![]() She engages in sharp banter with police detectives and prosecutors and is capable enough to risk questionable legal maneuvers, but she can also adopt a mild manner to coax information from a witness. Olivia’s confidence in Jack wavers, returns, and wavers again as she leads the reader through a well-structured web of clues and alternative theories. Later, she pursues evidence that there might be another shooter or another main target. The first step is to untangle his complicated explanation of why he was near the site of the shooting. The main plot follows Olivia’s efforts to build a case for Jack’s innocence. ![]() She feels compelled to take the case of Jack Harris, her fiancé from 20 years ago, who is accused of shooting three people - one of whom he had threatened - in a park on a Sunday morning. ![]() Olivia Randall, the first-person narrator of Alafair Burke’s latest mystery, The Ex, is a fast-talking New York City criminal-defense lawyer. ![]()
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