Mitigating Circumstances

by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

Book Overview

After an intruder invades the home of Assistant District Attorney Lily Forrester, Lily finds that her life is spinning out of control, and turmoil in both her professional and private lives comes to a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451176723
• ISBN13: 9780451176721
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Novel of pure vengeance

District Attorney Lily Forrester has recently been promoted to Chief of the Sex Crimes Unit. She is glad to get the appointment but it came at a high price. She is unhappy with her marriage and her relationship with her daughter is deteriorating day by day.Lily decides to get a fresh start when she asks her husband for a divorce and move out to a new apartment. Her life is irrevocably changed when an intruder storms into her home and rapes both her and her daughter, Shana. Lily believes she recognizes her assailant as one of the case files she brought home from work. Without thinking it over she decides to go kill him. She tracks the suspect and shoots him dead without even flinching. She then erases all traces of evidence she can think of that might identify her. She will now try to continue her life and help her daughter.Unfortunately, things do not go as planned. Both Lily and Shana are still traumatized by the events and they both disagree as to who raped them. Lily wonders if she has made a mistake now that there is a relentless cop investigating the case.Nancy Taylor Rosenberg does a good job in applying what she knows in this novel. She has worked in law enforcement for many years and has dealt with sexual offenders. The victims and situations felt real as well as the emotional trauma Lily feels for her action. The novel reads like a Lifetime movie but it kept my interest.

good

I haven't read any good books lately (trying to decipher the monotony of Mary Higgins Clark, I suppose) and this book was lying around in my father's office, so I seized the moment and borrowed it. From the very beginning, this cross between John Grisham's "A Time To Kill" and Sandrs Brown's "Charade" captivates the audience and holds on for an entertaining, if somewhat predictable, ride. I recommend this to people who haven't had a good read and would like a fast-paced, realistic novel. Enjoy.

I am hooked on this Author

Mitigating circumstances grabed me from the minute I opened the book. I cannot read books unless they grab me and pull me into it. This book did that. The way the writer starts out makes you want to know more. I stayed on the edge of my seat through most of the book. The way the plot is brought out is wonderful. I cannot stand a book that you know who did it from the start. With this book you are shocked at the end. I keep waiting for them to make a movie out of it. I feel like the whole storie worked together. You didn't have things in it that didn't belong. Her character worked. She was the type of character anyone could relate to. I LOVED IT!

Well written, gripping, thought provoking...

Mrs. Rosenberg is an excellent storyteller. Failrly predictable, yet a few surprises cleverly orchestrated. A bit too much of the "all men are pigs who treat women like trash" syndrome. Even the men whom she admired were pigs. ALL THE MEN WERE PIGS (of course, maybe all men ARE pigs). Unfortunately, it seems from reading synopis' of her other books, they're all the same. Divorced, abused, single mother being stalked by lunatic (who of course is a pig). A shame considering her writing talent. Most women will want to read all her books. Most men will be satisfied with one

This book draws you, and doesn't let go.

I am not usually a book reader, but once I started to read this book, it was hard to put it down. The author, Nancy Rosenberg, does a riveting job of grabbing on to your most sensitive senses and devours you into a world of lust, violence, revenge, and honor. Not only does Nancy do an incredible job of disecting the characters' state of mind, but she also makes you think of your own state of mind and your relationships to people that mean the most. Given the main's character predictment, we get an understanding that the courts do not always represent justice, but as a matter of fact, can sometimes impede on it. However, the bottom line is that justice is a double sided coin. No verdict will ever be 100 % right. Only we can determine what is right as we live in a world occupied by a heterogeneous mixture of people.