The Alibi features Hammond Cross, Charleston Special Assistant Solicitor, relaxing with an impulse visit to a country fair after a hard and emotional week with work and family stresses. An unexpected and intense one-night stand with a beautiful mystery woman leaves him shaken and yearning.
To his intense distress, a high-profile murder investigation leads to the identification of ‘his’ mystery woman, psychologist Dr Alex Ladd, as the primary murder suspect. And Hammond has been given the case. What unfolds will have you gasping. Hammond has always handled his work with an unshakable moral code and high ethics. Now he’s caught between his escalating feelings for Alex, the avalanche of damning evidence pointing to her as the killer, and the knowledge that she’s used him to create her alibi. His career seems headed for disaster, along with their love affair.Sandra Brown, in masterful style, has written a brilliant story of lies, deceit, murder and motives in the deep South. The unique plot twists and turns will keep you guessing and gasping to the last page. Don’t miss it! Thoroughly recommended for fans of Sandra Brown and romantic suspense.