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Lisa Scottoline
Moment of TruthMoment of Truth
Mistaken IdentityMistaken Identity
Legal TenderLegal Tender
Running from the LawRunning from the Law


Paperback - Harpercollins (2001)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk Moment of Truth
Jack Newlin is convinced he knows who killed his wife – and he’ll do anything to shield the murderer from justice. Having staged the crime scene so the evidence incriminates him, Jack calls the police to confess. And to hammer the final nail in his own coffin, he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find, a reluctant rookie by the name of Mary DiNunzio.
Unfortunately for Jack, hiring Mary could turn out to be a huge mistake. Though inexperienced, she doubts his confession. And with help from the most unexpected sources, she sets out to prove what really happened. Because, as any lawyer knows, a case is never as simple as it seems. And nothing is ever certain until the final moment of truth.
`Moment of Truth is an edgy tale, full of surprises’ USA Today
`Grisham is fun, but Scottoline is more creative and her latest legal thriller, Moment of Truth, is a fresh addition to the genre ... This is a book you pick up and find you can’t go to bed until it’s finished. Moment of Truth truly is a thriller that delivers’ San Francisco Examiner
`A carefully crafted tale of immorality, dark secrets and family values gone awry’ New York Post


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First British Edition Harpercollins (1999)
Mistaken Identity
Life holds few surprises for Bennie Rosato, head of her own Philadelphia law firm. As a criminal attorney specializing in police misconduct cases, she's seen both extremes of human nature. But nothing can prepare her for when she enters a maximum-security prison to meet her new client, Alice Connolly, face to face. Connolly, accused of brutally murdering her lover, a highly-decorated police detective, claims the police framed her. A defendant protesting her innocence is not unusual for Bennie. What is shocking is that Alice bears an uncanny physical resemblance to her, close enough to be her twin. In fact, Alice claims to Be her twin. But Bennie grew up as an only child. Or so she thought.
Alice knows too many intimate details about Bennie's life and family for the resemblance to be just coincidental. And there is something about her that compels the intrigued attorney to defend Alice, against her better judgement. Taking the case with the trial only a week away, Bennie plunges into the mystery of the murder as well as the mysteries of her own identity and her family's dark secrets. Is Connolly innocent? Is she her long-lost twin? Not until Bennie takes the case to verdict can she finally learn the shocking truth which threatens to change her life forever…
A legal thriller, a courtroom drama and an exploration of the powerful emotional bonds that define our lives and those we love, Mistaken Identity is a masterful achievement that takes the legal thriller to a new level and resoundingly confirms Lisa Scottoline's place as one of the premier writers of suspense fiction today.
'The female John Grisham' People
Praise for Rough Justice
'Scottoline clinches her title as the distaff Grisham with this gorgeously plotted novel based on a trial lawyer's worst nightmare' Kirkus Reviews
'Fast-paced, clever, and fun; intelligent plot; tough female heroine; rich with surprises and packed with suspense. Scottoline is on a roll!' Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
'Her skill as a novelist makes her plot sizzle with cliffhanging intensity' Publishers Weekly


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British Pbk Original - Harpercollins (1998)
Buy at Amazon.co.uk Legal Tender
Hard-hitting, tough-talking legal crime thriller from Edgar Award-Winning Lisa Scottoline
Maverick lawyer 'Bennie' Rosato prosecutes police misconduct and excessive-force cases, and business has never been better Her latest client - an activist roughed-up by the police during a demo against a pharmaceutical company - seems to have a open-and-shut case, until he confesses that his group have bee plotting the murder of the company's president. And as if that wasn't bad enough, Bernie's former lover and current law partner, Mark Biscardi, announces that he wants to oust her from the firm, in favour of an ambitious and beautiful associate.
The following morning Mark is found murdered, and all the evidence points to Bennie. Suddenly her world is turned upside down as the lawyer becomes the client and the cops she once prosecuted are out to get her When a second murder takes place Bennie finds herself indicted for double homicide - a crime punishable by death.
With no one she can trust, Bennie becomes a fugitive armed or with her wits and courage. She'll find the real killer. Or die trying.
'May change the way readers think, about lawyers... Bennie, a delightful heroine, deserves an encore; and, again, Scottoline merits a big round of applause' Publishers Weekly
'The legal-thriller genre has lacked two element: a female perspective and a sense of humour. Lisa Scottoline supplies both, with immensely pleasurable results' Houston Chronicle
'Fast paced and witty crime thriller...Scottoline has produced a royal flush' San Francisco Examiner


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British Pbk Original - Harpercollins (1998)
Running from the Law
See Review by Val McDermid - Gold Dagger winner & creator of Lindsay Gordon, Kate Brannigan & Tony Hill
"A terrific new legal thriller from one of the brightest and fastest rising stars in crime fiction"
Rita Morrone is a fast-talking, wise-cracking poker player - as well as being one of the toughest trial lawyers in Philadelphia. Whether she's at a card table or before a jury, she loves taking risks, hates to lose, and can't resist a challenge.... So when the Honourable Fiske Hamilton, a distinguished federal judge (and her prospective father-in-law), is accused of sexually harassing her young secretary, Morrone agrees to take on the defence of what becomes one of the most notorious cases in the country.
But suddenly the game turns serious, and the action deadly. Morrone finds herself at the centre of a murder case, with her client the prime suspect. Bluffing her way into the murder investigation, Morrone uncovers shocking evidence, and a twisted hidden life. When the killer abruptly and viciously ups the ante, Morrone decides to end the lethal game. She lays it all on the line for the highest stake ever - her life.
Filled with surprising plot twists, compelling characters, stinging wit and gripping suspense, Running From the Law demonstrates why Lisa Scottoline is one of the strongest players in the legal thriller game.
'A fast-paced, fast-talking legal thriller' Publishers Weekly
'A pacy page-turner… Fast, unpredictable and tense, it's a cleverly plotted entertainment that makes some serious points under the thrills' Val McDermid
'[A] fast-paced and witty crime thriller [that] features a smart-mouthed, poker-playing attorney… Scottoline has produced a royal flush' San Francisco Examiner
'Sharp, intelligent, funny, and hip...[Scottoline] gives fans of legal thrillers a good, twisty plot, lively characters, and an all-around fun read' USA Today
'[Morrone] tells hey own story with a great deal of verve, zest and humour' Evening Standard


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