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LEADER: 03069cam 2200421Ia 4500
001 ocm33891325
003 OCoLC
005 20091202154653.0
008 951212t19961994nyu 000 1 eng d
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035 $a(OCoLC)33891325
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050 4 $aPS3566.A8242$bE96 1996x
092 $a813/.54
100 1 $aPatterson, Richard North.
245 10 $aEyes of a child /$cRichard North Patterson.
260 $aNew York :$bBallantine Books,$c1996, c1994.
300 $a565 p. ;$c18 cm.
520 $aWe are in San Francisco: Ricardo Arias is found dead in his apartment, the gun that killed him wedged in his mouth. The physical evidence might confirm suicide, but there is no doubt that it strongly suggests murder. The police investigation quickly uncovers a maze of emotion and conflict that surrounded the dead man in the last months of his life: an estranged wife, Terri Peralta; an ugly custody fight over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; threats of extortion; accusations of adultery; and sexual abuse of the child. And then the police uncover a murder suspect. He's Terri's new lover, Christopher Paget, a man of wealth and prominence, an extremely high-profile San Francisco defense attorney. Paget has motive - it's his son accused of abusing Elena, his personal and political plans for the future put at risk by the dead man's accusations - and his alibi is dangerously threadbare.
520 8 $aNow, defense attorney becomes defendant. Now Paget's defense attorney, Caroline Masters - an equally high-powered lawyer and former judge - works desperately to raise reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury, even as Paget and Terri struggle to preserve their future and that of their cherished children. But as the trial progresses, we begin to see that what comes to light in the courtroom may be fatefully intertwined with what threatens to remain hidden: by Paget's refusal to testify on his own behalf, by Elena's tangled loyalties, and by Terri's inability - or unwillingness - to recall the details of her own childhood trauma.
650 0 $aTrials (Murder)$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$vFiction.
650 0 $aChild sexual abuse$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$vFiction.
650 0 $aLawyers$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$vFiction.
651 0 $aSan Francisco (Calif.)$vFiction.
655 7 $aLegal stories.$2gsafd
650 4 $aJuicios criminales$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$vNovela.
650 4 $aAbuso sexual de niños$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$vNovela.
650 4 $aAbogados$zCalifornia$zSan Francisco$vNovela.
651 4 $aSan Francisco (Calif.)$vNovela.
655 7 $aHistorias legales.$2local
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938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nbl 99769173
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n302040
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 313 OTHER HOLDINGS