Rage of Angels

A worldwide bestseller first published in 1980, this novel tells the story of Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer who is loved by two men, one a politician, the other, a mafia don.

The narrative follows her rise through Manhattan courtrooms after an underworld scheme nearly strips her of her license on her very first morning. New York legal circles watch as she defends desperate clients against a relentless district attorney, winning impossible acquittals against the odds.

Sheldon sweeps the drama from gritty holding cells to the upper reaches of national politics, charting the private loyalties that threaten to destroy her.

• Legal Thriller: When an inmate faces the electric chair for a Sing Sing yard killing, Jennifer risks a contempt citation to introduce a confiscated cache of deadly homemade weapons to the jury.
• Romantic Suspense: Assigned to investigate Jennifer for disbarment after a dead canary sabotages a mob trial, Harvard-educated attorney Adam Warner uncovers her innocence and falls deeply in love with her.
• Organized Crime: Ambitious syndicate heir Michael Moretti outmaneuvers rivals within the powerful Granelli Family, using lethal cunning to shield his operations while drawing Jennifer into his inner circle.
• Political Intrigue: As a high-stakes campaign for the United States Senate accelerates, secret loyalties and public ambitions threaten to expose a private relationship that could end a political career before it begins.
• Also by This Author: Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow, Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory and Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark.