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Summary: One of the best I have read in a long time!
Review: In the past two days I have read two of Lisa Scottoline's books and I can't wait to get my hands on all of her others. I am formerly from Philadelphia and recognized all of places that Bennie traveled. It's so good to read a book and know the places it talks about. Ms. Scottolie's characters are great, typically Philly. Love these books!!!!
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Summary: Fast paced and easy to read
Review: Legal Tender by Lisa ScottolineLEGAL TENDER is a fast paced legal crime novel, with Benedetta "Bennie" Rosato as our heroine. She's a lawyer, who along with her partner Mark Biscardi, make up the law firm of Rosato and Biscardi. Business is going great. Her love life isn't, on the other hand. Mark, who was once her lover, is now dating one of their junior lawyers, Eve, and although Bennie's angry as hell, she doesn't have anything against Mark. Eve, on the other hand, she does not trust one bit. Soon, there is trouble at the office. Mark informs her that he is planning on starting over by forming a brand new law firm, leaving Rosato and Biscardi behind. Shortly after their argument, Mark is found dead in his office, and because he has named Bennie as his main beneficiary, she is the main suspect. Before long, she is on the run and she doesn't know whom she can trust. The law firm's success was bogus, and after much investigating she finds out that Mark had been planning to leave the partnership quite a while ago, bringing Eve along with him. Mark isn't the only one found dead. Soon, there are others, and Bennie knows that the deaths are all connected. Could they all have something to do with a case she had been working on? It was hard to tell. But as the newspaper headlines blare out her name on the front page, she finds that she is having a hard time coming out of hiding and returning to a normal life. With the help of Grady, another lawyer from the law firm, she does a lot of researching and investigating, and slowly learns the truth of why Mark and all the others had been murdered. I'm not a big fan of legal crime dramas, but I did enjoy LEGAL TENDER. I've read other crime novels, and found this one relatively easy to follow. It was fast paced and it took me only a few days to read it. I did feel that a lot of the plot was predictable, but this didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book. It only helped to make the book go that much faster. I would highly recommend it, but do not think the typical fan of legal crime dramas would enjoy it as much.
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Summary: Fast paced and easy to read
Review: Legal Tender by Lisa Scottoline LEGAL TENDER is a fast paced legal crime novel, with Benedetta "Bennie" Rosato as our heroine. She's a lawyer, who along with her partner Mark Biscardi, make up the law firm of Rosato and Biscardi. Business is going great. Her love life isn't, on the other hand. Mark, who was once her lover, is now dating one of their junior lawyers, Eve, and although Bennie's angry as hell, she doesn't have anything against Mark. Eve, on the other hand, she does not trust one bit. Soon, there is trouble at the office. Mark informs her that he is planning on starting over by forming a brand new law firm, leaving Rosato and Biscardi behind. Shortly after their argument, Mark is found dead in his office, and because he has named Bennie as his main beneficiary, she is the main suspect. Before long, she is on the run and she doesn't know whom she can trust. The law firm's success was bogus, and after much investigating she finds out that Mark had been planning to leave the partnership quite a while ago, bringing Eve along with him. Mark isn't the only one found dead. Soon, there are others, and Bennie knows that the deaths are all connected. Could they all have something to do with a case she had been working on? It was hard to tell. But as the newspaper headlines blare out her name on the front page, she finds that she is having a hard time coming out of hiding and returning to a normal life. With the help of Grady, another lawyer from the law firm, she does a lot of researching and investigating, and slowly learns the truth of why Mark and all the others had been murdered. I'm not a big fan of legal crime dramas, but I did enjoy LEGAL TENDER. I've read other crime novels, and found this one relatively easy to follow. It was fast paced and it took me only a few days to read it. I did feel that a lot of the plot was predictable, but this didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book. It only helped to make the book go that much faster. I would highly recommend it, but do not think the typical fan of legal crime dramas would enjoy it as much.
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Summary: This book made me buy 4 more of Scottoline's books!
Review: Legal Tender is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Scottoline's characters are funny, original, and well developed. It's about time someone wrote a book about law that had women in it! This is a fresh perspective, and one that got me hooked on her books. Ordinarily, this is not the kind of book I'd read, but Scottoline has turned me on to law, murder, and mystery.
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Summary: Excellent, original story line with engaging lead character
Review: Lisa Scottoline does an excellent job of engaging the reader with wonderful characterizations and a strong feminist perspective that never mentions the word. The story hooks the reader on the first page and the humor throughout the book is perfect. I love her style.
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Summary: An incredibly interesting, fast-paced read!!
Review: Lisa Scottoline is a writer that pulls you in immediately and I promise you that you won't put down any one of her books unless you absolutely have to. Legal Tender introduces the character "Bennie" Bendedetta Rosato. Bennie is accused of murdering her ex-lover in this fast-paced legal thriller and as the plot thickens you are unable to tear yourself away from this book. All of Scottoline's books are absorbing and as soon as I finished reading this one I went out and bought all of them. Often I buy several books of the same author and they get boring and repetive but not so with her, its a surprise every time. She's been compared to Grisham but my opinion is she is even better!!! Don't miss Legal Tender or any of her books, you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: An incredibly interesting, fast-paced read!!
Review: Lisa Scottoline is a writer that pulls you in immediately and I promise you that you won't put down any one of her books unless you absolutely have to. Legal Tender introduces the character "Bennie" Bendedetta Rosato. Bennie is accused of murdering her ex-lover in this fast-paced legal thriller and as the plot thickens you are unable to tear yourself away from this book. All of Scottoline's books are absorbing and as soon as I finished reading this one I went out and bought all of them. Often I buy several books of the same author and they get boring and repetive but not so with her, its a surprise every time. She's been compared to Grisham but my opinion is she is even better!!! Don't miss Legal Tender or any of her books, you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Another Strong Entry For Scottoline
Review: Lisa Scottoline's LEGAL TENDER continues a streak of strongly-written, character-driven novels that revolve around the legal world, this time focusing on attorney Bennie Rosato. Rosato is partner in a firm she started when her then-lover, who is now involved with one of the firm's associates and is planning to dissolve said-firm in order to start his own practice independent of Bennie. That's when all the trouble begins, which eventually leads to the murder of three people, and finds Bennie as the prime suspect. Along the way, we meet those closest to Bennie, including her mother and her best friend, all completely fleshed-out characters and far from the cookie-cutter characterizations found in alot of novels. In addition to the meaty character backstories, Scottoline also has a firm grasp on legal jargon, and remains one of the wittiest and funniest writers in the genre. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Another Strong Entry For Scottoline
Review: Lisa Scottoline's LEGAL TENDER continues a streak of strongly-written, character-driven novels that revolve around the legal world, this time focusing on attorney Bennie Rosato. Rosato is partner in a firm she started when her then-lover, who is now involved with one of the firm's associates and is planning to dissolve said-firm in order to start his own practice independent of Bennie. That's when all the trouble begins, which eventually leads to the murder of three people, and finds Bennie as the prime suspect. Along the way, we meet those closest to Bennie, including her mother and her best friend, all completely fleshed-out characters and far from the cookie-cutter characterizations found in alot of novels. In addition to the meaty character backstories, Scottoline also has a firm grasp on legal jargon, and remains one of the wittiest and funniest writers in the genre. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Another Scottoline STINK BOMB. An insulting mess.
Review: Midway thru the story takes a fatal dive into pure science fiction (improbable plot and resolution). Suddenly a 6'
tall amazon successful woman lawyer (owner of her own firm) is on the run from the cops. Yeah right. Yet she
sneaks into law offices and uses their rooms, computers, credit accounts etc. ..... with impunity. Give me a break!
She inherits 20 million dollars. Her best friend, a gay lawyer, has gotten himself hooked on heroin. And this guy
does the physically impossible. He slams MILLIONS of dollars worth of heroin in just two years time. A physical
impossibility. Oh and this very same junky kicks this very same multi-million dollar habit within two days. HA!
Ever hear of research Scottoline? Ever hear of common sense? The amazon feeds her newly acquired half starved kitten snickers bars and Coca-Cola. The kitten won't eat tuna
or milk. I've taken in many many stray cats/kittens over the years and have never run into one that refused tuna or
milk. Now I think I know why they call her the female Grisham (whom I can't stand). Her stories are nothing but
endless chase scenes. Run Run RunHideHideHideHurryHurryHurry. No brainers. Moronic crap filled with foul
language, preposterous story lines and inconceivable, illogical behavior from it's flaky characters. Scottoline seems
to be totally out of touch with the real world. Well I've read a total of five Scottoline books now. Two were good. Three were pure insulting drivel...
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