JULIE COMPTON
Tell No Lies
(St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95)

Kirkus starred its review: "A lawyer's life is dramatically changed by a series of ethical dilemmas. ...a taut, tense cautionary tale complete with courtroom drama and a surprise ending." Without giving away plot points, the story is about Jack Hilliard, on the verge of being elected District Attorney of St. Louis, and another lawyer, Jenny Dodson, who is accused of the murder of one of her clients. Jack's problem: he is Jenny's only alibi. "Tell No Lies has all the requisites of legal thrillers including courtroom dramas and lawyers' behind the scenes work. ...[its] final twist is as stunning as that classic surprise in Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent," said the Florida Sun-Sentinel.

EDWARD WRIGHT
Damnation Falls
(St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95)

"The nature of truth, the minefield of emotions between fathers and sons, and the madness of vengeance converge in Shamus-winner Wright's intricate first stand-alone. Randall Wilkes, fired from his job as a top Chicago newspaper reporter, limps back to his hometown in rural Tennessee to write a biography of his childhood friend, former governor Sonny McMahan. Almost immediately, Sonny's elderly mother and her young caregiver are brutally murdered... The complex plot makes the most of tangled smalltown connections, moving fluidly from nostalgic remembrances, ruminations on friendship and filial devotion, to old-fashioned suspense and violence. Wright (Red Sky Lament) captures the rich, earthy essence of the South and wraps up his story with a sweet coda, all the more touching for being understated," said Publishers Weekly.
ALSO: the true first edition of this title (U.K.: Orion, 2007, $44.00) SIGNED and dated in the U.K.; VF/VF as new.


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