Author(s): Lisa Scottoline

Thriller

The moment that Vicki Allegretti, a Philadelphia born, wise-cracking, lively and energetic attorney, is held at gunpoint by a frightened looking teenager, she realises that investigating drug dealers is even more dangerous than she'd anticipated. Especially when she knows that her partner has been left dying over by the screen door. Suddenly, the rendezvous with a female confidential informant has lost all sense of routine and Vicki knows she's going to be hauled over the coals. Then she meets Reheema Bristow, a suspect with brains, beauty and attitude to boot, and Vicki loses it with her, earning herself a suspension from work.

She heads off to her friend Dan for comfort, but how comfortable can you be with a happily married man whose very presence makes you tumble over your words and go weak at the knees? It's all too much for Vicki, and ever hot-headed, she decides to track down the teenager who nearly killed her. After all, what else has she to do on a snowy, lonely afternoon in Philly? Her search leads her to another encounter with Reheema, and soon the women realise that they can help each other out; each has her own investigation to follow, each her own personal ambition to achieve. Downtown Philly may have seen some sights, but none quite so fast, feisty and fashionable as Vicki and Reheema, snaking through the snow on wheels no car shop would sell a speedway driver, let alone a couple of girls out for a ride...