Mission Hill (Hardcover)

from Pet12

Mission Hill is the first book in a new series about Abby Endicott, a district attorney in Boston prosecuting homicide cases. It's also Pamela Wechsler's debut novel and very well written. The author's extensive experience of working within the legal system is obvious. Mission Hill is quite an in...

from CathyGeha

Rich girl Abby Endicott has chosen to work as an ADA in Boston rather than make mega-bucks in private law. The homicide cases she has prosecuted haunt her. She is wealthy so does not need the money though her parents threaten to remove her allowance if she does not toe their line. Abby is not alw...

from Twink

Mission Hill is Pamela Wechsler's debut novel. This first novel in a planned series introduces us to Abby Endicott, Chief of the Boston DA's Homicide Unit. Abby is a bit of rebel - she's tough, wealthy, but prefers to work for a living, she butts heads with the higher ups, feels rules are made to...

from sleahey

In this page-turner Abby wants to find out who murdered her colleague and former boyfriend outside a bar in Jamaica Plain. Meanwhile, she takes over his prosecution of a despicable and violent criminal for a drive-by shooting that killed one and maimed others. Questions of professional impropriet...

from froxgirl

Excellent Boston-based police procedural by a writer for Law and Order. If you love L&O, you'll enjoy Mission Hill, and I guess the converse is true. I thought this was a very well-written police procedural with a special depth in its portrayal of relationships - romantic, family, and work. A fin...