Death Qualified vs No defense: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Death Qualified Death Qualified Kate Wilhelm · 1991 ★★★★☆ 3.6 439 pages · ≈ 8 h 08 m · Moderate

Book 1 Barbara Holloway Series

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Cover of No defense No defense Kate Wilhelm · 2000 ★★★★☆ 3.8 376 pages · ≈ 6 h 58 m · Moderate

Lawyer Barbara Holloway of Oregon defends a woman accused of murdering her husband and disguising it as suicide. Holloway discovers she was framed by a man seeking a seat on the state supreme court.

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Death QualifiedNo defense
Goodreads 3.6 (2873) 3.8 (1138)
Hardcover 2.8 (9) 3.7 (3)

Reception

Death QualifiedNo defense
Ratings 2873 1138
Editions 7 6
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 1375 319
Reading it now 120 55
Written reviews 334 78
Pages 439 376

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