Southern Exposure

By Anne Reed Rooth

Turning Up The Heat Being an attorney and single mother in a small Mississippi town isn't easy--especially with your rich, appearance-conscious family nearby. After years of struggling, Leona Bingham... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061013641
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

A Suspenseful Summer Read!

Southern Exposure was exactly the type of mystery that can't be put down! There were several characters that I suspected but I was truly surprised in the end! I loved the character of Leona Bingham and the setting of the deep south. I hope Anne Reed Rooth is busy writing another novel! My family loves a good mystery so this is one that we are passing around to each other!

Loved the cover AND the story!

I must admit I picked this book up at the library because the cover caught my eye. It took every bit of willpower I had to NOT turn to the back of the book and read the last chapter so I could find out exactly WHO the murderer was! All of my guesses were wrong---the true test of a top notch thriller! I hate it when I'm right! The tension kept me turning the pages. I truly hated for the book to end. Loved the characters, too. I think a sequel with Leona Bingham is in order!

I'm so glad I found this author.

Since I am from the Mississippi Delta only 15 miles from the setting, I was excited about finding this book. Then I was really impressed with the writing and plot and could not put this book down until I had read the last line. My husband read it and thought it was excellent.My mother, having recommended this one to me, was able to find two more of the author's earlier books at the library, but they are out of print. I hope Anne Reed Rooth is working on another book now.

Athriller for fans of John Grisham and Mary Higgins Clark

A neophyte femake lawyer with a scandalous past, according to small town southerners, is personally intrigued by a summons from a death row inmate and professionally challenged to pursue his claims of innocence. Why has this particular convict singled her out to represent him? If she takes the case she will find the answer. Without benefit of a criminal law background, she begins her quest to find the real murderer while appealing to the courts in a last-ditch effort to stave off her client's imminent execution. In a race against time, she is hounded, harassed and finally a target, finding herself and young son in mortal danger as she moves toward the killer's identity and revelations that promise to disrupt her life forever. Fast-paced thriller with a SURPRISE ending. It's first class, but maybe I'm prejudiced. I'm the author. I hope to make many new fans.