Dead Ringer [Hardcover]

From New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes her strongest book ever, featuring many of the much loved characters from the wise-cracking all-women Philadelphia law firm of Rosato and Associates. Ace lawyer Bennie Rosato is duelling evil in the form of her own twin sister, exconvict Alice Connolly, who has returned to Philadelphia to exact her revenge and ruin Bennie. At the same time. Bennie's law firm is in trouble, so she takes on a potentially lucrative class action suit to save the day. Meanwhile, her colleague Mary DiNunzio persists in bringing in a case that will just provide more headaches - and laughs - than dollars. But then a mysterious stranger appears just in time to help Bennie in the fight of her life - a fight that turns out to be for her life.

They say that blood is thicker than water - but just how far should you go for a sister? When ace lawyer Bennie Rosato's twin sister returns to Philadelphia, she knows that trouble is on the horizon. At the same time, Bennie's law firm is in trouble, so she takes on a potentially lucrative calss action suit to try to save the day. It could be make or break - both for her family and her firm. Then a mysterious stranger appears just in time to help Bennie in the fight of her life, for her life... Full of pace, suspense and laugh-out-loud humour, bestselling New York Times author Lisa Scottoline is back, with one of her strongest books ever. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Lisa Scottoline is a New York Times bestselling author, a winner of the Edgar Award and a former trial lawyer. She has served as the Leo Goodwin Senior Professor of Law and Popular Culture at Nova Southeastern Law School, and her novels are used by bar associations for the ethical issues they present. She lives with her family in the Philadelphia area and welcomes reader e mail at www.scottoline.com