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New York Times bestseller Scottoline's cast of beautiful female lawyers at Philadelphia's Rosato & Associates is augmented by red-headed bombshell Anne Murphy, a woman with a secret past, who's trying to make a go of it in a new city. An intriguing character jammed into a laborious plot, Murphy toils as a career-minded loner. On a much-needed weekend away from her heavy caseload, she picks up a newspaper to read that she has been murdered by an intruder who blasted her in the face with a shotgun. Murphy knows the real victim was the woman who had agreed to feed her cat; she also knows that the murderer was likely Kevin Satorno, the stalker who nearly killed her a year earlier while she was living in Los Angeles. Murphy figures that if Satorno discovers he actually killed the wrong person, he'll continue hunting her, so she decides to play dead and enlist the help of her new colleagues at Rosato & Associates to track him down.

witty and entertaining

There is no book Scottoline has written that I haven't enjoyed.
The back of the book blurb says it best: "Anne Murphy is the redheaded rokie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato & Associates, and one morning she wakes up to front page headlines proclaiming Lawyer Murdered - above her own picture. If she wants to stay alive, she's got to play dead. She'll have to trust people she barely knows, colleagues who hate her, homicide cops who want her out of the crime fighting business and a new love who inconveniently happens to be opposing counsel. But her knack for courting trouble makes it almost impossible for Anne to play well with others, and an unexpected event places her in lethal jeopardy and leaves her with everything to lose."

Anne Murphy is the reheaded rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of rosato & associates, and one morning she wakes up to front page headline proclaiming LAWYER MURDERED--above her own picture....To find the killer, Anne's got to play dead- if she wants to stay alive. Though she tries to go it alone, she quickly realizes she'll have to trust people she barely knows-colleagues who hate her, a homicide squad that wants her ot of the crime-fighting business, and a new love who inconveniently happens to be opposing counse. But her knack for courting trouble makes it almost impossible for Anne to play well with others, and an unexpected event places her in lethal jeopardy and leaves her with everything to lose- including her life.

Very well written with fast paced action. Not a lot of dirty words or gore and that makes it easily enjoyed!

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Anne Murphy is the redheaded rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato & Associates, and one morning she wakes up to front-page headlines proclaiming LAWYER MURDERED-above her own picture. If she wants to stay alive, she's got to play dead. She'll have to trust people she barely knows-colleagues who hate her, homicide cops who want her out of the crime-fighting business, and a new love who inconveniently happens to be opposing counsel. But her knack for courting trouble make it almost impossible for Anne to play well with others and an unexpected event places her in lethal jeopardy and leaves her with everything to lose.

I really enjoy this author. Everying I read that is written by her, is full of energy and excitement. If you have not read Lisa Scottoline, I recommend that you give her a try.

Anne Murphy is the redheaded rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato & Associates, and one morning she wakes up to front-page headlines proclaiming LAWYER MURDERED-above her own picture. To find the killer, Anne's got to play dead-if she want to stay alive. Though she tries to go it alone, she quickly realizes she'll have to trust people she barely knows...

This was a great introduction on Scottoline's part of a new character.

Another great Lisa Scottoline adventure in Philadelphia with the all-woman law firm that seems to always find adventure, not tomention a body or two, along the way. The author, who really is lawyer, seems to know her way around a law office and courtroom. Very entertaining repartee among the characters, even while they work to solve their problems.

rookie lawyer wakes up to find her name on front page headline proclaiming her murder. She must find her own killer

Great book.