Search - Rough Justice

When you put your hands on ROUGH JUSTICE and start reading it, you'll never be able to put it away. Why? Cause you just don't think you're reading a book, but watching the best Law movie you've ever watched. The book is full of twists, action, wonderful characters that seem to be someone from your own family, and Lisa Scottoline goes beyond: she makes you laugh by the way she describe things and put sentences into people's mouth. SHE'S AN AMAZING AUTHOR! Remember the guy who you think is the best author of the genre? Forget him. Buy this book and see why I'm so in love with Lisa's books. Just don't start reading it if you have to work the next day.

Lawyers, millionaires, murder - its all there in this exciting book. Held my interest right to the end. A good read.

Good read - suspenseful and page-turning. If you like this author or even this genre, you'll enjoy this novel.

I really enjoyed reading this book. I never wanted to put it down & when I did, I could hardly wait until I could start reading it again. Love Lisa Scottoline!

Another Scottoline thriller. This is a very fast moving legal/courtroom drama. The attorney turns investigator to find out the truth about her client.

If you check out my other postings you'll see I love Lisa Scottoline's ability to plot a good mystery thriller without resorting to the blood, guts and gore genre.

"Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Marta discovers the chilling truth about her client's innocence. Taking justice into her own hands, she furiously sets out to prove the truth, with the help of two young associates. In an excruciating game of beat-the-clock with both the jury and the worst blizzard to hit Philadelphia in decades, Marta will learn that the search for justice isn't only rough - it can also be deadly."

Great read, story goes in many directions and is exciting til the end. I love her characters.

Scottoline writes a good legal mystery. This one features Marta Richter, a criminal lawyer and a scuzzy rich client.

During the biggest snowstorm in the history of Philadelphia, the jury is out. The defense is confident of a verdict of not guilty, but then client Elliot Steere admits to his council that he is a murderer. Marta Richter does not take this revelation happily. In fact, she's so outraged that she wants her client's secret revealed no matter what it does to her career. Steere isn't about to let her blow his chances, and with powerful connections, money, and muscle, he works from his jail cell to silence Marta and her colleagues before the sequestered jury makes a decision. If readers like soap opera?type cliffhangers at the end of each chapter, a plot that reads like a TV script, and a little gory violence here and there, they will like this book. The characters are well thought out, but most often sequences of the story unfold implausibly, as when Marta hunts for clues in her client's house and boat. Attorney Bennie Rosato, the feisty character from a previous Scottoline novel (Legal Tender, LJ 7/96), makes an appearance here but is not very involved in the plot except for a "save-the-day" routine in the last few chapters. This is essential for readers already hooked on Scottoline, but don't start with this one when introducing her to readers.
LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW

Good legal mystery. In the first 2 pages a client tells his attorney that he's really guilty. the rest of the book is how she deals with it, and who proves what, and how they find the evidence.

From the back: Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours awayfrom winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Mart discovers the chilling truth about her client's innocence...

Criminal lawer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionar business Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to car jack him. But as the juty begins deliberations, Marta discovers the chilling truth about her client's innocence. Taking justince into her own hands she furiously set out to prove the truth with the help of to young associates. In an excrcuciating game of beat the clock with both the jury and worst blizzard to hit Philadelphia in decades, Marta will learn the search for justice isn't only rough-it can also be deadly.

title author and isbn same, the cover is different

From cover:
Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere, on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Marta discovers the chilling truth about her client's innocence. Taking justice into her own hands, she furiously sets out to prove the truth, with the help of two young associates. In an excruciating game of beat-the-clock with both the jury and the worst blizzard to hit Philadelphia in decades, Marta will learn that the search for justice isn't only rough--it can also be deadly.

ABOUT A FEMALE DEFENSE LAWYER WHO DISCOVERS THE GUILT OF HER CLIENT. ENGROSSING.

good book keeps you interested from the beginning