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Book Description:
Everybody around lawyer Mary DiNunzio has decided she isn't allowed to be a Young Widow anymore, even though she didn't know there was an official cutoff. They're all trying to fix her up -- her South Philly Italian parents, her best friend Judy Carrier, even the office security guard.
All Mary wants to do is immerse herself in a case everybody else calls "The History Channel", a pro bono representation of the Brandolini estate. The roots of the matter sink deep into the past, when Amadeo Brandolini emigrated to Philadelphia, started a family, and built up a small fishing business. At the outbreak of World War II, Brandolini was arrested by the FBI as part of a mass internment of Italian-Americans and was sent to a camp in Montana, where he eventually committed suicide. Now, more than sixty years later, his son's estate hires Mary to sue for reparations.
Mary vows to vindicate Amadeo even though it won't be easy. With only a lock of hair, an old wallet, and a sheet of paper filled with odd doodles to go on, the tenacious lawyer begins to research the case but finds instead puzzling new questions. Someone doesn't want Mary to find the truth, and before long, her life is threatened. Suddenly, the quiet, squeaky-clean good girl who never left Mercer Street is risking life and limb to finger a killer and lay a beloved ghost to rest.
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers a stunning new tale filled with witty dialogue, vibrant characters, and breakneck pacing, in which true-life history reinforces her hallmark themes of justice and family. As entertaining as it is poignant, Killer Smile is a surefire bestseller from a writer at the peak of her talents.
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Genres:
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Mystery >> General
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Mystery >> Women Sleuths
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Thrillers >> Legal
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Thrillers >> Suspense
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Authors, A-Z >> ( S ) >> Scottoline, Lisa
- Mystery & Thrillers >> General
Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio CD (Abridged), Paperback, Audio CD (Unabridged)
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Enjoyable legal thriller. Great female characters with the lead involved in a pro bono case she's become too close to. A page turner.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I enjoyed this book, because it is another mystery for Lawyer Mary DiNunzio and also because it was part of the authors family history and she has in the back of the book the photo cards of her parents Registration Cards as 'enemy aliens' as part of the WWII effort by the US government in Feb. 1927.
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Mary DiNunzio, a young lawyer, is handed a case of an Italian immigrant, killed while in an interment camp in Montana during WWII. There is lots of history here. I never knew Italians were interred like the Japanese, so it was interesting from that point of view, as well as the murder intrigue in present-day.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wonderful, fast paced book. Mary's case is the mysterious suicide of an Italian fisherman. With the puzzle pieces of a lock of hair, an old photograph, and a paper covered with doodles, she digs into the case to find betrayal and murder. Afraid that this is becoming an obsession her friends set her up on s series of blind dates.
You can't lose with this author.
Teresa W. from LEAWOOD, KS wrote on 2/11/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Mysteries are my favorites, and Lawyer Mary DiNunzio's cases. Italian customs are weaved in to her plot.
Judi B. from GREENCASTLE, PA wrote on 12/8/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great read by Scottoline. The historical basis for the tale makes it especially interesting. The characters that work at Rosata and Associates, the law firm in the book, have great personalities. Makes it even a better read!!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Another excellent Bennie & the gang book. Some really interesting history in the book and then the facts behind that history at the end of the book.
MIRAH W. from HONOLULU, HI wrote on 10/28/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
good, fast read...covers a lawyer's journey trying to solve the mysterious death of an Italian-American fisherman who was sent to an interment camp during World War II.
Darcy Z. from CEDARBURG, WI wrote on 7/18/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really liked this book, featuring Mary of Rosario and Associates Law Firm. She is assigned to a case that takes her back into history research. This book really has Mary grow as a character and become more confidant in her abilities as an attorney.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great fast read - this one centers around Mary, a dead man's estate and an 11th hour save in the courtroom.
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this book was very good i could not put it down at all
Barbara S. (Lawyer Mary DiNunzio new case is a mystery dating back to the time Italian immigrants were interned during WWII. With only a few pieces of the puzzle to go on , a lock of hair, a photo, and doodles, Mary keeps digging until she suspects betrayal and murder.
Meantime, Mary's friends keep setting her up with disastrous blind dates. Mary escapes romance but will she escape the ruthless killer that is on her trail?
Four stars.
Barbara L. from LITTLE SILVER, NJ wrote on 7/9/2008...I'm prejudiced, I love this series about the Benny Rosato law firm in Philadelphia and all the characters Scottoline creates. In this book lawyer Mary DiNunzio's new case is a mystery - the strange suicide of an Italian fisherman interned furing a dark, unspoken chapter in American history. Armed only wit the puzzle pieces of a lock of hair, an old photograph and a paper covered with indecipherable doodles, Mary digs into the case and suspects betrayal and murder. Meantime Mary's friends worry that her investigation is becoming an obsesion, so they set her up on a series of truly disasterous blind dates. She escapes romand only to risk life and limb to hunt down a ruthless killer. But someone in the shadows - powerful, cold-blooded and very deadly - will stop at nothing to keep Mary from the truth.
Stephanie S. (Great Mary DiNunzio book - Mary represents the estate of an Italian son. His father committed suicide during internment in 1942. The family secrets that Mary discovers cost anyone associated with the family and even Mary mortal danger.
Lawyer Mary DiNunzio's new case is a mystery--the strage suicide of an Italian fisherman interned during a dark-unspoken chapter in American history. Armed only with the puzzle pieces of a lock of hair, an old photograph,and a paper covered with indecipherable doodles, Mary digs deep into the case and suspects betrayal-and murder..Meantime, Mary's friends worry that her investigation is becoming an obsession, so they set her up on a series of disastrous blind dates. She escapes romance only to risk life and limb to hunt down a ruthless killer. But someone in the shadows-powerful, cold-blooded, and very deadly- will stop at nothing to keep Mary from the truth.
Kathleen K. (This was a good thriller. Also funny at times. Recommended.
Evanovich fans will be delighted with this new novel, co-written with relative up-and-comer Banks. Working her formula to its fullest, Evanovich conjures the large, close, gently eccentric Madigan family that 26-year-old college student Cate calls her own. An aspiring teacher, Cate studies by day and bartends by night, living in the arty South End of Boston with an often-absent drag queen named Marty (Marta) Longfellow. The perfect living arrangement-"a big strong roommate...not interested in women," plenty of alone time and low rent-turns wholly suspicious when Marty disappears, leaving behind a lovable bullmastiff. Cate's sexy love interest, barroom regular Kellen McBride, is an "independent recovery agent" who believes that Marty is responsible for a string of one-of-a-kind jewelry heists; after Marty's place gets tossed, Cate teams up with him to track down the missing Marty before whoever's after him comes after her. Like other Evanovich novels, there's a madcap race to the finish while mysteries are solved and hearts are stolen; also like other Evanovich novels, it makes a highly satisfying read.
As Nora Roberts says: "Scottoline ROCKS!" This is one of the better novels by Scottoline where she mixes suspense and comedy to make it a fun read. Basically about a lawyer who becomes obsessed with hunting down a ruthless killer while escaping various blind-date romantic rendevous.
Patricia S. from CHICKASHA, OK wrote on 5/18/2007...Wonderful read, a little slow in places, but you'll like it.
I really enjoyed Scottoline. I loved the detective was a woman.