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First British Edition Macmillan (2007)

Daddy's Girl
Natalie Greco loves being a law professor, even though she can’t keep her students from cruising sex.com during class. She loves her family, too, but doesn’t quite fit into the cult of Greco football, headed by her father, the team captain. The one person whom she feels most connected to is her colleague, Faculty Hunk Angus Holt - a guy with a brilliant mind, great sense of humour, and a penchant for helping those less fortunate. When he talks Nat into teaching a class at a local prison, her comfortably imperfect world turns upside down.
A violent prison riot breaks out during the class, and in the chaos Nat rushes to help a grievously injured prison guard. Before he dies, he asks her to deliver a cryptic message with his last words: `Tell my wife, it’s under the floor.’ Suddenly, the girl who has always followed the letter of the law finds herself suspected of murder and encounters threats to her life.
Forced into hiding, she sets out to solve the puzzle of the dead guard’s last words ... and learns the secret behind the greatest mystery of all - herself.
Filled with the ingenious twists and turns that are the hallmarks of her bestsellers, is another wild, entertaining ride about love, family and justice from the addictively readable Lisa Scottoline.
Critical Acclaim for Lisa Scottoline
‘Lisa Scottoline takes a different line, touching on grim issues but with a lightness of tone that puts a distance between reader and bleakness ... Scottoline does not short-change her readers’ Times Literary supplement
‘Devil’s Corner is a fast-paced thriller with a great sense of humour’ In Style Magazine
‘Classic Lisa Scottoline - a hurtling plot, a strong heroine, and enough cliff-hangers to keep you gasping’ Tess Gerritsen
‘Lisa Scottoline has been added to my shortlist of must-read authors. Her stories are filled with teeth-gnashing suspense, her characters are compelling, and her humor cuts to the heart of the issue with laser-like accuracy’ Janet Evanovich

First British Edition Macmillan (2006)

Paperback - Pan (2007)

Dirty Blonde
She's a federal judge facing a trial of her own
When attractive, sexy and tough-minded Cate Fante is appointed federal judge she’s thrilled, but at the same time not at all sure she belongs in such distinguished company. At only thirty-six she feels intimidated, and although she looks the part in Chanel and a chignon, she’s terrified.
But Cate keeps all her doubts a secret - and mysteriously much, much more.
For Cate leads a dark double life - one that she doesn’t even tell her best friend about. It all comes shockingly to light with a murder case which comes before her. Overnight, her secrets are spilled all over the tabloids, her boyfriend dumps her, and her judgeship is in jeopardy. And when a killer comes after her, she runs for her life - embarking on a journey that ends in her own murky past.
‘A compelling stand-alone… the fast pace and ever-increasing tension will keep readers turning the pages’ Publishers Weekly
Critical Acclaim for Lisa Scottoline
‘Scottoline rocks!’ Nora Roberts
`Lisa Scottoline’s legal suspense novels are a law unto themselves ... biting humor, social satire, snappy dialogue, and surprising plot twists’ Nelson DeMille
`Lisa Scottoline has been added to my shortlist of must-read authors. Her stories are filled with teeth-gnashing suspense, her characters are compelling, and her humor cuts to the heart of the issue with laserlike accuracy’ Janet Evanovich
`Lisa Scottoline writes riveting legal thrillers that keep me up all night, with plots that twist and turn’ Harlan Coben
‘Scottoline brings her own charms and talents to the legal thriller’ Jeffrey Deaver

Paperback - Pan (2006)

First British Edition Macmillan (2005)

Devil's Corner
When prosecutor Vicki Allegretti arrives at a rowhouse to meet a confidential informant, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time and is almost shot to death. She barely escapes with her life, but cannot save the two others gunned down before her disbelieving eyes. Stunned and heartbroken, Vicki tries to figure out how a routine meeting on a minor case became a double homicide.
Then she sets out to see justice done. She can identify the killers - now all she has to do is find them.
Vicki’s suspicions take her to Devil’s Corner, a city neighbourhood teetering on the brink of ruin - thick with broken souls, innocent youth, and a scourge that preys on both. But the deeper Vicki probes, the more she becomes convinced that the murders weren’t random and the killers were more ruthless than she thought. Agreeing with her is her office crush, golden boy Dan Malloy - who is unfortunately too married to give Vicki the kind of support a girl really needs.
When another murder thrusts Vicki together with an unlikely ally, she buckles up for a wild ride down a dangerous street and into the crosshairs of a conspiracy as powerful as it is relentless.
Set against the pulsing, real backdrop of a modern American city, with a storyline driven by the strong female characters and breakneck pace that has become her trademark, Devil’s Corner is Lisa Scottoline’s most satisfying novel yet.
Fast-paced, brimming with fun, action and tremendous twists, Devil’s Corner is Lisa Scottoline writing at the very height of her inimitable best.

First British Edition Macmillan (2004)

Killer Smile

A World War II suicide in an internment camp has ominous links to an on-going murder case ...

Attorney Mary DiNunzio gets a terrifying telephone call while she’s working late, then she finds a shadow lurking at her front door. When a lawyer very close to her turns up dead, Mary begins to suspect there is a sinister connection with the case she’s been working on ...
Add to that the fact that everybody around Mary has decided she’s not allowed to be a Young Widow any more, and they’re fixing her up with blind dates from hell. When a killer comes after her, it’s more than any girl can handle - but Mary isn’t just any girl ...
`Lisa Scottoline is on top of her game in Killer Smile, a fast-paced, witty, and thoroughly entertaining thriller’ Philip Margolin
`Killer Smile is classic Lisa Scottoline ... a hurtling plot, a strong heroine, and enough cliff-hangers to keep you gasping’ Tess Gerritsen

Paperback - Pan (2004)

First British Edition Macmillan (2003)

Dead Ringer
They say that blood is thicker than water, ~ but just how far should you go for a sister?
When ace lawyer Bennie Rosato’s twin sister returns to Philadelphia, she knows that trouble is on the horizon, for her sister never contacts her with familial love at the forefront of her agenda - if she contacts her at all. At the same time, Bennie’s law firm is in trouble, so she takes on a potentially lucrative class action suit to try to save the day. It could be make or break - both for her family and her firm.
Meanwhile, her colleague Mary DiNunzio persists in bringing in a case that looks more like an Italian wedding than a lawsuit, and then a mysterious stranger appears just in time to help Bennie in the fight of her life - for her life.
Full of pace, suspense and laugh-out-loud humour, best-selling New York Times author Lisa Scottoline has written her strongest book ever, featuring many of the much-loved characters from the wisecracking all-women Philadelphia law firm of Rosato and Associates.
Critical Acclaim for Lisa Scottoline
`A gripping page-turner with an ending that will leave you breathless. Warning: Don’t start this one late at night if you have plans the next morning’ Harlan Coben
`For ratcheting suspense, dynamic characters, and a master’s touch in the courtroom, it’s tough to beat Lisa Scottoline’ David Baldacci
`Quick, witty, flavourful and absorbing, Ms Scottoline’s distinctive voice makes this book a pleasure to read, and I did so at warp speed’ Richard North Patterson
`Scottoline’s legal thrillers are pushing for a place on the pedestal occupied by John Grisham and Scott Turow’ The Times

About The Author
Lisa Scottoline was a trial lawyer at a prestigious Philadelphia firm and also clerked for appellate judges at the federal and state levels before turning to writing full-time. An honours graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and of its law school, she was associate editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. She is a member of the Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She won the prestigious Edgar Award for her second legal thriller, Final Appeal, and her first thriller, Everywhere That Mary Went, was nominated for the same high honour. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives with her family in Philadelphia.

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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Daddy's Girl (Macmillan, 2007)

Dirty Blonde (Macmillan, 2006) Pan Pbk Jul 07

Devil's Corner (Macmillan, 2005) Pan Pbk Jul 06

Killer Smile (Macmillan, 2004)

Dead Ringer (Macmillan, 2003) Pan Pbk Jun 04

Moment of Truth ( 2000) Harpercollins Pbk Sep 01

Mistaken Identity (Harpercollins, 1999) (Bennie Rosato)

Rough Justice ( 1998) Harpercollins Jul 98

Legal Tender (Harpercollins Pbk, 1998) (Bennie Rosato)

Running from the Law (Harpercollins Pbk, 1998) (Rita Morrone)

Final Appeal ( 1995)

Everywhere That Mary Went ( 1994)