3.48 AVERAGE


A rollicking mystery with loads of red-herrings and some really madcap silliness involved. Fun, but a little light on the thought process.

This is the seventh book in the Rosato & Associates series, and no, I haven't read them in order. This series is an odd combination of Legal Thriller and Chick lit. It moves at a fast pace and there is a lot of action going on, but it gets a little silly here and there. However, it was entertaining enough I gave it the benefit of the doubt. 3.5 rounded to 4

Fast paced story but the characters and dialogue felt forced.

Yeah, the whiff of authoritarian in-group preference became unmistakable in this one. If you're not a lawyer, you're not a full human being worth caring about. There were some seemingly tacked-on bits to try to address this (Scottoline must have a decent editor), but overall, the only people who matter are the lawyers and, by extension, their clients. I guess if I were ever in a Scottoline novel, I would be a plot device.