In case this is your bag or you just love to see where authors get it wrong. Claire Matturro’s legal thriller, “Privilege” has just been published
Here’s a review in the Tallahassee Democrat
Florida’s sun and sand aren’t the only sources of heat in Claire Matturro’s legal thriller, “Privilege” (Moonshine Cove Publishing, 2019). The ethics of a law firm are fried to a crisp in this fast-paced story featuring the beautiful Ruby Randolph.
At first glance Ruby’s life seems to be a Cinderella story. The homeless, troubled teen doesn’t even have on shoes or a bra when she first appears in the law offices of Gardner Randolph.
Yet by the second chapter, Ruby is a beautiful, wealthy attorney. Her transformation seems complete. We soon learn her improved circumstances have been purchased at high cost. She is trapped in a loveless marriage to Gardner, a much older man.
One day while walking by the Myakka River, Ruby meets Hank, a cop who makes her think she might learn to love again — if she dares to leave Gardner — but can she, when he holds all the secrets of her past, secrets he has used to entrap her? The sex between Ruby and Hank sizzles and she senses it holds the potential of moving toward a deeper place, “that hallowed world where the touching was flesh, but the giving was spirit.” If only she can escape her past.
Slowly, Matturro doles out the back story of how Ruby came to marry this unethical, abusive, weasel of a lawyer. Yet there’s nothing slow about the pace of this thriller set on the west coast of Florida.
When Gardner is found murdered in their bedroom, Ruby is first on the list of suspects. There were no signs of a break-in, so who else had a key? Or who else would Gardner have invited into their bedroom? Ruby and Hank must uncover the killer to clear her name.
The review continues here . https://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/2019/06/08/secrets-boil-over-compelling-legal-thriller/1380733001/
