Accused by Lisa Scottoline
Allegra Gardner wants to have the
lawyers of Rosato & Associates exonerate a man in jail for the murder of a
teenage girl. Mary DiNunzio is intrigued
by the case and takes it on as her first pet project as a new partner in the
firm. There are a lot of interesting
elements in the case: the murder happened six years ago and no other suspects
were considered; the Gardner clan is amazingly wealthy and influential in
Philadelphia society; Allegra, the client, is only thirteen; the girl who was
murdered was her sister and no one in the family besides Allegra thinks that
justice wasn’t done years before.
This is a great legal thriller as
well as a mystery. Digging up clues six
years after the event is difficult, but not impossible, and DiNunzio is
determined to do her best. But is her
client’s memory flawed? Or is she being
lied to by everyone else?
For those that enjoy audiobooks, I
have to recommend this series. The
accents of the characters are spot on and the story really comes to life when
it is read aloud.
