Planning her wedding to wealthy criminal lawyer Anthony Quintana should be a pleasure, but the event is taking on aspects of an affair of state, and Anthony's increasing involvement with his family's complicated business dealings make her uneasy.

Then Gail begins receiving the threatening phone calls – an anonymous electronic voice, predicting Gail's death. Later, there are letters threatening harm to Karen, Gail's daughter. Torn between the concerns of her fiancé and the father of her child, Gail tries to focus on protecting Karen. As the subtle menace grows ever closer and it seems that the stalker knows everything about Gail's life, Gail must decide who she can trust in a world where betrayal seems to be the norm. Her relationship with Anthony, always passionate and volatile, begins to take a downward turn, and Gail begins to wonder if this marriage will – or should –ever take place.

Suspicion of Betrayal is fast-paced, smooth, and suspenseful. The stalker's motives and identity remain a secret even as Gail does her best to find out who hates her so intensely. Barbara Parker does tell a gripping story. On another level, however, Suspicion of Betrayal was a disappointment. Readers who have followed Gail through the first three books in the series may be disheartened, as I was, by the events in Gail's personal life, and by the somewhat open-ended conclusion.

--Jeri Wright