(Oceanview Publishing announces the forthcoming release of Fatal February, the first novel by Barbara Sussman Levenson, class of 1953)  10/24/08

About the book

The good girl is about to find herself in a really bad situation. For half-Jewish, half-Southern Baptist Miami criminal defense attorney Mary Magruder Katz, life starts to spin completely out of control when a minor fender bender turns out to be an unlikely shot from Cupid's bow.

Carlos Martin, the other car's driver, isn't just a distracted driver; he's distracting. Carlos is charming, handsome, and mysterious. Hardly before she knows what hit her, Mary breaks off her engagement, jumps into a sizzling romance with Carlos, gets fired from her former fiancé's highbrow law firm, starts her own practice, and lands her first client, Lillian Yarmouth.

But Lillian isn't just any client; she's the prime suspect in what's become the Miami society murder of the year.

While investigating Lillian's alleged crime of passion, Mary finds that this case, like all matters of the heart, is anything but black and white. And Mary has clearly stumbled onto something that has someone seeing red.

February may be the shortest month of the year, but Mary's got some long days (and nights) ahead. This month could be a real killer.

About the author

Barbara Levenson has resided in Miami, Florida, for the past thirty-two years. A cum laude graduate of the University of Miami Law School, Barbara has served as a prosecutor, and run her own law practice where she focused on criminal defense and civil rights litigation.

Barbara was elected to a judgeship in the circuit court of Miami-Dade County where she still serves as a senior judge.

Barbara and her husband bred and showed German shepherd dogs for twenty years, and finished eleven champions in the show ring.

Fatal February is Barbara's first novel.
 

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