Unfit to Practice

Unabridged
Author: Perri O'Shaughnessy
Narrator: Laural Merlington
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Date: July 2002
Length: 12 hours
Ratings:
Formats:
  • CD

Overview

As an attorney championing desperate people, Nina Reilly has skirted the edges of legal ethics in pursuit of a just result but she has never before broken the rule of absolute protection of her clients' secrets. One September night at Lake Tahoe when her unlocked truck is stolen, her life changes forever. Inside are her most sensitive cases, complete with the sometimes brutally candid notes she took while interviewing her clients.

It's the event that every attorney most fears - one careless moment that undoes a lifetime of building trust and respect. The worst has happened - the secrets are being revealed one by one, in ways that will cause the greatest harm.

Nina's own clients complain to the State Bar of California, and suddenly Nina is fighting for her license and her livelihood in a Kafkaesque legal proceeding that may ultimately lead to her disbarment.

In desperation, Nina hires a top San Francisco lawyer, Jack McIntyre, to represent her. She ought to know he's tough as well as cynical and funny - he's her ex-husband. And as personal tensions erupt between Jack and Nina's on-the-edge investigator Paul van Wagoner...as reputations are ruined and people begin to die...a malign pattern of rage and revenge comes into focus. Someone is bent on destroying the lives of her clients and, in the process, destroying Nina Reilly.

Reviews (1)

Unfit to Practice

Written by Nanette on October 6th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

As with all the other books by this author...I loved this book. I love Nina, Paul and Sandy. Couldn't wait to get to the end to see who was behind it all.

Author Details

Author Details

O'Shaughnessy, Perri

"Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pen name for two sisters, Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy, who live in Hawaii and on Lake Tahoe, and California and on Lake Tahoe respectively. Pamela graduated from Harvard Law School and was a trial lawyer for sixteen years. Mary is a former editor and writer for multimedia projects. They are the authors of nine previous Nina Reilly novels: PRESUMPTION OF DEATH, UNFIT TO PRACTICE, WRIT OF EXECUTION, MOVE TO STRIKE, ACTS OF MALICE, BREACH OF PROMISE, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, INVASION OF PRIVACY, and MOTION TO SUPPRESS."