Marcia Clark's Debut Novel!

As a new novelist myself, I'm always interested in other novelist's first publications.

Marcia Clark has just release her debut novel,GUILT BY ASSOCIATION, and it is now in stores!

You will undoubtably remember Marcia Clark as the lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson "Trial of the Century," Marcia Clark is one of the most recognized figures from the legal world.

In 1997 Marcia Clark co/wrote a bestselling nonfiction book about the Simpson trial, "Without a Doubt" published by Viking Press.

She has appeared on programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, and Today and is constantly called upon by major media to discuss hot legal topics. She is a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and writes periodically for The Daily Beast.

In her debut novel, brilliant and tenacious, DA Rachel Knight lives and breathes her work and disdains office politics - a combustible combination that often gets her into trouble. She is a stalwart member of the elite Special Trials Unit, a small group of handpicked prosecutors that handles the toughest, most sensitive, and most celebrated cases in the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office.

At the end of a typical ten-hour day, Rachel has her sights set on an ice-cold martini at the Biltmore Hotel, where she lives. But on her way she's sidetracked by the wail of sirens and the commotion of a crime scene. Cops swarm around a seedy motel, where Rachel is surprised to discover that Jake, a dear friend and fellow prosecutor, has been murdered.

The suspicious and potentially explosive circumstances of Jake's death are never far from Rachel's thoughts as she takes on her fallen colleague's most politically charged case: the mysterious assault on a young woman from an influential L.A. family. Rachel enlists the help of her best friends and partners in crime-fighting -Toni, a fellow Special Trials prosecutor, and Bailey, a tough-as-nails LAPD detective to covertly undertake her own investigation into Jake's murder.

Rachel's drive to clear Jake's name exposes a world of power and violence that will have her risking her reputation - and her life- to find the truth.

Already at work on her second novel, Clark is dedicated to writing at a book-a-year pace. GUILT BY ASSOCIATION has huge potential as the first of a winning legal thriller series in the vein of Lisa Scottoline. This is the first in a two-book deal.

I picked up a copy of GUILT BY ASSOCIATION today and I'm looking forward to reading it. As a fellow novelist, I wish Marcia Clark much success with her first novel.

~J