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Moment of Truth (Rosato & Associates #7)
by
Lisa Scottoline (Goodreads Author)
Moment of Truth begins with what appears to be an open-and-shut case. Jack Newlin, a wealthy attorney with one of the most influential law firms in Philadelphia, killed his wife in a moment of drunken passion, stabbing her repeatedly when she announced she wanted a divorce. Or at least that is what he is claiming to the police.
The fact is, Jack is framing himself because
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Another entertaining Scottoline novel down. By now, on my tenth or eleventh Scottoline book, I pretty well know what to expect from a story involving the women of Rosato and Associates, and Moment of Truth fits the bill. Not the best one I’ve read, but no serious complaints. This time around we’ve got Mary DiNunzio defending Jack Newlin, a rags-to-riches, well-mannered, unpretentious estates attorney who has improbably confessed to the sudden and violent murder of his wife. It’s clear from the s...more
I'm really quite beginning to adore Lisa Scottoline. I've listened to Legal Tender, and Dead Ringer, and I'm hooked. I'll be scouting around for more of her work as soon as I can find it.
Unlike the other two I've listened to on audiobook prior to Moment of Truth, this story isn't about Bennie Rosato, the snarky, sarcastic, tough-as-nails Philedelphia attourney I've grown to love, but Mary Di Nunzio, one of her associates. Bennie is away, and while she's gone, a man confesses to murdering his wif...more
Unlike the other two I've listened to on audiobook prior to Moment of Truth, this story isn't about Bennie Rosato, the snarky, sarcastic, tough-as-nails Philedelphia attourney I've grown to love, but Mary Di Nunzio, one of her associates. Bennie is away, and while she's gone, a man confesses to murdering his wif...more
I didn't enjoy this one as much.
Amazon.com Review
Moment of Truth begins with what appears to be an open-and-shut case. Jack Newlin, a wealthy attorney with one of the most influential law firms in Philadelphia, killed his wife in a moment of drunken passion, stabbing her repeatedly when she announced she wanted a divorce. Or at least that is what he is claiming to the police.
The fact is, Jack is framing himself because he fears his wife's murder was his daughter's crime of passion. Sixteen-year-...more
Amazon.com Review
Moment of Truth begins with what appears to be an open-and-shut case. Jack Newlin, a wealthy attorney with one of the most influential law firms in Philadelphia, killed his wife in a moment of drunken passion, stabbing her repeatedly when she announced she wanted a divorce. Or at least that is what he is claiming to the police.
The fact is, Jack is framing himself because he fears his wife's murder was his daughter's crime of passion. Sixteen-year-...more
When attorney Jack Newlin discovers his murdered wife's body, he thinks his daughter killed her and he confesses rather than see her go to jail. He then hires inexperienced attorney Mary DiNunzio to defend him. But Mary believes he is innocent and decides to prove it, placing herself, Jack, and Jack's daughter, Paige, in danger. Can Mary find the killer before she becomes the next victim?
This legal thriller is a fun read. The characters, for the most part, are well written and come to life, esp...more
This legal thriller is a fun read. The characters, for the most part, are well written and come to life, esp...more
I DON'T HiDE, BUT I DON'T FEED, MY REVIEWS. THEY MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.
This is another book where novice lawyer, Mary DiNunzio of proud Philadelphia Italian extraction, gets shot. She also gets a shot AT a high-power death-penalty legal case.
She's hired precisely because the accused wants an inexperienced lawyer. He himself is a lawyer, who wants to plead guilty to killing his wife, in order to spare his teen daughter, whom he thinks has killed his wife, aka her own mother.
The tidy ending was too...more
This is another book where novice lawyer, Mary DiNunzio of proud Philadelphia Italian extraction, gets shot. She also gets a shot AT a high-power death-penalty legal case.
She's hired precisely because the accused wants an inexperienced lawyer. He himself is a lawyer, who wants to plead guilty to killing his wife, in order to spare his teen daughter, whom he thinks has killed his wife, aka her own mother.
The tidy ending was too...more
This represents a bit of a twist on the usual plot of legal thrillers, in that an innocent man sets out to frame himself for the murder of his wife. I confess this is the first Lisa Scottoline novel that I've read so I don't know if unusual plot twists are a trademark of her work, but, for the most part, I think she pulls it off.
A Philadelphia civil law attorney named Jack Newlin arrives home for dinner and finds his wife murdered in their kitchen. Their teenage daughter was supposed to join the...more
A Philadelphia civil law attorney named Jack Newlin arrives home for dinner and finds his wife murdered in their kitchen. Their teenage daughter was supposed to join the...more
Jack Newlin comes home late from work one night to find his rich wife, Honor, stabbed to death. He immediately suspects his daughter, sixteen year old super model Paige, and decides to make it look like he did it to protect her. He stages the crime scene, calls the police, confesses, and then hires an inexperienced lawyer, Mary DiNunzio from the Philadelphia firm of Rosato and Associates (book 7 in the series) to defend him. Jack wants her to fail to get him off so he can go to prison and thus s...more
LP 608 Pages - Mary DiNunzio is the principal in this tale of the Philadelphia all woman Law Firm. She is working late at the office one night when she fields a call from another lawyer who in custody and needs representation. When reaching the jail Mary finds her client has confessed to killing his wife earlier in the evening but has now decided he wants a lawyer. In talking to him Mary doesn't believe he did it although he insists that he did. One of the detectives is also expressing some doub...more
Top marks for turning a murder mystery/police procedural on its head, in that we have a murder victim who pretty much everyone is happy to see dead, and a queue of people trying to claim responsibility. Do the police take the easy route and accept the first confession, or dig deeper? There was more to this novel, and the murder itself, that immediately meets the eye, and I liked the way the author built up personality through dialogue. Some great characters - the two detectives who behave like a...more
I love Lisa Scottoline books - although I will admit to reading her most recent ones. This book is twelve years old and it was painful. It took me nearly a month to read because I was unmotivated to do so. I found the idea of the book quite interesting, but found the book itself pretty awful.
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I could kind of get on board with Jack confessing to a murder he didn't commit that he thinks his daughter did. But I found Paige's memory of the ordeal to be very convenient. I found Ma...more
*Potential Spoilers*:
I could kind of get on board with Jack confessing to a murder he didn't commit that he thinks his daughter did. But I found Paige's memory of the ordeal to be very convenient. I found Ma...more
Lisa Scottoline usually writes great books. This one was not quite up to her usual standards. Newlin (an attorney) comes home to find his wife stabbed to death. He instantly assumes his wife was murdered by their daughter so he steps forward to take the blame and protect her. Mary (a new attorney) takes his case and immediately senses he may not be the real killer. Mary forms an attraction to Jack Newlin and fights to find the truth. I can't quite see the relationship/attraction happening that q...more
as you might guess from the rating i gave this, i found it really enjoyable with lots of action, shifts in plot and starring mary dinunzio of the bennie rosato law firm. jack newlin, himself a lawyer, pleads guilty to the murder of his wife, to protect their daughter. From the way that honor newlin, an heiress, is described, it is hard to understand how he married her in the first place, or even was attracted to her, since she had a horrid disposition. with a lot of help, mary manages to make se...more
I liked this book well enough, I just don't think it needed to be as long as it was. It really could have been cut in half and still keep all the key components.
I found that I enjoyed the side characters more than the main ones, and to me that is not supposed to happen. I found the daughter of Jake Newlin to be irrelevant other than the need for her father, Jake, to take the blame for a crime he didn't do.
I agreed with reviewers that believed the end was too perfect and everything fell in line t...more
I found that I enjoyed the side characters more than the main ones, and to me that is not supposed to happen. I found the daughter of Jake Newlin to be irrelevant other than the need for her father, Jake, to take the blame for a crime he didn't do.
I agreed with reviewers that believed the end was too perfect and everything fell in line t...more
Lisa Scottoline is a great read if you enjoy court rooms and end of chapter cliff hangers. Her stories are informative and witty as well as a joy to read. They primarily center around Bennie Rosato's all women law firm and the cases they take on. Bennie and her attorneys usually participate in each book but they all take turns as the "star of the show." Lisa evidently tends to write each story as it plays out to her...reasonably unplanned.....which makes them read fresh and rather spontaneous.....more
This was my first experience with the author Lisa Scottoline, and I really enjoyed it. Her books take place at an all-female law firm in Philly, so it was neat to read descriptions of neighborhoods and landmarks in my own city. In this novel, young attorney Mary DiNunzio is assigned to defend Jack Newlin - a wealthy lawyer who has framed himself for the murder of his wife. Newlin has assumed that his daughter committed the murder and is lying to protect her from prison. From there, the plot take...more
Another installment in the saga of Mary/Judy/Bennie/Lou, set in Philadelphia. In this story, Jack Newlin, comes home and finds his wife killed. Jack thinks that his daughter has killed her mother--so Jack stages the scene to appear that he did the killing and then he calls 911. Enter novice criminal lawyer, Mary DiNunzio, as Jack's lawyer. Mary not only bumps along trying to defend Jack, she falls in love with him. As usual, Lisa Scottoline, prods her readers about the strength of a parent's lov...more
Rosato and Associates #5
Mary Di Nunzio has an unwilling client; his wife is dead and he seems determined to take the blame for her murder. So Jack Newlin hires Rosato and Associates. Benny Rosato is out of the country so Judy Carrier and Mary Di Nunzio answer the evening call and race over to police headquarters "The Roundhouse" to meet with him.
Despite their client's confession, Mary investigates the circumstances of the murder in order to understand why their client is claiming credit.
Mary tri...more
Mary Di Nunzio has an unwilling client; his wife is dead and he seems determined to take the blame for her murder. So Jack Newlin hires Rosato and Associates. Benny Rosato is out of the country so Judy Carrier and Mary Di Nunzio answer the evening call and race over to police headquarters "The Roundhouse" to meet with him.
Despite their client's confession, Mary investigates the circumstances of the murder in order to understand why their client is claiming credit.
Mary tri...more
Feb 07, 2012
Mary
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Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes contemporary mysteries
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Library Book Sale
When Jack Newlin comes home to find his wife dead on their elegant dining room floor, he's convinced he knows who has killed her. He sets out to stage the murder so that he appears to be guilty. To hammer the final nail in his coffin, he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find: Mary DiNunzio of Rosato and Associates.
Unfortunately for Jack, hiring Mary might be his biggest mistake. Inexperienced she might be, but Mary soon discovers that instead of defending a guilty client claiming to be...more
Unfortunately for Jack, hiring Mary might be his biggest mistake. Inexperienced she might be, but Mary soon discovers that instead of defending a guilty client claiming to be...more
This thriller is a fast and fun read. The characters, for the most part, are well written, especially Mary and her family. Jack, and his daughter, Paige, are also well written, Paige especially, who, as a teen model, could have been a cliché, but instead she is a sad, complex, character. All the characters are well developed, especially Lou and cops Brinkley and Kovich. I particularly liked them as the story developed. The plot had enough twists and turns that the identity of the real murderer w...more
I cannot believe this is #5 of a series! I always start a series with #1 but I found this book on my bookshelf and noticed it was the same author of "Look Again" which I recently read and really enjoyed. I liked this book a lot also. It was about a man who confessed to killing his wife, because he thinks that his 16 year old model daughter has killed the mother. I like how the story unfolds with it's twists and turns. The author also made me really like several of the characters. I guess I'll ha...more
_Wow_. I decided I was going to be a bona fide Scottoline Devotee when I read "Lady Killer" last year, which I loved. I love mysteries, thanks to Adrian Monk and Harriet M. Welsch (not that the latter is a member of the mystery genre, but the idea is there), but it's very hard for me to find any that balance a rarin'-good mystery with interesting characters that I come to care about.
"Moment of Truth" caught my eye because the premise intrigued me -- a man frames himself for the murder of his wi...more
"Moment of Truth" caught my eye because the premise intrigued me -- a man frames himself for the murder of his wi...more
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Mary DiNunzio, employed at Rosato & Associates, is on another case. Although she is inexperienced, she agrees to defend Jack Newlin who has confessed to the murder of his wife, Honor Newlin. Suspicious from the outset, Mary begins to investigate the crime. She finds that instead of having a guilty client who is falsely proclaiming his innocence, she has an innocent client who is falsely proclaiming his guilt. I enjoyed how Scottolino develops the plot by using Mary's investigative findings a...more
I read two of her books last summer and didn't end up loving the second one. It is always hard for me to read an author back-to-back. I ended up with a feeling of not loving the author. I decided to try this as a summer read and remembered why I loved this author in the first place. The story was great, and the characters were fun. I look forward to reading all of her work eventually - just not back-to-back
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This book was good, but not great. It got a little tiresome reading about Mary running in all the wrong directions. I thought Paige was a boring character with nothing much to add to the story, except that she didn't really seem too upset to let Dad take the rap, so maybe what I read as boring was just a spoiled kid. The premise that a big deal attorney blackmails a teenager into committing murder seemed unlikely. But, having said all that, I still enjoyed reading this book.
This is the first I've read by this author. It reminded me a little of James Patterson, which isn't a bad thing. I liked the pace of this book, the characters, the writing. It was a bit predictable, but still kept me interested throughout. I will definitely look for more books by this author. If you like books by John Grisham and James Patterson, I think you would like this book.
About a man who sets himself up for a murder that he thinks his daughter committed. He hires a rookie lawyer to represent him, but she doesn't believe he did it and sets out to prove it.
Lisa Scottoline has been hailed as the female John Gresham. I enjoyed this book very much and found it difficult to put down at times.
Lisa Scottoline has been hailed as the female John Gresham. I enjoyed this book very much and found it difficult to put down at times.
When Philadelphia estates attorney Jack Newlin walks in the door and sees his wife's lifeless body on the floor, he doesn't hesitate for a minute. He walks over and picks up the bloodied knife. Jack believes without a doubt that his wife's killer is his daughter. So he goes to the phone, calls the cops, and confesses to a crime he didn't commit.
Excellent suspense/thriller with Mary DiNunzio handling a murder case on her own. Lots of twist and turns as to "who dun it" as well as possibly two budding romances for teh young widowed lawyer. Great story with intriquing characters. I read one book about the Rosato and Associates law firm earlier and this one is just as good.
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