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Lia Matera. Fawcett Books, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-345-38059-3

Matera's skillfully woven tale intertwines attorney Laura DiPalma's dissatisfactions and the problems of a woman whose death she investigates. (Apr.)

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