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Published May 2005
400 pages
Genre: Thrillers
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When prosecutor Vicki Allegretti arrives at a rowhouse to meet a confidential informant, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time -- and is almost shot to death....the deeper Vicki probes, the more she becomes convinced that the murders weren't random and the killers were more ruthless than she thought.
"Scottoline's ability to mix humor with serious subject matter,
combined with her intense research of inner city drug trafficking
and a side plot involving Vicki's love life, make for compelling
entertainment." - PW.
"[T]his stand-alone thriller (inspired by a real-life case)
makes an entertaining and exciting change of pace." - Booklist.
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Lisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling author, New York Times bestselling author and Edgar award-winning author of 33 novels, including Eternal, her first-ever historical novel.
She also writes a weekly column with her daughter Francesca Serritella for the Philadelphia Inquirer titled "Chick Wit" which is a witty and fun take on life from a woman's perspective. These stories, along with many other never-before-published stories, have been collected in a New York Times bestselling series of humorous memoirs including their most recent, I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses, and earlier books, I Need A Lifeguard Everywhere But The Pool; I've Got Sand in All the Wrong Places; Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?; Have a Nice Guilt Trip; Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim; Best Friends, ...
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