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Summary: Good summer reading
Review: I took this on vacation and it was good summer reading and I liked the Philadelphia/Camden local color...although poor Camden always gets bad press--the three lawyers cross the bridge from Philly to Camden and, of course, they go to a sleazy motel in Camden to help solve the mystery.
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Summary: Staying Hidden
Review: COURTING TROUBLE By Lisa Scottoline
Staying Hidden
Not up to her other books. It read like someone who was writing her first book would sound to me. Maybe I've read too many mysteries? She had a good plot but it was handled very young and amateurish. Didn't finish it.
I'll give her two stars for the plot.
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Summary: Oh the possibilities
Review: I am puzzled by this novel. We have a good character, a nice plot twist, a great setting...but. Anne Murphy, bright and beautiful young lawyer, recently moved to Philadelphia from the west coast is presumed victim of a homicide, and like Mark Twain, reports of her demise are premature. The plot revolves around an axis of her resurrected self and law firm partners attempting to bag the murderer. While this goes on, she learns a bit about the art of personal relationships. That's a valuable character twist. And there is a plot "sting." It's fun. Still, the author can be disappointing. The use of upscale brand labels in the first few chapters comes close to today's movies. And there is just a bit too much self doubt in the partners of her well educated, Philadelphia, female law firm's partners. I guess the disappointment is that Anne is almost a "mensch." Oh, well. I think this author might really have it. I'll read another one. But please no more attack of the brand names.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I've enjoyed this author before, but this book was just plain silly.There was no suspense, even when the "surprise twist ending" showed up -- because it wasn't any surprise. It was very "Thelma and Louise" rather than the murder/suspense novel I thought I was buying. Anne was totally shallow and unlikeable, and even the other Rosato & Associates ladies, who I'd enjoyed before, got on my nerves. And I'm glad to see by reading these reviews that I'm not the only one who got tired of the Mental Notes. Once is cute, twice is acceptable, three times in annoying, 500 times and you just want to reach out and throttle both the character and the author.
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Summary: Better go to sleep than read this book......
Review: Nothing more to say, but no need to read this book. The author is ambitious at the beginning, but the plot and writing are very disappointing...... The poorest from Lisa; better go to sleep, and do not even want to borrow the book from library!
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Summary: Worst book ever read
Review: Half-way through I realized I was skimming because I didn't care-AT ALL. This book has the most inane conversations-EVER. High school students could do a better job. MY god- how did she even get published???????
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Summary: Disappointing Effort
Review: This author's first books were quite good but this is a real clinker. Stop churning them out with no effort to portray good law practices or real people.
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Summary: Courting Trouble
Review: It's possible that Lisa Scottoline's Courting Trouble reads better than it listens, but even Barbara Rosenblat's absurdly theatric audio tape performance couldn't possibly cover up the ridiculous plot, soppy female dialogue and just plain bad writing. The book starts off well enough, but when newby attorney, Anne Murphy, reads in the newspaper that she has been brutally murdered, an opportunity for a slick whodunnit quickly fizzles over a long, drawn out July 4th weekend. This is soap opera at its worst and the audio version only emphasizes the author's futile attempt to create believable suspense or intrigue. To make matters worse, during the critical action scenes, you have to put up with the performer's verbal sound effects of gunshots and endless fireworks. Bottom line. You're courting trouble if you invest in this book.
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Summary: Waste of Money
Review: This was my first Scottoline book and it will be the last. She failed miserably in putting together a believable plot and built characters that were unnecessarily obtuse. Even her cat, Mel, was anything but feline in temperament. As you can tell, there is not a way I could recommend this book.
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Summary: Good Story
Review: This was the first book I read by Lisa Scottoline and now I am hooked! I liked the main character, Anne Murphy, and wanted to know more about the women who make up the law firm of Rosato and Associates. I enjoyed reading this book and found that it keeps the reader hooked, focused on the events, wondering what is happening and how it is all going to play out. I had a hard time putting this down. I look forward to reading about Anne Murphy along with Mary DuNuzio, Judy Carrier and Bennie Rosato in Ms. Scottoline's future novels.
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