Guilty

by Karen Robards Narrated by Joyce Bean

Overview

One cold November night when Kat Kominski was fifteen years old, she and some friends held up a convenience store. In the heat of the moment, one of the others shot and killed an off-duty cop moonlighting as a security guard. Kat and her pals fled the scene in a panic, and no one was caught.

Thirteen years later, Kat-now Kate White-has built a new life for herself. Now a single mom with a nine-year-old son, she works as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia DA's office. But her dark past returns to haunt her when she walks into court one day and has a devastating encounter with a prisoner, Mario Castellanos, one of her companions from that terrible night.

Hardcore criminal Mario is facing a possible sentence of twenty years. He lets Kate know that he is counting on her, his old friend turned prosecutor, to make sure he goes free instead. If Kate doesn't do what he wants, he'll claim she was the one who killed the off-duty cop.

Kate is in a bind: If the truth about her past gets out, she stands to lose everything, including her son. But she can't do what Mario wants, either. As Mario ups his demands, blackmailing and terrorizing her, she is forced to turn for protection to a sexy homicide detective, Tom Braga, who suspects her of...something. The two clash repeatedly as Tom keeps digging into her past, trying to learn the truth.

Then another, far more menacing, threat rears its head, and Kate realizes that her life-and her son's-are in terrible danger. Frantic, she sees that she has nowhere to turn. Except, maybe, to Tom....

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

In this scintillating romantic thriller from bestseller Robards (Obsession), Kate White, a single mother and Philadelphia ADA, is embarrassed in court when her cellphone goes off during a trial. Just then the defendantA pulls out a pistol and starts shooting, killing the judge. The terror-stricken Kate fears for her life and the future of her young son, Ben, should she die in the melee. After being taken hostage, Kate escapes, supposedly by killing her captor. Kate soon discovers that her past as a troubled foster child has caught up to her. Someone tries to break into her home, while someone else follows her, threatening her and Ben. Det. Tom Braga, who investigates the courtroom shooting, is firmly convinced that Kate didn't kill her captor. Kate's vulnerability appeals to Tom's protective nature, drawing the pair together in a heated affair. Robards once again shows her flair for coupling first-rate suspense with multidimensional characters. (Apr.)

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NOVEMBER 2008 - AudioFile

Katrina Kominski, a foster child from Baltimore with a troubled past, reinvented herself as Kate White, a Philadelphia prosecutor and single mother. Now, 13 years later, Kate's family and accomplishments are jeopardized when her past comes back to haunt her in the form of a violent career criminal who attempts blackmail. Homicide detective Tom Braga's investigation of a courthouse shoot-out leads him to Kate, and he must decide whether she’s a victim or a coconspirator. Joyce Bean's narration props up a porous plot. Her work is exceptional in the courtroom scenes as she conveys the action and the emotional states of each participant. Further, her characterizations of Tom, Kate, and her school-age son are on target. G.O. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169671940
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	04/01/2008
Edition description:	Unabridged

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