Black lawyer Ellice Littlejohn's perfect life--with an Ivy League degree under her belt and a high-paying job as a midtown Atlanta corporate attorney--comes crashing down when her charming white boss and "just for fun" boyfriend is found dead in his executive suite with a bullet in his head. She hopes to not be thrust into the spotlight, given her past and a brother who often has been on the wrong side of the law, but when her firm offers her the dead man's job, she can't pass up the opportunity--but something is off, and shady dealings come to light within the firm that lead Ellice to discover a dangerous conspiracy.
year: 2021
call number/section: 1000
subjects: corporate lawyers, fiction, women lawyers, african american women, siblings, executives, victims of crimes, homicide, criminal investigation, secrecy, law, corrupt practices, racism, mystery fiction, legal stories, atlanta (ga.), fiction, thrillers (fiction), legal fiction (literature)