Unfit to Practice: A Novel
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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 in Lake Tahoe when her unlocked truck is stolen, her life changes forever. Gone are her most sensitive case files, complete with the sometimes brutally candid notes she took while interviewing her clients.
It’s every attorney’s nightmare. And now 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 legal proceeding that may ultimately lead her to disbarment. In desperation, Nina turns to her ex-husband, celebrated San Francisco lawyer Jack McIntyre, to represent her.
And as personal tensions erupt between McIntyre and Nina’s sometime boyfriend, private investigator Paul van Wagoner...as reputations are ruined and people begin to die...a chilling pattern of rage and revenge comes into focus. Someone is bent on destroying the lives of Nina’s clients and, in the process, Nina Reilly.
Perri O'Shaughnessy
Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pen name for two sisters, Pamela and Mary O'Shaughnessy. Together they have written twelve Nina Reilly legal thrillers, a stand-alone thriller, KEEPER OF THE KEYS, and one short story collection, SINISTER SHORTS. Pamela, a graduate of Harvard Law School, practiced law in Monterey, San Pablo, and South Lake Tahoe, California, for sixteen years. She lives in northern California. Mary worked as a multimedia editor for many years. She lives with her husband and children near San Francisco.
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Reviews for Unfit to Practice
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5this was pretty good. it's the second o'shaughnissy book i've read and i recognized the characters. i don't know that i quite liked the characters in this on as well as i did the other but it was still really good. i look forward to reading the next. i'm going to have to look our for more from him. this one nina (lawyer) is brought up on charges to strip her license and all that brought her to that point. interesting to see how defending yourself to the bar assoc is so different from a reagular court.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5this was pretty good. it's the second o'shaughnissy book i've read and i recognized the characters. i don't know that i quite liked the characters in this on as well as i did the other but it was still really good. i look forward to reading the next. i'm going to have to look our for more from him. this one nina (lawyer) is brought up on charges to strip her license and all that brought her to that point. interesting to see how defending yourself to the bar assoc is so different from a reagular court.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5For the legal thriller addict, Unfit To Practice is an interesting fix. The O'Shaughnessy sisters pen a tale that is entertainingly suspenseful. Nina Reilly, a small town lawyer has her vehicle stolen and with it the files of three of her clients. The sensitive files apparently fall into the wrong hands. The book details the subsequent fallout.I found Ms. Reilly's ethical dilemmas realistic. This was the first O'Shaughnessy novel I have read, so I am unable to compare it with previous Reilly reads. Although the story is a bit too touchy-feely for my general liking - one reviewer described the book as a "chick-flip" - and certainly not the best legal thriller I have read, I was entertained and plan on reading another Reilly novel.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Another in the Nina Reilly mysteries. Thesewriters paint a vivid picture of life in Lake Tahoe, and the courts. Enjoyable read.