MARY DiNunzio is an associate lawyer at a Philadelphia firm. She comes from the city’s thriving Italian-American community, from where she gets a lot of her work.

But when Trish Gambone walks into her office she has to face demons long buried and solve a murder or see her career sink.

Trish was the sexy leader of The Mean Girls at high school who bullied Mary the swat unmercifully. But now she wants help to escape abusive boyfriend Bobby Mancuso, who has threatened to kill her.

But Mary once dated Mancuso. Now he is Mob-connected and runs drugs.

Another pacy thriller from this best- selling author who was herself a trial lawyer.

DENIS KILCOMMONS