title: Circle of Friends: A Novel
author:  Maeve Binchy 
description: &quot;[An] irresistible&#160;&#160;invitation to share the lives of people who&#160;&#160;believe in enduring values.&quot; &#8212;<i>Detroit&#160;&#160;Free Press</i><br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>
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  Friends in the Stars
  
  
  Mackey Chandler
  
  
  Cover by Sarah Hoyt
  
  
  Fifth book in the Family Law series
  
  
  Friends in the Stars © 2019
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #  Chapter 1
  
  
  Lee was having breakfast on the balcony and enjoying the view, waiting for
  Eileen and Victor Foy to join her. The city was waking up, the traffic
  increasing and pedestrians visible along the nearby streets. Derfhome wasn’t
  like a big Earth city that stayed busy all night. The Old Hotel was only four
  stories high, with her suite on the top floor at the desirable north corner.
  That was one floor higher than most of the other buildings in the capital, at
  least in the old city. That meant she wasn’t surrounded by larger buildings
  cutting off the view. The capitol was spread out before her like an old-
  fashioned panoramic map and she liked that. She could see some new taller
  buildings dotting the ridge across the valley about six kilometers away. She
  had a friend in one of those towers and had enjoye