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Susan Sloan was born in New York and spent most of her early life on the East coast.
Susan Sloan
Susan Sloan
(Raised in a large, loving Irish Catholic family, Valerie ...)
Raised in a large, loving Irish Catholic family, Valerie O'Connor is a sheltered and innocent young woman who comes of age in the 1950s. When, at age 18, she meets and falls deeply in love with Jack Marsh, a dashing veteran of the Air Force, little does she know that she is about to begin a relationship that is doomed from the start? Their many years of marriage are filled with Jack's drunken rages followed by morning-after remorse, and scenes of escalating violence witnessed by children too terrified to speak out lest they become Jack's next victims. A powerful story of a marriage begun with the best intentions but cursed by a legacy of violence that will have shocking consequences.
https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Closed-Doors-Sloan-Susan/dp/0446530298
2004
(In this latest legal thriller from bestselling author Sus...)
In this latest legal thriller from bestselling author Susan Sloan, Jason Lightfoot stands accused of killing Dale Scott, a respected Port Hancock, Washington, a police detective. A homeless, habitual drinker, the Indian is found at the scene of the crime, he had a history with the victim, and he has the murder weapon in his possession. As far as the prosecutor is concerned, it’s as close as you can come to an open-and-shut case. And he’s going for the death penalty, too.
https://www.amazon.com/Reasonable-Doubt-Susan-R-Sloan/dp/1500894095
2014
(In this latest legal thriller from bestselling author Sus...)
In this latest legal thriller from bestselling author Susan Sloan, Jason Lightfoot stands accused of killing Dale Scott, a respected Port Hancock, Washington, a police detective. A homeless, habitual drinker, the Indian is found at the scene of the crime, he had a history with the victim, and he has the murder weapon in his possession. As far as the prosecutor is concerned, it’s as close as you can come to an open-and-shut case. And he’s going for the death penalty, too.
https://www.amazon.com/Self-Defense-Susan-R-Sloan-ebook/dp/B00ZPS4BNY
2015
Susan Sloan was born in New York and spent most of her early life on the East coast.
Susan Sloan was educated in New York.
Before Susan Sloan began writing, she was a practicing attorney. Her novels always address questions surrounding the role and effectiveness of the law in civil society and the extent to which justice may exercise. To date, all of her novels built around the exploration of social issues: equality before the law, bigotry, and the abortion controversy.
Susan Sloan's first novel, Guilt by Association, revolves around a young woman's rape by a man from an influential family in 1962. At that time, a crime such as acquaintance rape barely recognized, much less prosecuted. The book follows the victim through this tumultuous period in America. It also describes the changes in her life as well as the life of the culture. Thirty years after the event, a situation arises that makes it possible for her to bring her experience out into the open. Her decision to speak publicly and the consequences both personally and legally drive the action. This event and her instigation of a process of justice change her identity from victim to victor.
In An Isolated Incident, Susan Sloan again finds herself fascinated by a social issue, bigotry, in this case, and the stew of gossip, secrets, destruction that spring from it. The story is set on an island some distance from Seattle, an area that Sloan knows well. Events sets in motion by the murder of a teenage girl, the daughter of one of the notable men of the community. The crime has committed in a town where violence is virtually unknown, or so it seems. The drive for revenge becomes powerful in the wake of this tragedy. One of the major issues explored in the book is the ability of the law to dispense justice when it is opposed to the wishes of a mob.
Terrorism and its wrenching aftermath explore in Susan Sloan's third novel, Act of God. A bomb goes off at an abortion clinic, killing a large number of people. A likely suspect is found and arrested. Is he really the criminal? The attorney who is assigned to defend him finds herself in the unenviable position of trying to get a fair trial for a man who seems unquestionably guilty. The radical mindset explored along with questions about the legal system's ability to discover the truth. Together with Sally Sondheim, Sloan is also the author of several cookbooks.
In addition to writing books, Sloan operated Furrytale Farm on Bainbridge Island, a nonprofit sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals, until its closure in 2010.
(In this latest legal thriller from bestselling author Sus...)
2014(In this latest legal thriller from bestselling author Sus...)
2015(Raised in a large, loving Irish Catholic family, Valerie ...)
2004(Susan Sloan is a co-author of The Accidental Gourmet.)
2002(Susan Sloan is a co-author of The Accidental Gourmet.)
2003(Susan Sloan is a co-author of A Dinner a Day.)
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