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""Riveting reading..."" -- Foreword Reviews It's one a.m. Do you know where your teenagers are? Prosecutor Dana Hargrove makes it a point to know. But one night, in the dead of winter, she should have known more. In February 2009, Dana is the newly-elected district attorney of a suburban county north of Manhattan, where she lives with her husband, attorney Evan Goodhue, and their two teenage children. The Great Recession has seen a rise in substance abuse and domestic violence. It's also the era of burgeoning social media, an intoxicating lure for wayward and disaffected teens who find new methods of victimization: a game to some, with no thought of the consequences. During an arctic cold snap, the body of a high school student is discovered, lodged in the ice floes of the Hudson River. People are crying for justice, but there doesn't seem to be a law that fits. Days later, in one hellish night, Dana's children are sucked into a criminal investigation against several of their classmates, making her a convenient target for community outrage. In Deep Zero, the fourth standalone novel of legal suspense featuring the dynamic prosecutor, Dana walks the tightrope like never before in her tricky balance between professional ethics and family loyalties.

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Riveting reading... Deep Zero distinguishes itself with its powerful blend of vivid writing, legal expertise and insight, and finely and compassionately drawn characters. -- Foreword Reviews Kemanis writes in a style that adeptly dramatizes legal arguments while also finding moments of stark lyricism... [Deep Zero] is a well-drawn legal thriller. -- Kirkus Reviews In Deep Zero..., we return to the complex world of District Attorney Dana Hargrove, who, once again, in her line of work, is dealing with several unusual cases... There are no quiet moments, the plot is extremely suspenseful, and drama abounds as well... I was literally on the edge of my seat... -- Mystery Sequels Kemanis vividly portrays the difficulties of balancing the intricacies of the practice of law with the intimacies of the practice of parenthood. Her principal players seem particularly real... This is a confident author as at home with courtrooms, legal briefs, and summary judgments as she is with bedrooms, term papers, and adolescent anxiety. -- The U.S. Review of Books

"""Riveting reading... Deep Zero distinguishes itself with its powerful blend of vivid writing, legal expertise and insight, and finely and compassionately drawn characters."" -- Foreword Reviews ""Kemanis writes in a style that adeptly dramatizes legal arguments while also finding moments of stark lyricism... [Deep Zero] is a well-drawn legal thriller."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""In Deep Zero..., we return to the complex world of District Attorney Dana Hargrove, who, once again, in her line of work, is dealing with several unusual cases... There are no quiet moments, the plot is extremely suspenseful, and drama abounds as well... I was literally on the edge of my seat..."" -- Mystery Sequels Kemanis ""vividly portrays the difficulties of balancing the intricacies of the practice of law with the intimacies of the practice of parenthood. Her principal players seem particularly real... This is a confident author as at home with courtrooms, legal briefs, and summary judgments as she is with bedrooms, term papers, and adolescent anxiety."" -- The U.S. Review of Books"

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Award-winning writer V.S. Kemanis is an attorney with years of experience in criminal justice. She has worked for the Manhattan D.A., the New York State Organized Crime Task Force, appellate judges, and a state appellate court. Kemanis is also an accomplished dancer of classical and contemporary styles and has performed, choreographed, and taught dance in many venues. Her short fiction has appeared in publications and anthologies including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, The Crooked Road Volume 3, The Best Laid Plans, and Me Too Short Stories, among others. She has published several collections, including Your Pick: Selected Stories, winner of the 2019 Eric Hoffer Award for best story collection. Kemanis draws on her years of experience in criminal law for her legal suspense novels featuring prosecutor Dana Hargrove who, like the author, juggles the demands of family life with a high-powered legal career.

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