Radical Departure

By Lia Matera

Book Overview

"Has almost everytrhing a good mystery needs...a complex plot, social commentary, loads of atmosphere and a cast of unusual characters...The reader wants to hang out with Jansson and see more of her clear-eyed view of the world." SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS Working for a fat-cat San Francsico law firm, Willa Jansson thought she'd seen everything. Then her boss dies from hemlock poisoning. Things go from awful to outrageous when Willa's rad-lib mother, a former client of the deceased, is suspiciously named in his will to inherit his fantastic home in the hills. By now Willa is frantic to discover what's going on around her. Poking into the recent past and the apolitical present, she fishes out an old boyfriend she'd rather forget, a cop she hates on principle, and a famous law firm that can barely make ends meet. It's a pretty good catch for a first-year associate--considering that, in the meantime, someone is trying to kill her....

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345371267
• ISBN13: 9780345371263
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

I found this book to be a captivating page-turner.

The story line is new. The characters are interesting. The author made the characters come alive. The twists and turns of the search for the truth of what happened to Vincenzo was captivating. One minute you think you know what is coming, when a new twist is added. This is definitely not your old predictable mystery. I would suggest this book to anyone. I will be keeping this in my personal library. My friends will have to get their own copy.

Second novel in the attorney Willa Jannson mystery series.

> This book follows _Where Lawyers Fear to Tread_. Willa's passed the bar and now working as a underpaid associate with legendary radical lawyer Julian Warneke's firm. The only problem is: Warneke gets poisoned at a posh restaurant, and the media love the coincidence of Willa's presence, given the previous "law school murders."<br> > Willa's left-wing parents, especially her mother, have a larger role in this novel than in the earlier one. For example, they have been Warneke's clients for some 15 years' worth of picketing and slammer time.<br> > The series is a good read, with a likeable, realistic heroine who smokes a little dope when she gets stressed and doesn't have all the answers all the time.