An edition of The Alibi (1999)

L'Alibi impossible

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An edition of The Alibi (1999)

L'Alibi impossible

roman

  • 3.67 ·
  • 9 Ratings
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  • 20 Have read

Lorsque Hammond Cross, futur procureur général de la ville de Charleston, rencontre la mystérieuse Alex Ladd dans une fête foraine, il ne se doute pas un instant qu'il lui servira d'alibi. Et encore moins quil en tombera fou amoureux. Quand il découvre, le lendemain, qu'elle n'est autre que le suspect numéro un du crime retentissant quil est chargé d'instruire, il se demande s'il a été la victime d'une machination ou si le hasard lui a joué un sale tour.

Pour la première fois de sa vie, le très intègre Hammond Cross est prêt à faire une entorse à la loi pour protéger celle que tout accuse mais qu'il espère innocente. Quitte à jouer son avenir. Sandra Brown nous tient en haleine de la première à la dernière page tout en brossant un portrait sensible et puissant d'un homme en proie aux pires tourments moraux et confronté à un choix impossible entre sa passion et les exigences de sa conscience.

--back cover

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Publisher
Lattes
Language
French
Pages
670

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Edition Notes

Series
Le Livre de Poche
Copyright Date
2002
Translation Of
The Alibi
Translated From
English

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
670 p.
Number of pages
670

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31881591M
Internet Archive
lalibiimpossible0000brow
ISBN 10
2253090492
ISBN 13
9782253090496
OCLC/WorldCat
469701674
Goodreads
57562687

Work Description

An honorable man. . . a very sexy dilemma.

Hammond Cross is a man caught in a moral dilemma.

The plot of THE ALIBI centers around Hammond Cross, Special Assistant County Solicitor. (for those of you who don’t live in South Carolina and haven’t read THE WITNESS, you might not know that in that state, lawyers are called solicitors. In Texas we call them by other names.)

Hammond Cross hails from a wealthy Charleston family, but he eschews his heritage and the advantages it affords, even going far as to choose public service over a more lucrative career in criminal defense. He’s ambitious, and has his sights set on higher offices, but his goals aren’t strictly politically motivated. He’s also an aggressive prosecutor out to win for all the right reasons. He believes in what he’s doing and devotes himself to bringing criminals to justice.

Until . . .

He unwittingly becomes the alibi of an accused murderer.

The captivating and elusive woman with whom he had spent an overnight getaway — a meeting he mistook as happenstance — becomes the prime suspect in the most important criminal case Hammond’s career. If he prosecutes it successfully, he’ll inherit the top position from the retiring County Solicitor. If he doesn’t, he’ll have many people to answer to . . . not the least of which is himself.

To admit his own culpability is self-destructive. To fail is unthinkable. To win is to sacrifice the woman he’s come to love.
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He noticed her the moment she stepped into the pavilion.
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