You may think Ellice Littlejohn in early forties, an aspiring, successful lawyer has it all: she already reached her life goals including Ivy League degree and well paying job but she’s working so hard for promotion she didn’t get yet as younger and paler skinned colleagues keep climbing the corporate ladders. When you give short reading breaks for sneaks and booze, you still keep speculating: who is the mastermind behind the entire scheme, who could be trusted, how Ellice will survive as the walls are closing in? It gets under your skin, conquers your mind.

But it’s totally worth to each cancellation, schedule changing, isolation decision.įrom the beginning till the end, Ellice Littlejohn’s story hooks you up and even if you try so hard you cannot put this book down. Oh my goodness! This is freaking fantastic legal thriller meets mystery/ suspense keeps you on the edge of your seats, shakes you to the core, blows your mind, forces you to cancel everything: husband, job, pets, last episode of Ted Lasso, massage appointment etc. Suddenly, Ellice’s past and present lives collide as she launches into a pulse-pounding race to protect the brother she tried to save years ago and stop a conspiracy far more sinister than she could have ever imagined… When she uncovers shady dealings inside the company, Ellice is trapped in an impossible ethical and moral dilemma.

While the opportunity is a dream-come-true, Ellice just can’t shake the feeling that something is off. She can’t be thrust into the spotlight- again.īut instead of grieving this tragedy, people are gossiping, the police are getting suspicious, and Ellice, the company’s lone black attorney, is promoted to replace Michael. Why? Ellice has been keeping a cache of dark secrets, including a small-town past and a kid brother who’s spent time on the other side of the law. A debut perfect for fans of Attica Locke, Alyssa Cole, Harlan Coben, and Celeste Ng, with shades of How to Get Away with Murder and John Grisham’s The Firm.Įllice Littlejohn seemingly has it all: an Ivy League law degree, a well-paying job as a corporate attorney in midtown Atlanta, great friends, and a “for fun” relationship with a rich, charming executive-her white boss, Michael.īut everything changes one cold January morning when Ellice goes to meet Michael… and finds him dead with a gunshot to his head.Īnd then she walks away like nothing has happened.

Morris crafts a twisty mystery about a black lawyer who gets in over her head after the sudden death of her boss.

All her little secrets a novel