Description: Following up her acclaimed debut "Judgment Calls," Burke brings back Portland's Deputy District Attorney Samantha Kincaid. The search for a missing judge leads her into Portland politics and a labyrinth of crime, corruption, and coverups.
Brief description: A former deputy district attorney in Portland, Oregon, Alafair Burke now teaches criminal law at Hofstra School of Law and lives in Long Island, New York. The daughter of the acclaimed crime writer James Lee Burke, she is the author of the Samantha Kincaid series, including Judgment Calls and Missing Justice.
Review Quotes:
"The second Kincaid mystery by the daughter of James Lee Burke is a very clever whodunit long on red herrings, shadowy motives, and sly humor. The author's background as a former deputy DA in Portland lends gritty ambience to this modern parable of greed and ambition."
--Booklist
--Publishers Weekly "Samantha Kincaid is one feisty, smart, articulate soul . . . she is appearing in her second novel in what's proving to be the beginning of a tough, funny, incisive new mystery-procedural series . . . clear-eyed, sardonic . . . Burke's first novel, Judgment Calls, was terrific: tight, savvy, ingenious and suspenseful, and this one proves that it was no one-shot deal."
--Providence Journal "In Missing Justice, Burke really hits her stride. And so does her protagonist . . . she's smart, she's tough, and she's unafraid--in short, just the way we like our heroines."
--New Orleans Times Picayune
"A taut mystery/thriller with fine characters from an author who debuted with her own voice and a good understanding of how to make a book work . . . her ADA Kincaid is a solid feature character, bright, flawed, feisty and very much her own woman . . . it is a fine and fast read."
--Statesmen Journal "Burke is definitely a comer and a keeper."
--Chicago Tribune "Are you born with great genes for writing fiction? Or is it something you learn at your Daddy's or Mommy's knee? Whatever it is, Alafair Burke, daughter of James Lee, has it . . . this is a fine, hidden-secret novel . . . the fun is in the unraveling of the story, and Burke makes the most of that . . . Kincaid is a great character."
--Toronto Globe and Mail "Alafair Burke made a promising debut with Judgment Calls . . . Kincaid returns in another absorbing legal thriller."
--The Seattle Times "As a former prosecutor herself, Burke knows the inside of a courtroom, and it shows in the details. The most compelling scenes in the book are set in the halls of justice."
--Rocky Mountain News "Perfect summer escapism . . . a satisfying mix of courtroom drama, criminal investigation and colorful characters."
--Tucson Citizen "Entertaining, complex."
--Dallas Morning News