- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (6 Aug 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007118457
- ISBN-13: 978-0007118458
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,555,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Lisa Scottoline has been added to my short list for must-read-authors… her humor cuts to the heart of the issue with laser-like accuracy’
Janet Evanovich
‘Quick, witty, flavorful, and absorbing’
Richard North Patterson
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In The Vendetta Defence, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers a wonderfully rich, vivid story of past sins, love and justice.
Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of her career when an elderly pigeon racer named Anthony Lucia is arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy Angelo Coluzzi. "Pigeon Tony," as he's known to all his South Philly neighbors, confesses he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun more than 50 years ago, a blood feud that has brought great tragedy to Pigeon Tony's life.
Her client's guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy's problems. The Coluzzi family wants revenge, and they are determined to finish off Pigeon Tony and Judy before the case can go to trial. And if that isn't enough, Judy's got to contend with Tony's magnetic grandson, Frank, a man who makes her think about everything but the law, and her boss, the no-nonsense Bennie Rosato.
In a case steeped in blood and memory, it will take a stroke of brilliance to save Pigeon Tony. But if anyone just might see justice done, it's this gutsy young attorney who'll risk everything to win… including her life.
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The morning Tony Lucia killed Angelo Coluzzi, he was late to feed his pigeons. Read the first page
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Broadway actress Barbara Rosenblat offers a taut, nuanced reading of Lisa Scottoline's latest compelling legal thriller, "The Vendetta Defense."
Mystery fans have come to respect Ms. Scottoline not only for her suspense driven narratives but for the integrity of her work as she largely bases stories on her experience as a Philadelphia trial lawyer. Legal ethics are often the core of her drama, and she has lectured on this subject at law schools throughout the country.
Now, we meet "Pigeon Tony"Lucia, an elderly Italian pigeon racer who admits killing his number one enemy, Angelo Coluzzi, to avenge a fifty year old blood feud. His attorney, Judy Carrier, has more than a guilty client on her hands as Coluzzi's family want vengeance for their father's death and Judy long gone before the case goes to trial.
Can she outrun and outsmart these lethal, amoral foes?
You're simply going to have to listen to Barbara Rosenblat's accomplished reading to find out.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of her career when she agrees to defend elderly pigeon racer "Pigeon Tony" for the murder of his life-long enemy Angelo Colluzi, on a vendetta that began more than half a century ago, half a world away. The Colluzis want revenge & its up to this gutsy lawyer to secure justice, risking everything, including her life.
Lisa Scottoline has written a legal thriller that goes beyond the definition of a courtroom drama. It's a work that defines & distinguishes two almost similar words, "killing" & "murder", & it is in this background the novel is set. This work once again reaffirms Scottoline's position as the "Female Grisham."
The Vendetta Defense is a gripping page-turner in the truest sense of the term. Highly recommended!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Elderly Pidgeon-Tony (LUCIA) is an Italian living in the South Philly, U.S. who must stand trial for murdering Angelo COLUZZI, the man who has taken so much away from him. Tony murders COLUZZI because of a lifelong vendetta that COLUZZI so cruelly began.
Judy CARRIER is the lawyer that so expertly defends Tony. CARRIER quickly falls for the whole endearing LUCIA family and the characters who are Tony's friends.
You will laugh and cry while reading this wonderful book - I guarantee it. Being a Australian-Italian, I really, really LOVED this book. I knew that I had to savour every word. SCOTTOLINE describes her characters and surrounds so well you cannot help but lose yourself in this suberb book. If I am waffling too much about this book - I can't help it!! If you read only one book, pick this precious piece up and devour it very, very slowly.
This is the 8th SCOTTOLINE novel and though I have only read 2 of SCOTTOLINE's previous books I will definitely be making a hasty beeline for the bookshop again to get the rest of her precious works. Thank you Ms SCOTTOLINE for one of the best books I have ever read - you are a true storyteller.
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