Fair used.begins with news of a murder, the victim isn"t set to die for another four weeks. Publicly respected but privately loathed, Venetia Aldridge has far more enemies than a brilliant London criminal lawyer should--and at least one of them is determined to do her in. Venetia plies her superior trade in courts that harbor the illusion that the passions of men were susceptible to order and control, but her past and private life are exceedingly unruly. 390pp