New York Times bestselling author Perri O'Shaughnessy takes the courtroom thriller to breathtaking new
heights in Move to Strike, a page-turning masterpiece of suspense. Featuring Nina Reilly, hailed by critics as
"one of the most interesting heroines in legal thrillers today," * Move to Strike is a spellbinding tale of stolen
treasure and twisted revenge set in the high desert of Nevada and the mountains of Lake Tahoe.
An attorney and single mother, Nina Reilly runs her one-woman law practice in South Lake Tahoe, balancing
compassion and cunning with a passion for justice. But Nina is wholly unprepared for her latest client--six-
teen-year-old Nicole Zack, a rebel, a thief, and the best friend of Nina's teenage son, Bob. Did Nikki steal
something from her uncle, a prominent plastic surgeon, and then kill him with an ancient samurai sword? The
district attorney is trying Nikki as an adult and the charge is first degree murder.
With the stakes this high, Nina calls in private investigator Paul Van Wagoner, her ex-lover and constant ally,
whose bravado conceals a troubling personal secret. As Paul investigates the eerily coincidental death of the
surgeon's son--killed in a plane crash the same night his father was murdered--Nina sorts through the twisting
lies surrounding Nikki, uncovering a bitter struggle over a mining claim, enraged former patients, and two old
crimes. Finally, Nina must confront the central question she
needs to answer in order to save her client: What did Nikki really see the night of her uncle's murder?
Taut, thought-provoking, and utterly gripping, Move to Strike grapples with the profound question of what to do
when the law does not suffice. It is a novel you won't want to put down until the last twist is unraveled and the
last satisfying page is turned.
* San Jose Mercury News