Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780006498506
Format: Import
ISBN: 0006498507
Label: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: January 19, 1998
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Sales Rank: 4145312
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Rating:  - Female attorney turned author, Part 2
As mentioned in my previous review, this is an author that I have
read several of her books. Her stories never disappoint a reader.
"Running from the Law" is a fine example of her talent as a writer; and you always seem to learn something about the judicial system as a layman.
Rating: - running from the law
have read all of ms scottoline's books and have enjoyed every one of them. have recommended her books over and over again.
Rating:  - Running from the Law
I like Lisa Scottoline's style of writing. I enjoyed the book, as I have enjoyed all of hers.
Rating:  - Just fair....
I agree with the reviewer about the "double dialogue" - Rita's sarcastic comments in her head, and their contrast to what she actually says. The problem is that these comments are the best part of the book. The poker-playing buddies, as well as Rita's dad, are all stock ethnic stereotypes and unfunny, to say nothing of unbelievable. The Main Line "WASP" types are also a stereotype and never come alive as characters.
I will admit that I didn't guess the murderer so must give Lisa some kudos. ... Read More
Rating:  - Suspend disbelief to enjoy this one
Rita Morrone is a trial lawyer in Philadelphia who not only defends her clients, but upstages the entire local police force by single-handedly solving the crimes for which her clients are charged. Believable? Well, hardly, but it does make for an intriguing plot.
Rita's live-in boyfriend Paul is a forensic architect (a WHAT? do I hear you gasp?) and his father a respected and well-off federal judge. When Daddy is accused of sexually harassing his young secretary, Patricia, Rita naturally ... Read More
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