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In "Sullivan's Law, the former cop and probation officer introduced her most compelling character yet: Venture Country Probation officer Carolyn Sullivan, a complicated woman whose commitment to her harrowing job is second only to her love of her family. Now, in "Sullivan's Justice, Carolyn plunges into a case that will jeopardize both, challenging her beliefs about love, loyalty, and the law, while exposing deadly secrets that hit much too close to home. In her work for the Ventura Country Probation Department, Carolyn Sullivan interviews the most dangerous. Depraved criminals--"and Raphael Moreno is at the top of the list. The hardened street thug has been convicted in a series of gruesome and baffling murders, including the decapitation of his own mother. For the first time, Carolyn is face-to-face with a criminal who truly frightens her. But things are about to get much hotter--"and much deadlier for Carolyn. A phone call from her brother, Neil, propels her into a nightmare. A popular bachelor and successful artist, Neil has discovered the body of his girlfriend, Laurel, floating in his swimming pool. When her death is ruled a homicide, Neil becomes the prime suspect. But he has an alibi--"he was in bed with Melody Asher, a seductive party girl and heiress whose every exploit is tabloid fodder. When Melody refuses to back up Neil's story, the sensitive brother Carolyn thought she knew suddenly seems like a complete stranger. Could the brother she loves actually be a cold-hearted, ruthless killer?

First introduced in Sullivan's Law, Ventura County probation officer Carolyn Sullivan is put to the test again as the body count-and list of suspects-quickly rises in Rosenberg's latest confidently plotted thriller. This 3o-something single mom with a narrow waist and wide-ranging intelligence has a special gift for getting perps to talk, and two days before Christmas, she faces an especially frightening inmate, Raphael Moreno, who decapitated his own mother, killed his sister and decimated a family of five. Though he's not talking, she thinks he had an accomplice. Before she has a chance to fully crack Moreno, however, the plot thickens: late that night, her younger brother, Neil, a meth addict but also a successful artist, calls for help, having just discovered his girlfriend Laurel's body floating in his swimming pool. Though Neil will be considered a suspect, his alibi, a rich, conniving, sexually avid ex-girlfriend who lured him into bed that night, refuses to clear his name. Soon, another woman is murdered just a few blocks from Neil's house, raising the prospect of serial killing, and a full-scale investigation begins to link the homicides to Moreno's case. Thriller enthusiasts will relish the intricate plot, accelerating action and novel climax of this gripping ride. Agent, Arthur Klebanoff. (May) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.