Southern Lights Danielle Steel


Southern Lights Danielle Steel

SOUTHERN LIGHTS

by Danielle Steel
A chilling story of crime and punishment mixed with a behind-closed-doors look into the heart of a family.

Assistant D.A. and single mom Alexa Hamilton has just been handed the kind of case that makes careers: the trial of accused serial killer Luke Quentin. Sifting through mountains of forensic evidence, enduring Quentin's cold, suggestive stares in the courthouse, Alexa relentlessly builds her case and prepares for a high-stakes trial . . . until threatening letters throw her private life into turmoil.

The letters are addressed to Alexa's beautiful 17-year-old daughter, Savannah, who Alexa has raised alone since her painful divorce years before. Alexa is certain that Quentin is behind the letters - and that they are too dangerous to ignore. Suddenly Alexa must make the toughest choice of all - and send her daughter back to the very place that Alexa swore she would never return: to her ex-husband's world of southern tradition, long memories, and the antebellum charm of Charleston.

Eleven years had passed since Alexa left the South behind, fleeing the pain of her ex-husband's betrayal and the cold cruelty of his prominent Charleston family. Alexa's wounds are still fresh - but she knows she must put her own pain aside for Savannah's safety.

Now, while Alexa's trial builds to a climax in New York, her daughter is settling into southern life, discovering a part of her family history she's never known - from the ice-cold beauty who stole her father away to a domineering matriarch and several half-brothers and sisters. As a family's wounds are exposed and the healing begins, Alexa and Savannah, after a season in different worlds, will come together again - strengthened by the trials they have faced, changed by the mysteries they have unraveled, armed with miracles that are uniquely their own.

In this masterfully told tale, Danielle Steel creates a stunning array of contrasts - from the gritty chaos of Manhattan's criminal court system to the cool gentility of an old Southern family, from the rage of a hardened criminal to the tender bond between a mother and daughter. A novel that will catch you off guard at every turn, Southern Lights is Danielle Steel at her electrifying best.

Danielle Steel is one of the worlds most popular writers, with over 580 million copies of her novels sold. She is the author of many international bestsellers including His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Trainas life and death. Visit the Danielle Steel Web Site at www.daniellesteelbooks.co.uk

Southern Lights
Random House Australia
Author: Danielle Steel
ISBN: 9780593056820
RRP: $32.95

 

 

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