The Secret Hour A Novel

Widowed defense attorney John O'Rourke struggles to cope with everyday life. Now he takes on the death penalty appeal of Connecticut's Breakwater Killer--a case that threatens to tear the state apart and raises a storm of enmity around O'Rourke and those he loves.

Luanne Riceis the author of <i>The Perfect Summer, The Secret Hour, True Blue, Safe Harbor, Summer Light, Firefly Beach, Dream Country, Follow the Stars Home</i>—a recent Hallmark Hall of Fame feature—<i>Cloud Nine, Home Fires, Secrets of Paris, Stone Heart, Angels All Over Town, Crazy in Love</i>, which has been made into a TNT Network feature movie, and <i>Blue Moon</i>, which has been made into a CBS television movie. She lives in New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut.