Bennie Rosato is a maverick lawyer, and business at her law firm has never been better. Then, without warning, a savage murder tears the firm apart. All evidence points to Bennie, who has motive aplenty and an unconfirmable alibi. Her world turns upside-down as the lawyer becomes the client, and the law is now after her. When another killing takes place, Bennie runs for her life, a fugitive armed only with her wits and courage. She is determined to find the real killer -- or die trying.

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Si l'une est une victime, l'autre sera son bourreau !Bennie et Alice sont sours, deux femmes dans la beauté de leur quarantaine. Elles sont aussi jumelles, des jumelles dites « homozygotes », d'une ressemblance parfaite, de véritables sosies. Pour le reste, elles sont radicalement différentes. Bennie est avocate, à la tête d'un des plus importants cabinets de Philadelphie et mène une vie heureuse, tandis qu'Alice est à la dérive, entre petits boulots incertains et histoires d'amour sans lendemain. Trop de douleur, trop d'injustice. Un soir, Alice échafaude un piège machiavélique. Entre folie psychotique et manipulation perverse, la haine ne connaitra pas de limites et la raison n'a que très peu de chances de l'emporter.Lisa Scottoline a publié 17 livres, traduits dans 32 pays. Son dernier roman, Intime ressemblance, a connu un immense succès dans le monde entier.

Ta vie contre la mienne

Mary DiNunzio is strong, smart and has plenty of attitude. She's become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates, but the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning - in six inch stilettos - is super-sexy Trish Gambone, her old high school rival. Trish was the head Mean Girl who flunked religion and excelled at smoking in the bathroom. Trish's life has taken a horrifying turn. She's terrified of her live-in boyfriend who is an abusing, gun-toting drug dealer for the South Philly mob. Mary remembers the guy from high school too - she had a major crush on him. Before Mary knows it, Trish vanishes. A dead body turns up in an alley, and Mary is plunged into a nightmare - that threatens her family, her job and even her life. Mary goes on a one-woman crusade to unmask the killer, and finds love in a very unexpected place. Along the way, she's forced to confront some very uncomfortable truths about her past and the profound effects of lifelong love - and hate.

Lady Killer

A young lawyer searches for her missing rival from high school and finds more than she bargained for, in the latest high-octane thriller from New York Times bestselling authorShe's bright, witty, and dynamically attractive. So why can't Mary DiNunzio still get a date? While her love life is frozen, her career is heating up. She's become quite a rainmaker at her law firm, attracting new clients from her loyal South Philly fan base. But of all the friends-from-down-the-block, second cousins, and ersatz uncles who come for help, that last person she expects to see is Trish Gambini, a super-foxy hair colorist-and Mary's high school rival. Back then, while Mary was becoming a straight-A president of the Latin Club and all around Most Likely to Achieve Sainthood, head Mean Girl/Slut Trish flunked religion and was one of the most popular girls in the class. But the once fearless teenager has become a woman terrified of her live-in boyfriend, Bobby Mancuso, an abusive, gun-toting drug dealer for the mob. Mary remembers Bobby very well. He was her first high school crush .

Attractive, sexy, and tough-minded, Cate Fante has just become a federal judge - though she isn't quite sure she belongs. At only thirty-six, Cate feels as if she's joining the world's most exclusive retirement village. She's intimidated by a job described in the Constitution of the United States. And she worries inwardly that she only looks the part; dark blonde hair in a chignon and a Chanel suit donned like overpriced armor. But Cate keeps all her doubts a secret. And, as it happens, much else. For Cate leads a dark, double life - one that she doesn't even tell her best friend about - and it comes shockingly to light with a murder in a case before her. Overnight, her secrets are spilled all over the tabloids, her boyfriend dumps her, and her judgeship hangs in jeopardy. And when a killer comes after her, she runs for her life - embarking on a trip that ends in her own mysterious past.

Dirty Blonde

Si l'une est une victime, l'autre sera son bourreau !Bennie et Alice sont sours, deux femmes dans la beauté de leur quarantaine. Elles sont aussi jumelles, des jumelles dites « homozygotes », d'une ressemblance parfaite, de véritables sosies. Pour le reste, elles sont radicalement différentes. Bennie est avocate, à la tête d'un des plus importants cabinets de Philadelphie et mène une vie heureuse, tandis qu'Alice est à la dérive, entre petits boulots incertains et histoires d'amour sans lendemain. Trop de douleur, trop d'injustice. Un soir, Alice échafaude un piège machiavélique. Entre folie psychotique et manipulation perverse, la haine ne connaitra pas de limites et la raison n'a que très peu de chances de l'emporter. Lisa Scottoline a publié 17 livres, traduits dans 32 pays. Son dernier roman, Intime ressemblance, a connu un immense succès dans le monde entier.

Physiquement, Bennie et Alice, des jumelles homozygotes, sont de véritables sosies. Mais, si l’on excepte cette ressemblance, les deux soeurs n’ont strictement rien en commun : enfance, caractère, ambitions, tout les sépare. Alors que Bennie mène une vie de rêve, à la tête d’un des plus importants cabinets d’avocats de Philadelphie, Alice est à la dérive, entre petits boulots et embrouilles sentimentales.Trop de jalousie, de colère et de haine : un soir, Alice échafaude un plan.Après tout, elle aussi a droit au bonheur…

Ta Vie Contre La Mienne

When prosecutor Vicki Allegretti arrives at a rowhouse to meet a confidential informant, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. She's almost shot to death, and two others are gunned down before her disbelieving eyes. How did a routine investigation become a double homicide? She can identify the killers, now all she has to do is to find them. The deeper she probes, the more she realizes that she's dealing with ruthless killers. Her suspicions take her to Devil's Corner, a place on the brink of ruin - thick with broken souls, innocent youth and a scourge that plays on both. Sadly, her delectable colleague Dan Molloy is too married to give her the kind of support she really needs, but when she teams up with an unlikely ally, she buckles up for a wild ride down a dangerous street. And into the crossfire of a powerful and relentless conspiracy. Set against the pulsing backdrop of Philadelphia, with a storyline driven by strong female characters and the breakneck pace that has become her trademark, DEVIL'S CORNER is Lisa Scottoline's most satisfying novel yet. 'Lisa Scottoline has been added to my list of must-read authors. Her stories are filled with teeth-gnashing suspense, her characters are compelling, and her humor cuts to the heart of the issue with laserlike accuracy' Janet Evanovich

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