Practice to Deceive — Janet L. Smith

IN THE BACK-STABBING WORLD OF THE LAW, MURDER IS A MINOR DETAIL.

Lawyer-sleuth Annie MacPherson hasn't even cut through the paperwork at her new job when top partner Gordon Barclay's secretary and not-so-secret lover, Nancy, kills herself. But the dead woman's sister doesn't believe it and wants Annie, so far unseduced by Barclay's legendary charms, to investigate the high-and-mighty machinations of Seattle's most feared litigator.

Things heat up when gunfire blasts through Annie's carefully constructed veneer just as a shocking glimpse into her family's past blows her life wide open. Soon Annie finds herself caught in a destructive web of love, lies, and murder that only her sharp insight and fierce intelligence can unravel.