Nothing like Scottoline's other works that feature the lawyers Benny Rosato and Mary Nunzio. This book is very good, but not as funny as those previously mentioned. More gritty, if you will. Great storyline. Offers a thread of romance with a happy ending (in that regard, Gives some of the main character's back story-a great read!

If you like Lisa Scottoline, you will like this book. I found it a bit too cutesy for my tastes, but that's just me. I've read another one by her that was better. However, if you're a Scottoline addict, I would definitely read this, as the construction of the mystery is very good with a surprise ending.

Excellent! Fast-paced and exciting as usual for Lisa Scottoline, who has been called the female John Grisham.

"The kind folks over at HarperCollins sent me an advance reader copy of Lisa Scottoline's newest novel Devil's Corner. This is another author that I haven't read before, but will probably end up doing catch-up reading on her titles...

Vicki Allegretti is an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and she's due to interview a confidential informant on a case related to an illegal gun sale. But things go horribly wrong when she arrives at the meeting house only to find two guys who have broken into the house and murdered the informant. During the confrontation, her partner is killed and she almost joins him in death before the killers decide to flee. In the process of interviewing leads on the killing, she assaults a prisoner and is suspended from her job. But instead of just taking the safe road, she decides to conduct her own investigation so that the case doesn't get dropped. To get into the parts of the city where the crime occurred, she has to team up with the person she assaulted, and thus starts an unlikely personality pairing that will either pay off or get them both killed...

Scottoline was formerly a trial lawyer and apparently now watches court cases for entertainment (and potential story ideas). Her in-depth knowledge of the legal system and how things actually work shows through in this novel, as I got the feeling that she has been here before. Watching Allegretti try and balance her work and personal life is interesting, as her romantic interest may or may not be all he's cracked up to be. And I really liked the interplay between her and Reheema, the girl she assaulted. Matching up an urban black street-smart girl with a suburban Harvard grad leads to rather sticky situations that neither can relate to but that both have to work through.

Solid writing, good pacing, a story with some meat, and a few plot twists to boot... Can't ask for much more in a recreational crime thriller read."
- Thomas Duff

Great read. Love Scottoline.

Vicki Allegretti is a prosecutor with the US Attorney's office. She and her partner go to meet with an informer and walk into a drug robbery and murder of the pregnant informer. As the killers run out, they threaten Vicki and kill her partner. Vicki ends up suspended without pay and determines to investigate the death of her partner because she doesn't think the police are moving fast enough. She teams up with an unlikely ally and the two women brave danger after danger in search of the truth.

Five stars.

This was my first Lisa Scottoline novel and it won't be my last. I really like the way she writes, a great story line written with enough humor that it doesn't get bogged down. Prosecutor Vicki Allegretti goes to meet a confidential informant, is almost killed, and a cop is gunned down before her eyes....and that's just the first few pages. What happens in the rest of the book keeps you turning the pages and the ending is totally a surprise. This is one of those books that you just don't want to put down.

This is one of those books you pick up and find you can't go to bed until it's finished.

I'm not real sure that any law enforcement officer or attorney would do the things that Vicki does, so it puts this into the wild imagination category. That said, it reads well.

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At times this book moved a little to slow for me but overall it was a good read especially the last several chapters. It did keep my interest even in the slower parts.

SHE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE BARREL OF A LOADED GUN. AND NOW SHE KNEW....Prosecutor vicki Allegretti goes to meet a confidential informant, is almost killed, and a cop is gunned down before here eyes. She saw the killers, now all she has to do is find them. The deeper Vicki probes, the more she becomes convinced that the murder wasn't random. When another murder takes place, Vicki is thrown together with an unlikely ally--The girlfriend from Hell. Will they find the killers before they kill each other?

very good

Loved this book -- great story and great ending!

Prosecutor Vicki Allegretti goes to meet a confidential informant, is almost killed, and a cop is gunned down before her eyes. She saw the killers, now all she has to do is find them. The deeper Vicki probes, the more she becomes convinced that the murder wasn't random. When another murder takes place, Vicki is thrown together with an unlikely ally - the girlfriend from Hell. Will they find the killers before they kill each other?

Prosecutor Vicki Allegretti goes to meet a confidential informant, is almost killed, and a cop is gunned down before her eyes. She saw the killers, now all she has to do is find them.

A lawyer with an attitude, Fun and fast pace action.

NY Times Bestseller

Great reading

Another great read from Ms. Scottolini!

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