Pride V. Prejudice

Product Description [Read by Meredith Mitchell]Life for Claire Malloy has changed dramatically in recent years. Now married to her longtime beau, Deputy Police Chief Peter Rosen, she finds one thing remains steadfastly unchangedher astonishing ability to attract trouble. Summoned for jury duty, Claire is humiliated when the prosecutor, harboring a grudge against her husband, dismisses her in a spectacular enough fashion to make local news. Seeking revenge, Claire hunts down the defendant, a woman accused of murdering her husband, and offers to help prove her innocence. There are only two problems: One, the defendant is looking guiltier by the minute. Two, Claire's dreaded new motherinlaw is coming to visit, and life in prison is starting to look good. About the Author Joan Hess is the author of both the Claire Malloy and the Maggody mystery series. She is a winner of the Agatha Award, a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League. A longtime resident of Fayetteville, Arkansas, she now lives in Austin, Texas.Meredith Mitchell is an actress who has performed in such films as Mona Lisa Smile and The Reunion, on stage with Shakespeare & Company and the New Repertory Theatre, and on television on Good Morning America. She received her BA in psychology from Emory University and her MFA in acting from Brandeis University.