Connors, Rose. Absolute Certainty. A Crime Novel. New York: Scribner, 2002, with 1st printing number line starting with 1, 283pp., very good dust-jacket, cover price $24.00, very good hardcover, fresh unused copy, "autographed copy" label on front of jacket. SIGNED neatly on title page: Rose Connors, dated Aug. 2002. Award-winning first in the series: - "Martha "Marty" Nickerson is a lawyer who truly loves her job. As an assistnat D.A. for Massachusett's Barnstable County, which includes all the small towns on Cape Cod, she speaks for the victims of crime and their families, and sees the system as a means for doing right. The case of Manuel Rodriguez is a prime example. Rodriguez is accused of brutally murdering a college student, a kind young man who had a bright future.". 9780743229067 ISBN 0743229061