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Author: Lisa Scottoline
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Manufacturer: Harper
Author: Lisa Scottoline
Publisher: Harper
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Lady Killer Description
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060833206
ISBN: 0060833203
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
Publisher: Harper
Product Release Date: 2008-02-19
Studio: Harper
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060833206
ISBN: 0060833203
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
Publisher: Harper
Product Release Date: 2008-02-19
Studio: Harper
Editorial Review of Lady Killer
Mary DiNunzio is a trademark Lisa Scottoline heroine—she's strong, she's smart, and she's got plenty of attitude. In recent years, she's become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates, but the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning—in mile-high stilettos—is super sexy Trish Gambone, her high school rival. Back then, while Mary was becoming the straight-A president of the Latin Club and Most Likely to Achieve Sainthood, Trish was the head Mean Girl, who flunked religion and excelled at smoking in the bathroom.
As it turns out, however, Trish's life has taken a horrifying turn. She's terrified of her live-in boyfriend, who's an abusive, gun-toting drug dealer for the South Philly mob. There's only one problem—Mary remembers the guy from high school too. Unbeknownst to Trish, Mary had a major crush on him.
Then Trish vanishes, a dead body turns up in an alley, and Mary is plunged into a nightmare, one that threatens her job, her family, and even her life. She goes on a one-woman crusade to unmask the killer, and on the way, finds new love in a very unexpected place.
But before the novel's shocking surprise ending, Mary is forced to confront some very uncomfortable truths about her own past, and the profound effects of lifelong love—and hate.
Customer Reviews of Lady Killer
Customer Rating: 
Review Summary: Welcome back Mary
Review: After several years, Lisa Scottoline finally brings back Mary DiNunzio and her friends at the law firm of Benny Rosato. And even though Mary still isn't 100% convinced of her skills as a lawyer, she has become somewhat of a rainmaker for her little firm, especailly with the help of all the people from her old neighboorhood. When an old high school nemesis turns up looking to Mary for help, all her childhood angst comes back to haunt her. Unfortunately Trish refuses to take any of Mary's advice, and she ends up missing. Now Trish's friends are on Mary's case to do something, and in order to ease her feelings of letting Trish down, Mary dives head first into finding out what happened. And in the process jeopardizes her job at Rosota and Associates. The book moves along at a fast pace, keeping the reader turning the pages. While I didn't love this book as much as the others, it was great to see Mary and friends back - and Mary once again fighting for what she believes in.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: There's Something About Mary!
Review: Lisa's "hook" (to read her books) is delightful characters in her novels, especially her Mary D. series. I dropped one star cause the ending could have been written better (belief index too low).
People who rated this book low probably have difficulty buying in to the character of Mary, who is a current era Mary Poppins and "Virgin" Mary personality. I have no trouble being sold because I've encountered some women in my personal life of 60 some years who have similar personality traits to Lisa's main character, and her mom/dad.
I was born in Philadelphia, and my dad was Italian; so I can relate to Mary's fictional home life with her parents, especially the kitchen scene's - cooking, eating, arguing, lying, guilt tripping, etc.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Not quite a sorority!
Review: Plain, nerdy and smart, Mary DiNunzio was always expected to do well in life but was bullied mercilessly by "The Mean Girls", a group of showy, good looking girls who made her life in High School a sheer hell. Mary is now a successful lawyer and when she is approached by Trish, the leader of the girl pack who tormented her in school, she is amazed to be asked for help and protection against one of the school jocks who is physically abusing Trish. Bobby was a High School hero and is now on the fringes of the Mob, selling dope. He is an abusive drunk who threatens to kill Trish every time he beats her up, but this time she is convinced that he means to murder her on her birthday. Mary tries to convince Trish to go to the police but she disappears before Mary is able to organise some help. It's a terrific read if you enjoy Mob stories which aren't too violent, and full of detail of life in the suburbs of East Philadelphia in the Italian quarter. Lisa Scottoline writes extremely well and is superb at giving the reader the feeling of being one of the locals.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Mary Is Back!!!
Review: I love that Lisa Scottoline brought Bennie, Anne, Judi and Mary back in this book. They have been gone for 5 years. Ms. Scottoline lost her father and stated in several interviews that she just didn't know if she could go back to writing about her main characters. She's has completed several wonderful stand alone books but this is her bread and butter. I'm not sure if it's where I've missed the crew so bad or if the book is just very good. I enjoyed the the mystery and the interaction of the characters. Ms. Scottoline writes about emotions and feelings not just action. Although there is a lot of action in this book and you will want to sit down and try to make it through it in one reading. She just makes you feel what the characters are feeling. She shows you the different points of view logically and coherently. I'm very excited that she decided to bring us readers back into law firm's world again. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that's more than a legal mystery.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Not her best by far, but the ending is quite moving...
Review: By "ending" I mean the last couple of chapters, after the murder mystery is solved, and the killer punished. I mean, what happens to the lead character's career and love life. Mary DiNunzio and her South Philly Italian relatives and friends have been featured before by Ms. Scottoline, and it is good to have some of them back. There are several supporting characters, however, in this effort who left me unsympathetic. The damsel in distress who needs Mary's legal skills and personal courage to save her, for instance, is not somebody you'd want as a girlfriend. Her best friends are none too easy to take, either. The murder victim one cannot feel sorry for, and the murderer ends up with our understanding. It is our heroine, Mary, however, whom we really can care about. She reveals a big secret in this book, one not every fan will be comfortable with. She deals with guilt, loss, regrets, missed opportunities, a job crisis, good nostalgia and bad nostalgia, and a posssible second chance at healthy love. I almost quit this one in the first 100 pages, even though I am a pretty big Scottoline fan. Then it got good. Then it got absurd, and not in a good way, then it got good again. Perhaps Lisa was too ambitious this time, too complicated, too many red herrings, too many words...this may well be her longest novel. It certainly felt like it. But my time and effort was redeemed because at the very end, I felt for Mary, rooted for her, identified with her problems, and was happy for her at the last page. For a man of 63 to bond that closely with a pretend female lawyer who is only about 30 is quite a trick, and it proves that Scottoline, for all the flaws in this one, is still a powerful wordsmith.
Review Summary: Welcome back Mary
Review: After several years, Lisa Scottoline finally brings back Mary DiNunzio and her friends at the law firm of Benny Rosato. And even though Mary still isn't 100% convinced of her skills as a lawyer, she has become somewhat of a rainmaker for her little firm, especailly with the help of all the people from her old neighboorhood. When an old high school nemesis turns up looking to Mary for help, all her childhood angst comes back to haunt her. Unfortunately Trish refuses to take any of Mary's advice, and she ends up missing. Now Trish's friends are on Mary's case to do something, and in order to ease her feelings of letting Trish down, Mary dives head first into finding out what happened. And in the process jeopardizes her job at Rosota and Associates. The book moves along at a fast pace, keeping the reader turning the pages. While I didn't love this book as much as the others, it was great to see Mary and friends back - and Mary once again fighting for what she believes in.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: There's Something About Mary!
Review: Lisa's "hook" (to read her books) is delightful characters in her novels, especially her Mary D. series. I dropped one star cause the ending could have been written better (belief index too low).
People who rated this book low probably have difficulty buying in to the character of Mary, who is a current era Mary Poppins and "Virgin" Mary personality. I have no trouble being sold because I've encountered some women in my personal life of 60 some years who have similar personality traits to Lisa's main character, and her mom/dad.
I was born in Philadelphia, and my dad was Italian; so I can relate to Mary's fictional home life with her parents, especially the kitchen scene's - cooking, eating, arguing, lying, guilt tripping, etc.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Not quite a sorority!
Review: Plain, nerdy and smart, Mary DiNunzio was always expected to do well in life but was bullied mercilessly by "The Mean Girls", a group of showy, good looking girls who made her life in High School a sheer hell. Mary is now a successful lawyer and when she is approached by Trish, the leader of the girl pack who tormented her in school, she is amazed to be asked for help and protection against one of the school jocks who is physically abusing Trish. Bobby was a High School hero and is now on the fringes of the Mob, selling dope. He is an abusive drunk who threatens to kill Trish every time he beats her up, but this time she is convinced that he means to murder her on her birthday. Mary tries to convince Trish to go to the police but she disappears before Mary is able to organise some help. It's a terrific read if you enjoy Mob stories which aren't too violent, and full of detail of life in the suburbs of East Philadelphia in the Italian quarter. Lisa Scottoline writes extremely well and is superb at giving the reader the feeling of being one of the locals.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Mary Is Back!!!
Review: I love that Lisa Scottoline brought Bennie, Anne, Judi and Mary back in this book. They have been gone for 5 years. Ms. Scottoline lost her father and stated in several interviews that she just didn't know if she could go back to writing about her main characters. She's has completed several wonderful stand alone books but this is her bread and butter. I'm not sure if it's where I've missed the crew so bad or if the book is just very good. I enjoyed the the mystery and the interaction of the characters. Ms. Scottoline writes about emotions and feelings not just action. Although there is a lot of action in this book and you will want to sit down and try to make it through it in one reading. She just makes you feel what the characters are feeling. She shows you the different points of view logically and coherently. I'm very excited that she decided to bring us readers back into law firm's world again. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that's more than a legal mystery.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Not her best by far, but the ending is quite moving...
Review: By "ending" I mean the last couple of chapters, after the murder mystery is solved, and the killer punished. I mean, what happens to the lead character's career and love life. Mary DiNunzio and her South Philly Italian relatives and friends have been featured before by Ms. Scottoline, and it is good to have some of them back. There are several supporting characters, however, in this effort who left me unsympathetic. The damsel in distress who needs Mary's legal skills and personal courage to save her, for instance, is not somebody you'd want as a girlfriend. Her best friends are none too easy to take, either. The murder victim one cannot feel sorry for, and the murderer ends up with our understanding. It is our heroine, Mary, however, whom we really can care about. She reveals a big secret in this book, one not every fan will be comfortable with. She deals with guilt, loss, regrets, missed opportunities, a job crisis, good nostalgia and bad nostalgia, and a posssible second chance at healthy love. I almost quit this one in the first 100 pages, even though I am a pretty big Scottoline fan. Then it got good. Then it got absurd, and not in a good way, then it got good again. Perhaps Lisa was too ambitious this time, too complicated, too many red herrings, too many words...this may well be her longest novel. It certainly felt like it. But my time and effort was redeemed because at the very end, I felt for Mary, rooted for her, identified with her problems, and was happy for her at the last page. For a man of 63 to bond that closely with a pretend female lawyer who is only about 30 is quite a trick, and it proves that Scottoline, for all the flaws in this one, is still a powerful wordsmith.