By Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Hyperion, 2000; paperback, February, 2002
Lily Forrester is back on top as a district attorney, but haunted by an explosive secret. Six years prior, she tracked down and killed the man she believed raped both her and her young daughter. Although she got away with the murder, she killed the wrong man. Now her ex-husband, who is facing criminal charges in a hit and run, is threatening to expose her unless she uses her position to get him out of this mess. When Lily refuses, her life is turned upside down. Police reopen the six-year-old homicide case and charge Lily, catapulting her into the media spotlight. In this riveting sequel to Mitigating Circumstances, Lily Forrester must choose between doing what she believes is right and further hurting the one person she has always tried to protect: her daughter.
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