PLEA OF INSANITY
Jilliane Hoffman
Vanguard Press
Legal Thriller
ISBN: 9781593155070
In her third and most riveting novel, international bestselling author Jilliane Hoffman sweeps readers on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, confirming herself yet again as a major thriller-writing talent at the peak of her powers.
The prosecutor --- Julia Vacanti. Young, ambitious, and facing a case that could launch her career. The defendant --- David Marquette. A successful Miami surgeon and devoted family man. The victims --- Marquette’s own wife and three small children. The plea --- Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. The perfect father and model husband, David Marquette seemingly just snapped one night. Or did he? His experienced defense team claims paranoid delusions caused by schizophrenia drove him to slaughter his entire family.
But the state suspects Marquette’s insanity defense is being fabricated to disguise murders that were cold-blooded and calculated. If convicted, Marquette faces the death penalty. If found insane, he could walk free. To bring a killer to justice, Julia will have to journey into the mind of madness herself, embarking on a terrifying personal journey back into her own past --- something she has struggled to forget for fifteen years.
And this will lead her to confront a future so chilling, she’s not sure she will ever be able to face it….
PLEA OF INSANITY © Copyright 2009 by Jilliane Hoffman. Reprinted with permission by Vanguard Press. All rights reserved.
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Critical Praise
"A riveting legal thriller created by a writer who knows the law inside and out. Hold on tight! Jilliane Hoffman takes the reader on a fast ride through the nightmare we call the criminal justice system. Only a lawyer of Hoffman's stature and experience could have created a story so intensely authentic."––– Barbara Parker, New York Times bestselling author of THE DARK OF DAY
"Hoffman’s intriguing plot snakes around both cases as Julia questions her own mental health and a future only a nail-biting sequel might fully answer."––– Publishers Weekly
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PRAISE for Jilliane Hoffman and Her Works
"Jilliane Hoffman writes thrilling suspense; her insider knowledge of the criminal justice system is dazzling"––– Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author of KILLER HEAT
"Hoffman is one of the best legal thriller writers in the country."––– Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author of THE GATE HOUSE
"Like James Patterson or Patricia Cornwell, Jilliane Hoffman creates vivid, engrossing crime investigations. Her fast-paced thriller bears all the hallmarks of pop entertainment. It's a blockbuster movie in the waiting."––– Time Out, New York
"You'll be hooked at page one by this thriller."––– Redbook
"Skilled writing and obvious real-life expertise...realistic procedural details, tight prose, and sympathetic characters....Strongly recommended."––– Library Journal
"A page-turning, terrifying experience that will keep you up all night."––– Bookreporter.com
"…a little bit James Patterson, a little bit John Grisham... Hoffman was once an assistant state attorney in Florida and, like many a lawyer-turned-writer, has a cinematic way with a courtroom scene... RETRIBUTION delivers."––– NY Daily News
"Jilliane Hoffman is the latest and one of the most promising of a long line of female writers with legal backgrounds who are adding their energy and smarts to the courtroom thriller field."––– Chicago Tribune
"This chilling account combines all the ingredients of the high-concept thriller."––– Booklist
