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Terence Greene, a man seemingly without flaw or weakness, is a model husband, father, and citizen, with a picture-book home in the affluent New Jersey suburbs and an ideal position as director of a great philanthropic foundation. It is while performing his lawful duty as a member of a jury that he first sees exotically beautiful Ava-Rose Renfrew. She is testifying against a man accused of brutally assaulting her, and Terence tries to tell himself that he is stirred by her plight and not her person. Naturally, he manipulates his fellow jurors into delivering a verdict supporting her. But his…
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3 editions- Other · English · 1999Plume · 356 pages · 9780452280410
- Other · English · 1999Penguin Publishing Group · 9780451407825
- Other · English · 1997Dutton · 356 pages · 9780525942993
FictionViolenceMenAdulteryActions and defensesJurorsFiction, psychologicalNew jersey, fiction




