, and Gail’s world is shattered. Nothing matters now not her success, her wedding, her new home, her new practice not without her daughter. As they track Karen’s tormentor, they must walk that dangerous line between action and caution, and deliver justice without fail…
and without mercy.

Suspicion of Malice

The critics call Barbara Parker’s work ‘top drawer suspense’ The New York Times Book Review and proclaim her to be ‘one of the genre’s most accomplished performers’ The San Diego Union Tribune. Now, in her most intense, unforgettable novel to date, Parker reunites Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana for a shocking case that exposes the underbelly of sleek Miami a case that could bring them closer together, or destroy everything they hold dear.A brutal murder takes place in the shadows of an exclusive party on the Miami waterfront. The victim is the heir to a yacht building family fortune. Bobby Gonzales, a talented dancer with the Miami Ballet, is the prime suspect, as well as Gail Connor’s newest client. Gonzales has an alibi, but it involves a respected Miami judge with whom he was smoking mari*juana at the time of the murder. The judge is represented by Anthony Quintana, Gail’s ex fianc. Gail must join forces with Anthony the man she’d vowed never to lay eyes on again to find the killer and clear both their clients. Thrust back together with Quintana, Gail must decide if she should reveal a shocking secret…
something she should have confessed months ago that will change both of their lives forever.

Suspicion of Vengeance

‘Twelve years ago, in a coastal Florida town, a beautiful young wife and mother was savagely murdered. Kenny Ray Clark, a local troublemaker with a felony record, was quickly arrested, tried, found guilty and sentenced to death. When new evidence comes to light, Miami attorney Gail Connor agrees to take the case, although her fianc&eacute, Anthony Quintana, a top criminal defense lawyer, warns her not to get involved. But one look at the trial transcript convinces Gail that her client was wrongfully convicted, and she will do everything in her power to stop the execution. In a desperate race against time, Gail must overcome her pride to ask Anthony for help. Together, they push themselves and the law to the breaking point to find the real killer. But nothing can prepare them for the layers of greed, deception, and cruelty that lay hidden for so many years behind a brutal crime. And nothing can precent them from becomin the targets of terrible vengeance. Filled with her trademark blend of adrenalin charged plot, complex characters, and sizzling Florida atmosphere, Suspicion of Vengeance is bestselling author Barbara Parker at her galvanizing best.

Suspicion of Madness

For nearly a decade Barbara Parker’s phenomenally successful thrillers have delighted readers and reviewers alike. The Chicago Tribune applauds her ‘taut storytelling…
tight plotting and lively characterization.’ The Miami Herald hails her for her ‘well paced, compelling stories and believable characters with emotional depth and texture that should turn casual readers into fanatics.’ And the San Antonio Express News calls her novels simply ‘enthralling.’ Now this supremely gifted author returns with a blockbuster story of smoldering suspense that pits Gail and Anthony against their most chilling adversary yet. For attorneys Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana, spending a couple of days in a private villa on a secluded island in the Florida Keys seems almost too good to be true. The innocent clich hits home with a vengeance when a dangerously unbalanced former client of Anthony’s is suspected of a local murder, and then attempts suicide. As an idyllic vacation turns into an escalating nightmare of terror and death, Gail and Anthony find themselves isolated among the strange and secretive islanders as a late tropical storm threatens to unleash its fury on them all. Somehow, they must hang on to their sanity and use every weapon at their disposal to outwit a wily criminal bent on plunging them into a world of deepening madness. Filled with steamy atmosphere, stunning reversals, and hairpin twists and turns, and certain to be another sensational bestseller, Suspicion of Madness is Barbara Parker one of America’s best thriller authors writing today at the top of her game.

Suspicion of Rage

Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana make a combustible mix on many levels. Passionately attracted to each other on a personal level, they are equally passionate defenders of their clients even when their interests don’t always work in tandem. Set all this against the sultry background of a Miami that is riddled with crime and corruption, drowning in drugs, illegal immigrants and shady deals, simmering with a melting-pot clash of cultures and you have a recipe for highly entertaining, hotly explosive crime and justice. In the eighth title in the Suspicion series, Suspicion of Rage, Gail Connor agrees to accompany her new husband, Anthony Quintana, to his beloved native Cuba. Caught between a family which supports the Revolution, ties to a radical underground group, a threatening secret message from the CIA to his brother-in-law, a Cuban General, threats of terrorism and a long-lost love, the hard-won peace of a new family is at risk.

Blood Relations

When Dade County prosecutor Sam Hagen takes up the case of a teenager who claims she had been raped by three well known men, he is drawn into a circle of suspicion that leads back to his own shattered family. AB. PW.

Criminal Justice

He was a hotshot Miami prosecutor…
until a single error in judgement cost him everything he held dear. But his troubles have only started, as his girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment, and all suspicions lead straight to him. Now a man sworn to uphold the truth finds himself on the other side of the law, with nowhere to turn to prove his innocence…
. All of Barbara Parker’s novels are national bestsellers! Compares to New York Times bestselling authors Richard North Patterson, John Grisham, and Nancy Taylor Rosenberg SUSPICION OF INNOCENCE was a 1995 Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel by an American Author! SUSPICION OF INNOCENCE was recently made into the CBS TV original movie ‘Sisters and Other Strangers’ We have two more books coming from Barbara Parker, including SUSPICION OF DECEIT, coming from Dutton in January 1998 All of Barbara Parker’s novels, including Criminal Justice, are Selections of the Literary Guild

The Perfect Fake

In New York Times bestselling author Barbara Parker’s brilliant new stand-alone novel, the forgery of a rare five-hundred-year-old map sparks a thrilling chase from Miami to London and the Italian Alps in a remarkable tale of international intrigue.

Tom Fairchild is a man with a past he can’t shake. He’s struggling to make it as a graphic artist, but his probation officer thinks he belongs in jail. When millionaire Miami real estate developer Stuart Barlowe offers him $50,000 to travel to Italy to duplicate a rare Renaissance map, Tom sees a way to solve his problems. The only catch is that Barlowe’s daughter, Allison, a map expert herself, has to supervise the project. Allison and Tom fell in love as teenagers, but that was twelve years ago, and now Allison thinks Tom is lying. There’s no way he can make a perfect copy.

Tom soon suspects that Barlowe wants a forgery, not a duplicate. He just doesn’t know why, and Allison isn’t talking. When people start turning up dead, and Tom and Allison realize they are being tailed by two men-one a ruthless hit man and the other a rogue government agent-it quickly becomes clear that they have no one to trust but each other.

The Dark of Day

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Parker introduces one of the most unforgettable female characters in suspense fiction: high profile Miami defense attorney C.J. Dunn.C.J. is an expert at spinning her clients image in the media the perfect lawyer to deflect suspicion from Rick Slater, head of security for an influential U.S. congressman. A beautiful model has vanished from a party on Miami Beach, and Slater was the last person seen with her. C.J. has reasons to dislike the congressman, but if she takes this case he can arrange a host position for her on a major news outlet. For a woman who grew up dirt poor, with a past she would rather forget, the celebrity life has its appeal. The story of Alana Martin’s disappearance soon sets off a media frenzy. Reporters and paparazzi hound everyone connected to the case, and C.J. must work fast before they uncover her own secrets, too. When Rick Slater tells her that a friend of Alana s could be his alibi witness, C.J. realizes the girl is someone she knows: Kylie Willis, a seventeen year old runaway from the same north Florida town where C.J. was born. The problem is, Kylie won t talk. As C.J. digs into the case, she finds connections between Alana and a group of investors in a project on environmentally sensitive land. One of them is the elusive architect Milo Cahill, one of C.J. s own VIP clients, who may be bribing the congressman. Another is C.J. s lover, Miami Beach socialite Billy Medina. But when C.J. asks Billy for information, he brushes her off. She wonders if she s been foolish about Billy. Or is the problem just her growing attraction to her client Rick?Then Alana Martin is found dead. Her body washes up on a beach late one night, and the coroner says it was murder. The police have evidence against Slater. C.J. is slammed between the media and the need to defend a client she doesn t trust. She must find Kylie Willis. The girl could save Rick Slater but she might also reveal a devastating secret, one that could destroy C.J. s career, and even, her life.

Mystery Writers of America Presents The Prosecution Rests

From the Salem witch trials to Depression era Chicago, from the exclusive country clubs of the wealthy to the depths of today’s toughest ghettos, this riveting collection traces the triumphs, defeats, and temptations of two opposing sides: those sworn to defend the accused, and those tasked with prosecuting them. They are the stories of lawyers under pressure, of criminals facing the needle, and of the heartbroken families of both the victim and the defendant who hope for justice from the back of the courtroom, and who sometimes take it into their own hands. This tantalizing collection proves that after the crime is over, the real drama begins.

In James Grippando’s ‘Death, Cheated,’ a lawyer defends his ex girlfriend in a case against the investors who bet $1.5 million on her death. In Barbara Parker’s ‘A Clerk’s Life,’ a disillusioned clerk at a corporate law firm suspects the worst of his colleagues when one of the firm’s employees is murdered. In Phyllis Cohen’s ‘Designer Justice,’ a cold blooded killer thinks he’s lucked out when he lands a high priced lawyer as his appointed attorney, only to learn that there are worse fates than being found guilty.

Filled with shocking twists, double crosses, and edge of your seat suspense, this page turning collection is not to be missed.

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