Works by Mimi Latt
Ultimate Justice
Type of work: Novel
Published by: Simon & Schuster, 1999
ISBN: 0-684-84382-X
Setting: Los Angeles, present.
Brief plot description: Young Idealistic deputy DA becomes embroiled in
the
 reinvestigation
of a twenty-year-old case - when new evidence comes to
light that implicates
her own father in a shocking crime.
Character notes: Conflict between father and daughter prosecutors (he's
the
boss) at DA's
office. Relationship complicated by mother dying of cancer.
Other notes: Author Mimi Latt is a former LA trial lawyer who writes about
a
world she knows
intimately.
Awards: Los Angeles Times bestseller; [picked by Digby Diehl as the best
book of summer
1999; Literary Guild and Mystery Guild Selection.
Pursuit of Justice
Type of work: Novel
Published by: Simon & Schuster, 1998 (hardcover);
Pocket Books,
1999 (mass market)
ISBN: 0-684-81184-7 (hardcover); 0-671-03411-1 (mass market)
Setting: Los Angeles, present.
Brief plot description: Young attorney finds herself pitted against powerful
legal, political
and financial power brokers after her husband disappears
off the back
of a yacht. When she refuses to believe that he committed
suicide and starts
searching for the truth-suddenly she finds her own life in
danger.
Character notes: Idealistic lawyer who works for a legal clinic forced
to
confront the
high-profile world of cutthroat lawyers and ruthless power
brokers her husband
had become involved with as well as behind the
scenes look at
a nasty political race for the U.S. Senate.
Other notes: Author Mimi Latt is a former LA trial lawyer who brings to
life the
legal and law
enforcement world she writes about.
Awards: Literary Guild and Mystery Guild Selection.
Powers of Attorney
(written as Mimi Lavenda Latt)
Type of work: Novel
Published by: Pocket Books
ISBN: 0-671-86916-7
Setting: Los Angeles, present.
Brief plot description: When a brilliant woman lawyer at a high-profile
law firm
with dreams of
a political future defends a young wife against murder
charges, she
soon finds herself having to choose between what's best for
her client and
what's best for her own future.
Character notes: Inter-office competition between lawyers to make partner
at
a high-profile
law firm; behind the scenes at the LA DA's office; and some
uncomfortable
truths about the criminal justice system.
Other notes: Lawyer Mimi Latt takes her readers behind the scenes of a
high-
profile law firm
and the legal shenanigans that go on there - a world she
knows well.
Awards: USA Today bestseller; starred Publishers Weekly
review; Literary
Guild, Mystery
Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection.
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Last updated: August 4, 2000
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