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Title: Moment of Truth by Lisa Scottoline ISBN: 0-06-103059-7 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (64 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: So Many Questions... So Many Answers!
Comment: Why frame yourself for a murder your didn't commit?
Why hire an inexperienced lawyer to defend you?
Why believe your daughter when she says her boyfriend wasn't there that night - when you had that gut feeling that she was lieing?
Why - if you are a cop - with a confession in your hands - do you not believe it and continue to search for the truth?
Why - if you are defending a client - do you disregard his instructions and continue on your investigation?
Why, if you are a District Attorney - and feel that something isn't right with the case - do you press ahead and ask for the ultimate penalty of death?
Lots of questions - eh? and Lisa Scottoline answers them all and more.
Excellent characters... great plot. Easy to read. Hard to put down... Always something happening. Be it the cops on the move, the DA, the defense lawyers, the "confessed" killer - who had only good intentions - but didn't think before he acted... Although what father wouldn't try to protect his daughter.
Quite a twist at the end as well. Made me stop and go "whoa" (picture Keanu reeves in any of his movies - where he says "whoa: :o) )
This one isn't a "move it to the top of the pile of books beside your bed..." but it can go to number two or three...
Rating: 5
Summary: Scottiline scores with another big hit
Comment: Philadelphia socialite Honor Newlin manages the modeling career of her teenager. Honor becomes a murder victim in which her husband, successful estates lawyer Jack confesses to the crime. Police Detectives Kovich and Brinkley relish the ease of solving this high profile case. District Attorney Dwight Davis concludes that the killing is premeditated and decides to go for the death penalty.
The only problem with the official scenario is that Jack is innocent of murder. He tampered with the crime scene to turn the evidence towards him instead of his daughter Paige. He thinks Paige killed her mother after suffering years of emotional abuse from the woman. Feeling guilty for not stepping in over the years, Jack feels he deserves to spend life behind bars as a form of penitence. However, Jack had not realized how competent his attorney is and how much she believes she represents an innocent person.
Fans of legal procedurals know how good a Lisa Scottoline novel always is. The exalted author's latest tale MOMENT OF TRUTH stars a cast of characters who touch the heart of the reader. Especially endearing is Jack's lawyer Mary DiNunzio, a naïve, pious, warm-hearted person whose empathy for the pain of other seems genuine. The story line is interesting, as the reader knows the truth from the onset yet somehow the thrilling plot retains a high degree of excitement as one wonders how the tale will play out. Ms. Scottoline provides a special book that deservedly will gain her even greater acclaim.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: Blockbuster Performance
Comment: Barbara Rosenblat's reading of Lisa Scottoline's novel "Moment of Truth" in its unabridged cassette version is entrancing. Rosenblat's voice has a husky timber that sounds like it's been honed by years of smoking Camels and downing vintage scotch. Her gravelly resonance is perfect for the many wonderful characters from the jerks like chief of police Walston to D.A. Davis to the perky Mary DiNunzio and the open-minded detectives Brinkley and Kovitch. When Paige comes on the scene, her higher pitched voice perfectly captures an adolescent energy. Even Trevor Olansky with his flat voice mirrors the rich boy indifference of the character.
As the plot unfolds in the multi-cassette volume, we are kept constantly on the edge of the drivers' seat as one false turn finds its way to the next lead. When we head home to Mary DiNunzio's family, the scene where her Italian mama wields a dangerous wooden spoon at the police is about as endearing as can be. Rosenblat makes the explosive climax jump to life with a fast-paced delivery.
The experience of a novel on tape is a bit different from the reading experience. Rosenblat is able to handle a wide range of characters giving each like Kovich and Newlin their own distinctive reading. The universal theme of loyalty and devotion against a background of wealth, duplicity and cynicism brings tears to the eyes by the end. Bravo!
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Title: Legal Tender by Lisa Scottoline ISBN: 0061094129 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mistaken Identity by Lisa Scottoline ISBN: 0061096113 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline ISBN: 0061042935 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Rough Justice by Lisa Scottoline ISBN: 0061096105 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Running from the Law by Lisa Scottoline ISBN: 0061094110 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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