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Twisted Justice

by Patricia Gussin



      Laura Nelson, a prominent surgeon, spends most of her life at the hospital. She loves her family and tries to spend as much time as possible with her five children and husband. She has suspected for some time that she and her husband Steve, a Tampa Bay newscaster, need to get their lives and their relationship in order. Because they both have demanding careers, the long and erratic hours are something they have to face and overcome. So she thought. She didn’t anticipate coming home from a stressful night on the job to find her husband and his co-anchor in an indiscretion.

Things change dramatically for Laura and her family when she insists that Steve move out, which he does. Kim’s life is running parallel to Steve’s in that she leaves her abusive boyfriend. When Kim is found murdered in Steve’s apartment, and Laura is near the body, she is accused of the crime. Working to clear her name and hold on to her children in the face of Steve’s hostile attitude are difficult. The problem escalates when her youngest son develops a serious medical condition.

Like the heroine she is, Laura overcomes all obstacles. The fact that she has a hidden stash of money unavailable to Steve, who wiped out their account, helps.

Twisted Justice is a fast paced, well-plotted story that draws to a satisfying conclusion. The 1978 setting for the novel is certainly different and brings with it parameters for the story. The world was different thirty years ago and Ms. Gussin uses that to the story’s advantage; indeed the slightly slower pace and less sophisticated medical and technological advances are essential.

The Book

Oceanview Publishing
December 2007
Hardcover
978-1933515083
Thriller
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The Reviewer

Tara Manderino
Reviewed 2008
NOTE: Tara Manderino is the author of Soul Guardian, Whisper My Name, and The Heir.
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