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No defense

No defense

by Kate Wilhelm

Barbara Holloway (Fictitious character)Women lawyersFictionMystery fictionLegal stories
4.0
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Open Library

About this book

Lawyer Barbara Holloway of Oregon defends a woman accused of murdering her husband and disguising it as suicide. Holloway discovers she was framed by a man seeking a seat on the state supreme court.

Themes & subjects

Barbara Holloway (Fictitious character)Women lawyersFictionMystery fictionLegal storiesFiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths

Setting

Oregon

About the author

Kate Wilhelm
Kate Wilhelm

8 June 1928 – 8 Mach 2018

Kate Wilhelm was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang. Wilhelm established the Clarion Workshop along with her husband Damon Knight and writer Robin Scott Wilson.

Author

Kate Wilhelm

Pages

402

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

6

Language

English

Publisher

St. Martin's Minotaur

ISBN

9780786197941

Where to buy

TR
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