New Releases by Lisa Scottoline

A wisecracking lawyer takes on the defense of a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment, but all bets are off when the case turns deadly in this page-turning thriller from #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline—her classic novel, now available in trade paperback for the first time. “Lisa Scottoline is one of the very best writers at work today.”—Michael Connelly Whether it''s at the poker table or in a court room, wisecracking attorney Rita Morrone plays to win, especially when it comes to her latest case, which is also her most personal. She’s defending the Honorable Fiske Hamilton, a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment. It’s no coincidence her client happens to be her live-in lover’s father. When the action suddenly turns deadly, Rita finds herself at the center of a murder case. The search for answers plunges her deep into the investigation, uncovering a secret life and suspects in shocking places. Then the killer viciously ups the ante. To end this lethal game, Rita will lay it all on the line for the highest stakes ever—her life.

This time, justice is blonde. . . . New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers a riveting page-turner about love and murder that starts in the elite chambers of a sexy female judge and ends on the cold, gritty streets of Philadelphia. Cate Fante is strong and smart, but when she becomes a federal judge, even she wonders if she can do the job justice. She''s in her thirties, so she feels as though she''s joining the world''s most exclusive retirement village. She worries inwardly that she only looks the part, in a designer suit donned like overpriced armor. After all, a job described in the United States Constitution would intimidate anybody. But Cate keeps her doubts a secret. And, as it happens, much else. For she leads a dark double life that she hides from everyone, even her best friend. Then a high-profile case in her courtroom explodes into a shocking murder-suicide, and it blasts her cover wide open. Overnight the tabloids tell her secrets, her boyfriend dumps her, and her new career hangs in tatters. But Cate''s troubles are only beginning. An enemy no one anticipated sends her running for her life — embarking on a journey that begins in the mystery of her own childhood, where she first learned to lie. She''ll have to fight her way back to the truth, or die trying. Dirty Blonde is Lisa Scottoline''s most suspenseful and gripping thriller to date. Mixing poignancy with her trademark wit and wonderfully compelling characters, it showcases her remarkable talents as never before, and questions whether law and justice are always the same thing.

When Vicki Allegretti arrives at a rowhouse to meed a confidential informant, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, and bareley escapes with her life. Two others are shot down before her disbelieving eyes. Vicki tries to figure out how a routine meeting on a minor case became double homicide. She then sets out to see justice done, she can identify the killers - now all she has to do is find them....

Young lawyer Mary KiNunzio gets a terrifying telephone call while she''s working late, then goes home to find a threatening note in her apartment. when a lawyer close to her turns up dead, Mary begins to suspect the case she''s been working on - involving the suicide of an italian-American in an interment camp during WWII.

In The Vendetta Defence, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers a wonderfully rich, vivid story of past sins, love and justice.

When attorney Jack Newlin discovers his wife dead in their home, he''s convinced he knows who killed her—and is equally determined to hide the truth. He decides to frame himself for murder, and to seal his fate he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find: a reluctant rookie by the name of Mary DiNunzio from the hot Philadelphia firm of Rosato & Associates. But hiring Mary may turn out to be his biggest mistake. She doubts Jack''s confession, and her ethics and instincts tell her she can''t defend a man who wants to convict himself. Smarter, gutsier, and more persistent than she has any right to be, Mary sets out to prove what really happened—because, as any lawyer knows, a case is never as simple as it seems. And nothing is ever certain until the final moment of truth.

Thirteen of today''s hottest female crime novelists--including Nevada Barr, J.D. Robb, Nancy Pickard, Lisa Scottoline, Perri O''Shaughnessy, and Faye Kellerman--join forces to write one thrilling mystery set at the posh Phoenix Health Spa in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.

Kate Martinelli/Al Hawkin mystery novel. Follows To play the fool.

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.