New York: Mysterious Press, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Legal thriller featuring Los Angeles defense attorney, Debra Laslow, who is required by her firm to defend a Beverly Hills internist Kenneth Avedon on a rape charge involving his receptionist. Meanwhile, someone is killing women attorneys and severing their tongues, and Laslow is both a suspect and a potential victim. As the daughter of a rabbi, Laslow is a devout orthodox Jew, and she has to reconcile her beliefs with her work. SIGNED on the title page. 402 pp. ISBN: 0-892965843.