"fabulous legal thriller"

In Aspen, Colorado twelve years ago, Denver Homicide Detective Cam Lazlo finds evidence that led to the conviction of Matt Homan for murdering his lover Samantha Innis. Everyone felt sorry for the victim's husband orthopedic doctor Thomas and their daughter seven years old Livie.

Thomas is married to Deputy DA Julia and Livie has made some emotional progress, but remains haunted by the tragedy. The nightmare resurfaces when Julia's boss DA Bret McSwain shockingly arrests Thomas for murdering his wife and consequently frees Matt. Julia's best friend defense attorney Ellen Marshall agrees to head the defense. Retired Cam, who works as a consultant for renowned mystery writer Victor Ferris, offers his investigative services. He does so because his employer wants to write a novelization of the case but also for personal reasons; Cam felt that his work a dozen years ago was clean with overwhelming evidence pointing at the lover while the husband had numerous alibis at the hospital where he worked. As Cam and Julia work close together in support of Ellen's defense, they fall in love, but she knows she must be there for her husband and her stepdaughter at their time of need.

HUSBAND AND LOVER is a fabulous legal thriller with a terrific subplot involving the romance between the caring Julia and likable Cam. The story line displays the defense team putting together its strategy and ultimately its case led by the fabulous Ellen whose work in court is fantastic to follow. Though the final twist makes life a bit too easy for this complex tale, fans will appreciate this strong drama and clamor for an Aspen-Denver sequel starring the legal combatants Ellen and Bret.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 27, 2004

We gotta tell you, our new book Husband and Lover is positively our best Aspen thriller yet, ripped from the headlines and exquisitely timed—with absolutely no intentional connection to the real-life death penalty trial filling the news. Is the brilliant, sexy husband hero or killer? Will the jury buy his alibi; will the local Aspenites be able to overlook eyewitness testimony to convict their hometown hero of the most blood-curdling crime? Well, we aren't telling, that's for sure. One thing we can tell you—Husband and Lover is a true page- turner. You're going to love it!

Summary

Twelve years ago, a man was convicted of killing the beautiful wife of an up-and-coming orthopedic surgeon in Aspen, Colorado.

Now new evidence has emerged, forcing the district attorney to release the man convicted of the crime—and arrest the victim's husband, Dr. Thomas Innes. No one is more shocked—or outraged—by this recent turn of events than Dr. Innes's new wife, Deputy DA Julia Innes...

Former homicide detective Cameron Lazlo is also stunned by Innes's arrest. An officer on the case, he had no doubt they'd nabbed the right guy. So it doesn't take much to convince him to team up with Julia—even though she's bright and sexy enough to be a major distraction. But the closer they get to the truth, the riskier the investigation gets—until there is no one left to trust except each other...