Resumo de Invasion Of Privacy - PERRI O''SHAUGHNESSEY

Invasion
of Privacy begins,
oddly enough, with an invasion of privacy court trial. Jonathan and Jessica
Sweet are suing to stop Terry London from releasing her movie. Where is Tamara
Sweet? Focuses on the mysterious disappearance of the Sweet''s 18 year-old
daughter over a decade ago. It seems the film portrays the parents in a very
negative light and they don''t want others to see it.

Nina Reilly
defends Terry London and her right to show the movie. It turns out the
filmmaker is a mean, unstable, vindictive woman. Nina regrets ever representing
her client and attempts to remove herself from the case.

Meanwhile,
on the home front, Nina''s 11 year-old son, Bob, starts asking questions about
the father he''s never known. Nina fell in love with Kurt Scott twelve years
ago. He left abruptly, never knowing he had a son. Nina moved on raising Bob
alone. The young boy starts a dangerous ball rolling when he sets out to find
his dad without the consent of his mother.

Nina is
quite surprised when she learns that Terry London has been shot and killed. The
real shocker comes with the naming of a suspect: Kurt Scott. It seems Kurt was
once married to Terry and their break-up 12 years ago was quite nasty.

It''s been a
while since she saw him, but Nina knows Kurt is innocent. She disregards past
feelings in order to defend the father of her child.

The case
against Kurt doesn''t look good. The evening of the murder, he was picked up by
the police with blood on his clothes. The arresting officer reports that Kurt
said -She''s been shot. On top of that, Terry had the camera rolling as she
died, supposedly after Kurt shot her and left. Her haunting final words
implicate Kurt.

What starts
as a simple civil case quickly evolves into a murder investigation. Who would
want to kill Terry London? There are plenty of suspects, including the Sweets,
Tamara''s old friends, and Terry''s old hippie neighbor. The answers are there,
if only Nina can find them.

Invasion
of Privacy
chronicles Nina''s search for the truth. This is the second installment of the
popular O''Shaughnessy series. Motion to Suppress introduced Nina Reilly and her
cast. The first book explains how the leading lady got to Lake
Tahoe and set up her own legal practice.

This second
installment picks up the story several months later. The characters from Motion
to Suppress are back including Nina''s brother and sister-in-law, Sandy the
cranky assistant, Collier the tough-but-fair prosecutor and Paul the
private-eye/possible love interest.

The plot is
moderately suspenseful. Nina''s family has a big role in this crime and its
resolution, making the sequence of events look like a generous coincidence. The
characters are either good or bad because the author says so and nothing else.
Even the reasons behind the crimes aren''t exactly convincing. The final
showdown isn''t too shocking.

Still
O''Shaugnessy, the singular pen name of two sisters, has created a fun series.
Nina Reilly is a lawyer with heart and guts. Readers should enjoy this set of
legal thrillers. As a teaser at the end of this book, Nina is given another
possible love interest to explore.

Though Invasion
of Privacy isn''t the best of the series, it still must be read. The book
provides key information about Nina''s past that helps readers develop a
complete background of the leading lady. The relationship between Kurt and Nina
is hinted at in the first installment and the beans are fully spilled here.
Learn why Kurt left so long ago and why Nina is willing to defend his life
regardless.

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