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Summary: Legal thriller with lots of legal stuff and lots of thrills.
Review: Bennie Rosatto's all female law firm is getting more and more interesting with each book. Bennie is tough but feminine, and is funny, too.The plot rocks right out of the box, the dialog is right on, and the characters do the right things and get, in the twisted logic of lawyers, a good result. The book has all kinds of local stuff about Philadelphia so that even someone like me who's only been there as a tourist recognizes places. That gives the background a kind of recognition factor that adds to the enjoyment.
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Summary: A great read -get this if you like Connelly/B urke/Grisham
Review: This was the first book I read by Ms. Scottoline and I can assure you that I will be reading her previous books. I started this one on a Saturday and finished it Sunday morning before reading the Sunday paper! Well written, a page-turner, suspenseful, and humorous. Can't wait to get started on the other books - and it was fun to learn a little about Philadelphia.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down.
Review: I am a big fan of Lisa Scottoline, especially of this one. What a great story. Lots of twists and turns. Great ending.
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Summary: The Story Behind the Story of Mistaken Identity
Review: Imagine opening your front door to find someone who looks like you. Not only looks like you, but talks and even acts like you. It turns out the woman is the sister you didn't know you had. This happened to me. When I was in my thirties, I found out that I had a half-sister who was so close in age, appearance, and temperament that she could be my twin. This remarkable discovery is at the heart of my new novel, MISTAKEN IDENTITY. In the novel, a woman lawyer, Bennie Rosato, goes to prison to take the case of a woman inmate, Alice Connolly, who is being held for the murder of her lover, a detective with the Philadelphia police. But when Bennie meets Connolly, she is stunned to find that the woman bears a strong resemblance to her - and claims to be her identical twin. Bennie, who is savvy and skeptical, doesn't believe her, but can't quite turn away without discovering the truth. Bennie takes on Connolly's defense, and each step in the case plunges her deeper into the mystery of the murder, and of her own identity. The ending of the novel is a surprise - on both counts. I am taking the extraordinary measure of writing so personally because MISTAKEN IDENTITY is a very personal novel to me. While it started off from a true event in my life, it is a fictional legal thriller about the secrets that families keep within. In my view, it is my best and most ambitious work to date. I feel proud that it has gotten such wonderful reviews - starred reviews in Kirkus Reviews and Publisher's Weekly. You may also have caught a sneak peek of its first chapter in packages of Diet Coke, because the novel was chosen by The Coca-Cola Company for its promotion of popular fiction. Ten million copies of the chapter are in Diet Coke packages nationally. If you are, thanks so much, because we participated in one of the most innovative cyber-experiments on the creative process to date. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I know you will love MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
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Summary: Make no mistake in identity, Ms Scottoline scribes a winner
Review: Harriet Klausner Accused cop killer Alice Connolly asks attorney Benedetta Rosato to visit her at the Philadelphia Central Corrections facility, a maximum security prison that houses murderers, rapists, and society's worst dregs. To Bennie's shock, Alice looks like a twin sister, which is something the prisoner claims to be true. Alice has been charged with killing her lover police detective Anthony Della Porta. She insists that she did not murder him, his associates in the department killed him. Bennie agrees to take on the already botched legal defense of Alice. As the lawyer and her all female legal team plunge into the case, they quickly find the circumstantial evidence as overwhelmingly condemning their client. At the same time, Bennie wonders about her relationship with Alice and begins to look into that also. As her legal defense struggles, Bennie begins to question whether the entire justice system, from convicts to the police to the judge, are not tied in some form of conspiracy with drug traffickers. Than again, her client remains the most obvious person to have committed the crime. Readers will not mistake the identity of one of the top writers of legal thrillers, the brilliant Lisa Scottoline. Her latest novel, MISTAKEN IDENTITY, combines a fabulous legal case with personal insight into the main protagonist. The story line never slows down as the legal case and the accompanying investigation are filled up by a taut tale of non-stop action. The secondary plot involving Alice's alleged relationship to Bennie augments the prime tale with an intriguing personal drama. No question will remain to sub-genre fans that John Grisham is the male Scottoline. Harriet Klausner
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