Edgar Award Finalist: This Miami crime thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author is "an exhilarating debut [and] a sizzling page-turner" ( Publishers Weekly). Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major South Florida law firm, about to make partner—until her life is derailed by the discovery of her sister's body in the Everglades. What at first appears to be a suicide soon becomes a homicide investigation with Gail as the prime suspect. To defend herself, Gail must unravel the tangled web of her wild younger sister's life, which includes connections to drug traffickers, a Native American artifact, Gail's own estranged husband, and a handsome Cuban-American attorney, Anthony Quintana, to whom Gail is strongly attracted. But who can she trust as she fights for justice for her sister and herself? Written by a former prosecutor, the first book in the New York Times–bestselling Suspicion series delivers "a sun-drenched variation on the work of Scott Turow and Patricia Cornwell" ( Library Journal).

Brilliant and powerful Gail Connor is on the verge of a partnership at a major law firm in the "new" Miami, a city with a definite dark side. But her success at work is overshadowed when her sister is found brutally murdered....and Gail becomes the prime suspect. Miami's most promising young attorney is about to discover the other side of the law....

When a Palm Beach widow dies, the dispute over her will turns deadly in this "breathlessly paced legal thriller" from a New York Times–bestselling author ( Publishers Weekly). When wealthy Palm Beach dowager Althea Tillett dies under suspicious circumstances, it sparks a battle between those in line for an inheritance—including Gail Connor's old law school classmate and former lover Patrick Norris. He thinks someone has tampered with his aunt's will—preventing him from receiving millions he hoped to use for an urban renewal project. Although discouraged from getting involved by her own law firm and her lover, Cuban-American attorney Anthony Quintana, Gail agrees to look into Althea's rapacious relatives. But she soon finds herself in the middle of a family feud that's about much more than money. It's about secrets, lies, forgery . . . and murder. Written by a former prosecutor, this "provocative, breathless" national bestseller "will surprise you" ( The Plain Dealer).

Attorney Gail Connors must look to her past to discover who is threatening her family this “gripping . . . riveting thriller” (Publishers Weekly). Gail finally has everything she wants—a home to call her own, a growing private law practice, and a loving man in lawyer Anthony Quintana. But life is never perfect: the house needs massive renovations, her professional life is getting out of control, she’s in the middle of a custody case with her ex, and Quintana’s murky past continues to disturb her. Then Gail receives a series of mysterious phone calls and obscene letters threatening violence, torture, and death. The target: not Gail herself, but her ten-year-old daughter, Karen. Gail knows she’s made enemies in her line of work. But now someone is threatening her little girl. And her tormentors are about to learn that there is no limit to how far Gail is willing to go to keep her family safe. Written by an Edgar Award finalist and former prosecutor, “Suspicion of Betrayal works as a thriller, a psychological suspense novel, a mystery and a romance as well as an examination of cultural clashes [with] believable, realistic characters stylishly shaped” (South FloridaSun-Sentinel). Suspicion of Betrayal is the 4th book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

This “fast-paced” thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author pits iron-willed Miami attorney Gail Connor against the man she loves (Publishers Weekly). After splitting up with her fiancé, Anthony Quintana, Gail is just trying to get her life back in some sort of order. But when Anthony’s teenage daughter, Angela, comes to Gail in secret and begs her to defend her boyfriend, Bobby, a dancer with the Miami City Ballet who’s been charged with murdering a wealthy playboy, she can’t say no. Gail hopes to have easy access to someone who can provide Bobby with an alibi. But the witness, who happens to be a criminal judge, has lawyered up with none other than Anthony Quintana. Now on opposite sides, Gail and Anthony are each prepared to do whatever it takes to protect their clients. But as they struggle to keep their unavoidably intertwined professional lives as separate as possible from their personal lives, a remorseless killer has a different final verdict in mind. An Edgar Award finalist for the first book in the series, Suspicion of Innocence, as well as a former prosecutor, “Parker captures the roiling politics of Miami, as well as its color, all the while delivering a tight suspense story” (Chicago Tribune). Suspicion of Malice is the 5th book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

A prosecutor is accused of murder in this legal thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Suspicion series ( The New York Times Book Review). Not long ago, Dan Galindo was a rising federal prosecutor in Miami with everything he could have wanted. Then he made the mistake of having a conscience. He refused to put a lying witness on the stand, which led to a drug kingpin walking free—and the end of his job and his marriage. Now with his reputation in ruins, he's barely scraping by in a fleabag office. Then his ex-brother-in-law, a music promoter, approaches him with a can't-miss case: defending a gorgeous rock singer accused of assaulting a cop. It's a simple job for good money. But Dan is about to learn there's no such thing as a simple job. Dragged into a sordid world of money laundering, dirty cops, and corrupt federal agents, he's soon accused of murder, running for his life—and willing to do anything to get out of it alive. A former prosecutor herself and the New York Times–bestselling author of the Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana legal thrillers, Barbara Parker "has produced a suspense story rich in detail about drugs, rock music, and vengeful and ruthless Federal cops . . . in Dan Galindo she has created a highly believable hero" ( The New York Times Book Review).

New York Times bestseller: Miami attorneys Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana are back in action in this “complex, involving tale” (Booklist). Now running her own private law practice, Gail has taken on the Miami Opera as her first client. The company’s newest young star—who is set to take the lead in Mozart’s Don Giovanni—recently performed in Castro’s Cuba. And while the Opera’s board of directors couldn’t care less, Miami’s Cuban community could make a great deal of trouble for all involved. To Gail, it seems more like a case for a PR specialist than a lawyer. But she soon discovers that the Opera’s problems may threaten to expose a secret hidden in the history of Cuban emigration to Miami. It’s a secret someone is killing to keep, and a deadly conspiracy that leads Gail to the most unlikely of suspects: her fiancé Anthony Quintana. Edgar Award finalist and former Florida state prosecutor Barbara Parker once again serves up “a rich mix of tropical politics, edgy romance and secrets from the past” in the third legal thriller in the bestselling series (Publishers Weekly). Suspicion of Deceit is the 3rd book in the Suspicion series, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

The New York Times–bestselling author of the Suspicion series delivers an electrifying thriller of one man's fight for justice that "may be her best yet" ( Chicago Tribune). In his many years as a prosecutor in Miami, Sam Hagen has seen every kind of violence—and yet he still tries to make a difference. But his latest case is like nothing he's dealt with before. A seventeen-year-old model claims she was raped in a South Beach nightclub VIP room by three of the city's most influential men. Almost immediately, Sam is pressured to dismiss the case, and is soon trapped in a maelstrom of political influence, public opinion, and his desire to see justice done despite his own misgivings. But when Sam decides to prosecute, one of the accused is murdered. As he begins to crack under the strain of holding together both his case and his own family, Sam will have to confront a conspiracy of money, power, and final judgment. In this chilling novel of crime and redemption from a former Florida state prosecutor and the New York Times–bestselling author of the Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana legal thrillers, "the pace never flags from the opening to the knuckle-whitening finale" ( Publishers Weekly).

Struggling to work as a graphic artist in spite of his probation officer's machinations, former master forger Tom Fairchild accepts a precarious but lucrative job from the millionaire father of his former girlfriend only to discover that the assignment involves a dubious ulterior motive. Reprint.