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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML: Attorney Jack Newlin comes home one evening to find his wife, Honor, dead on the floor of their elegant dining room.Convinced that he knows who killed her �?? and determined to hid the truth �?? Jack decides to make it look as though he did it. Staging the crime scene so that the evidence incriminates him, he then calls the police. And to hammer the final nail in his coffin, he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find, a reluctant rookie by the name of Mary Di Nunzio, employed at the hot Philadelphia firm of Rosato and Associates. Unfortunately for Jack, hiring Mary may turn out to be his only mistake. Though inexperienced, Mary doubts Jack's confession and begins to investigate the crime. Her ethics and instincts tell her she can't defend a man who wants only one thing �?? to convict himself. Or can she? Smarter, gutsier, and more determined than she has any right to be, Mary decides to stock with the case. 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… (more)
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This legal thriller is a fun read. The characters, for the most part, are well written and come to life, especially Mary and her family, although I got tired of reading about Mary's Catholic guilt complex. Jack, and his daughter, Paige, are also well written, Paige especially, who, as a teen model, could have been a cliché, but instead she is a sad, complex, character. The secondary characters are also well developed, especially Lou and cops Brinkley and Kovich. The plot had enough twists and turns that the identity of the real murderer was a complete surprise.
This is a good book for fans of legal thrillers.
This is only the second book by Scottoline that I've read, and they both had rather ludicrous romantic subplots - perhaps a nod to pick up some female readers who wouldn't be interested in Grisham? The legalities of the case don't really play much of a role, so it's hard to really call it a legal thriller, but the real thriller parts are well done, and I was completely surprised by the identity of the murderer. I'll be reading more by her.
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Some elements of the plot - particularly the later scenes at the Italians' home - were scarcely believable, but all good fun in the end.
Unfortunately for Jack, hiring Mary might be his biggest mistake. Inexperienced she might be, but Mary soon discovers that instead of defending a guilty client claiming to be innocent, she defending an innocent client claiming to be guilty. I give this story a B+!
Attoreney Jack Newlin comes home one evening and finds his wife murdered. Thinking he knows who did it, he fakes that he did it. The plot thickens and keeps you turning each page to find out whom Mr Newlin thinks it is. After being wrong several times, I just gave up wondering and enjoyed the adventure in helping rookie Mary DiNunzio find the killer.
this is not a heavy book and the antics of Ms DiNunzio is a fun part of the plot. Don't miss reading this book if you enjoy any adventure, for this takes you on one the entire time.
As the legal case proceeds through the justice system will a confession stop investigation for the truth? “The stoops were the focus of the homes, like the smile of each place; there was marble,
Girard – a Philadelphia institution – a boarding high school established by the trust of Stephen Girard for fatherless boys.
“Where you from?”
“North Philly. Torresdale.” In the midst of the serious issues this case presents from outlooks of the prosecution and defense there are some wonderful Philly references that add their own touch of class to the storyline. For this reader there were also many reminisces from sitting on the stoop of my grandparents' row house and talking with neighbors across the porches to remembering a cousin's years at Girard. Then the heartfelt smile that broke out as I read North Philly. Torresdale since independently walking from Glenloch Street via Robbins Street to the corner store on Torresdale Avenue and then back to Glenloch via Torresdale Avenue and Levick Street stretched the time and delights of being on my own.