Rose Connors Books In Order

Marty Nickerson Books In Publication Order

  1. Absolute Certainty (2002)
  2. Temporary Sanity (2003)
  3. Maximum Security (2004)
  4. False Testimony (2005)

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Rose Connors Books Overview

Absolute Certainty

A legal thriller to rival the best in the business, Absolute Certainty introduces a new voice in crime fiction. Martha ‘Marty’ Nickerson is a lawyer who truly loves her job. As Assistant D.A. for Barnstable County on Cape Cod, she speaks for the victims of crime and sees the system as a means for doing right. The case of Manuel Rodriguez is a prime example. Rodriguez is accused of brutally murdering a college student, a kind young man who had a bright future. Marty has worked hard on this case. As the mother of a teenage son herself she feels a deep obligation to the murdered boy’s grieving parents. Her case against Rodriguez is so solid that even public defender Harry Madigan, the champion of the Cape’s underdogs, expects a conviction. And, on Memorial Day, a year after the crime, the verdict comes in: guilty as charged. Then the body of another teenager is found in disturbingly similar circumstances and Marty begins to question her victory. Her supervisor refuses to reopen such a high profile case. Why should she? They played by the rules and won big. Increasingly certain that the killer will stike again, Marty must rely on her own moral compass, legal savvy and gut instinct as she and two trusted colleagues try to unearth the horrifying secrets surrounding the murders. To serve Justice, not merely the Law.

Temporary Sanity

A brilliant new legal thriller, set on colorful Cape Cod, from the author whose debut novel, Absolute Certainty, won raves for its fresh voice and its passion for the law. When can a citizen become a killer? Is homicidal insanity ever a moral or legal justification for murder? And what should a jury do when the facts are clear but they don’t tell the real story? Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson, until recently a Massachusetts prosecutor, must ask herself those questions in her new role as defense attorney for client Buck Hammond. The charge is murder one. When Buck’s seven year old son was raped and killed by pedophile Hector Monteros, Buck took justice into his own hands. Unfortunately, the TV cameras were rolling as Buck aimed his hunting rifle at Monteros’s head. The only viable defense is insanity, but the grieving father refuses to say he was crazy when he pulled the trigger. Marty, teaming with Harry Madigan, her partner in love and law, has a tough case. How can the jury acquit Buck when the shooting is right there on the screen for all to see? Marty and Harry and their young assistant, Kevin Kydd, are already stretched thin when, on the very eve of the trial, a battered and bleeding woman staggers into their office. She’s in deep trouble her attacker’s body has just been found, viciously stabbed, and he’s an officer of the court. Now Marty has two seemingly impossible battles to win against her former colleagues. But losing a verdict may be the least of Marty’s worries, as her efforts soon lead to shocking revelations that bring fear to the Cape and devastating changes to Buck’s trial. Well, who said being a defense attorney was going to be easy? With her energetic prose, her insider’s expertise, and her exuberant storytelling, Rose Connors establishes herself as a unique and refreshing new crime writing star.

Maximum Security

Mary Higgins Clark Award winning author Rose Connors returns with Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson in a riveting new legal thriller. At the urgent request of Harry Madigan, Marty takes on the defense of Louisa Rawlings, a woman suspected of murdering her wealthy husband. Harry is Marty’s law partner. He’s also her lover but he used to be Louisa’s. Marty is simultaneously intrigued and disturbed by her new client. Louisa Rawlings is Marty’s polar opposite. Glamorous and charismatic, she’s entrenched in the good life, openly coveting every luxury money can buy. District Attorney Geraldine Schilling believes Louisa was motivated by greed, and to Marty, that motive seems all too plausible. It also seems too tidy. Marty’s gut tells her the murderer was motivated by something far more personal. As the evidence against Louisa mounts, though, Marty begins to doubt her own judgment. The people she normally turns to for perspective are incapable of helping her. Her young associate, Kevin Kydd, is so bewitched by Louisa that he’s in danger of jeopardizing his entire career. And Marty fears that Harry might be too…
. Illuminating the law even as she entertains, Rose Connors once again proves that she is a consummate storyteller whose legal expertise and passion for the law shine through on every page.

False Testimony

What does a lawyer do when she discovers her client may be a liar, or worse?

Charles Kendrick, the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, has been named a ‘person of interest’ in connection with the disappearance of his twenty five year old spokesperson, Michelle Forrester. Attorney Marty Nickerson is representing Kendrick, a high profile resident of Cape Cod, but soon finds that parts of his story don’t check out. Meanwhile, Marty and her law partner and lover Harry Madigan, are defending ex con Derrick Holliston, who stands accused of murdering a popular local priest on Christmas Eve. He admits the killing, but claims, improbably, that he acted in self defense.

Michelle Forrester’s body is found the day Derrick Holliston’s trial begins, which leaves Marty and Harry facing two mounting legal battles and two clients whose stories don’t make sense. Together they must confront the law in all its maddening complexity, battling for or maybe against? their own cagey clients in order to see that justice is ultimately served.

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