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Franco Fiorvante has toiled for years on the estate of Baron Zito. Determined to secure a prosperous future with dreams of owning his own lemon grove, Franco will do anything to prove his loyalty to the Baron. But when Baron Zito asks him to arrange the kidnapping of a little boy, Franco sets in motion the making of the world's first Mafia family. Gaetano Catalano is an idealistic young lawyer and a member of the Beati Paoli, a real-life secret society of aristocrats who investigate crime.

Bennie Rosato's all-female Philadelphia law firm has seen better days, so it's no surprise when she jumps at the chance to represent Robert St. Amien, a debonair French businessman whose US interests are being stolen. Though Bennie sees dollar signs, there is a group of similarly situated foreign businesses also seeking damages, which brings the case to class-action status, something Bennie and her associates know very little about.

How do you know whether a real-world situation calls for a storybook hero? Is there such a thing as a knight in shining armor, or does every good deed come with unintended consequences? With chilling insight, five bestselling crime writers explore what it means to rise to the occasion—and the space between intentions and results.

When Mary DiNunzio takes on a case, she is determined to win, despite the fact that her partner, Bennie Rosato, is representing the opposition. A war of wills and legal strategy between Mary and Bennie forces everyone in the company to choose a side, and the law firm faces being torn apart.

Full of nonstop suspense, Lisa Scottoline's Moment of Truth marks the return of one of her most popular characters, Mary DiNunzio. Mary is a lawyer with an unusual problem. Her new client, Jack Newlin, is an innocent man claiming to be guilty. Now she finds herself risking her own life to discover why a man would frame himself for his wife's murder. Can Mary find the truth in time to protect Jack from himself and others who are willing to kill again in order to see him take the blame?

Lisa Scottoline, the national best-selling author of Mistaken Identity and Moment of Truth, delivers a taut and intriguing legal thriller where the line between lawyer and client vanishes and the search for justice turns into a fight to the death.

When amiable Italian immigrant Pigeon Tony discovers that local drug dealers are pressuring his young neighbor into joining their ranks, he resolves to put an end to the crime wave before it can take over the community. Pigeon Tony knows the law isn’t always on the right side, but it takes only one person to rally a revolution.

Allie Garvey sta andando al funerale di un amico d'infanzia e, oltre a essere sconvolta dal dolore, è terrorizzata, perché in quell'occasione rivedrà le altre due persone con le quali condivide un terribile segreto. Venti anni prima, durante una serata a base di alcol e divertimento nel bosco, Allie e i suoi amici hanno ideato uno scherzo, sfociato tragicamente nella morte di un ragazzo. Nessuno di loro ha mai raccontato ad anima viva i fatti di quella sera, nella speranza di non essere scoperti. E così è stato.

Jill Farrow is a typical suburban mom who has finally gotten her and her daughter's lives back on track after a divorce. She is about to remarry, her job as a pediatrician fulfills her - though it is stressful - and her daughter, Megan, is a happily overscheduled thirteen-year-old juggling homework and the swim team. But Jill’s life is turned upside down when her ex-stepdaughter, Abby, shows up on her doorstep late one night and delivers shocking news: Jill’s ex-husband is dead. Abby insists that he was murdered and pleads with Jill to help find his killer.

Il dottor Eric Parish dirige l'unità psichiatrica di un grande ospedale di Philadelphia. Separatosi da poco dalla moglie Alice, vive con la figlia di sette anni Hannah e fa di tutto per essere un padre premuroso. Il lavoro sembra essere l'aspetto migliore della sua vita. Il suo staff lo stima, i riconoscimenti professionali si susseguono. Ma il giorno in cui Eric prende in cura Max, un diciassettenne con problemi familiari e pensieri violenti su una ragazza, Renée, da cui è attratto, il suo mondo inizia a sgretolarsi.

Everybody around lawyer Mary DiNunzio thinks it's time she stopped being a young widow. They're all trying to fix her up with a new man - her Italian parents, her best friend, Judy, even the office security guard. But all Mary wants to do is immerse herself in her latest assignment - representing the Brandolini estate. The roots of the case go back many years, to when Amadeo Brandolini emigrated to Philadelphia and became a successful businessman.

A stunning legal thriller, Rough Justice, by Edgar Award-winner Lisa Scottoline, breaks new ground in fiction's hottest genre and launches a riveting series featuring the adventures of an all-woman law firm.

Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of an elderly pigeon racer, Tony Lucia, who has been arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy, Angelo Coluzzi. "Pigeon Tony", as he's known, confesses to Judy that he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun more than 50 years ago.

Anne Murphy is smart, gorgeous, and young, the red-headed rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato & Associates. She leaves town for the Fourth of July weekend to prepare for a high-profile trial, but when she buys her morning newspaper, her own photo is plastered all over the front page. And the headline, "Lawyer Murdered", supposedly refers to her. Anne sets out to find her killer, playing dead in order to stay alive.

Whether it's poker or trial law, wisecracking Rita Morrone plays to win, especially when she takes on the defense of the Honorable Fiske Hamilton, a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment. And it's no coincidence that the judge is her live-in lover's father. Then the action turns deadly, and Rita finds herself at the center of a murder case. She probes deep into the murder, uncovering a secret life and suspects in shocking places.

When Jake Buckman decides to let Ryan, his 16-year-old son practice driving home along a deserted street, he has no idea of the deadly consequences. But in the darkness of night, a runner comes from nowhere and the hit is fatal. Now Jake and Ryan have two options: admit Ryan's responsibility...or drive home as though nothing happened. What follows is not a clear-cut hit and run, but a split-second decision by a father who will do anything to protect his son.

New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award winning author Lisa Scottoline is loved by millions of readers for her suspenseful novels about family and justice. Scottoline delivers once again with Keep Quiet, an emotionally gripping and complex story about one man's split-second decision to...

A Central Valley la vita scorre lenta e serena come al solito, o almeno questo è ciò che sembra. Paul, Mindy e Evan Kostis sono appena tornati dalla vacanza alle Cayman, Susan Sematov, dopo la morte del marito, continua a prendersi cura di Raz e Ryan, e Heather Larkin dedica ogni sua attenzione all’amato figlio Jordan... Niente, insomma, sembra destabilizzare la tranquilla quotidianità degli abitanti della piccola città, finché l'arrivo di un nuovo insegnante, Chris Brennan, non sconvolge completamente le loro esistenze.

Il dottor Noah Alderman, vedovo e padre single, sposa in seconde nozze Maggie Ippoliti, ritrovando la felicità che credeva per sempre perduta. Anche Maggie è entusiasta del matrimonio nonostante la profonda nostalgia per la figlia Anna che non vede da molti anni. Ma la vita, sorprendendola, le offre una seconda possibilità per essere la madre che non è mai stata: un giorno Anna si mette in contatto con lei e le chiede di accoglierla nella sua casa.

Bennie Rosato, Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier, and Anne Murphy are back with all cylinders firing in Accused. Mary Dinuzio has just been promoted to partner and is about to take on her most unusual case yet, brought to the firm by a thirteen-year-old genius with a penchant for beekeeping. Allegra Gardner's sister Fiona was murdered six years ago, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case: the accused, Lonnie Stall, was seen fleeing the scene; his blood was on Fiona and her blood was on him; most damningly, Lonnie Stall pleaded guilty.