"A nicely detailed Cape Cod setting, appealing and realistically rendered characters,
and an engaging romantic relationship between Marty and Harry make this an enjoyable legal thriller."
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The winner of the 2003 Mary Higgins Clark Award returns with Cape Cod attorney Marty Nickerson in
a riveting new legal thriller, Maximum Security.

At the urgent request of Harry Madigan, Martha "Marty" Nickerson takes on the defense of Louisa Rawlins,
a woman suspected of murdering her wealthy husband. Harry is Marty's law partner, her lover, and,
coincidentally, Louisa Rawlins's ex-lover. Glamorous and charismatic, Louisa is the polar opposite of Marty.
Though the evidence against Louisa is compelling, Marty's gut tells her that something doesn't quite fit. Yet,
as the trial progresses, Marty begins to doubt her own judgment.

Illuminating the law even as she entertains, Rose Connors once again proves herself a consummate storyteller
whose legal expertise and literary skills shine through on every page.

Rose Connors received her law degree from Duke University in 1984 and has been a trial attorney for two decades. She is the author of Absolute Certainty, which won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for best first novel. She lives with her family on Cape Cod, where she spends summers commercial shell fishing with her two teenage sons