Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
As the media watches every move the two women make, they agree to a temporary cease fire in order to do the best for Tina. Both spend extra hours in the office, which disturbs Vernetta's new husband Jefferson who believes that she chose work over him and his desire to have children. Jefferson demands more of Vernetta even as she provides him with less. She soon realizes that success in the office could mean failure at home making her ponder why she cannot have choice three: success in the office and at home. At the same time the case takes a strange relationship spin involving a man named Lawton.
This tense legal thriller concentrates as much on the personal lives of the two female lawyers more so Vernetta as each struggles with their personal lives. Vernetta is a very interesting protagonist as she strives for a balance, but finds the office and her spouse pulling at her from opposite directions as if she is tied to a rack. Though a final twist will seem like overkill to some readers, many will believe that makes the perfect ending to a tale in which working a murder case impacts the lives of the key characters as it consumes all a lawyer’s time and energy.