Rough Justice

Fabulous new idea in legal thrillers from Edgar-winning U.S. writer. Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is just hours away from winning an acquital for her latest client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere. As the jury begins to deliberate, Steere lets slip that he’s sold Marta a false self-defence claim and that he murdered the homeless man who tried to carjack him. A furious Marta resolves to discover the evidence that will convict Steere – before the jury returns with its verdict. In a race to beat-the-clock against the jury and the worst blizzard Philadelphia has seen in years, Marta drafts help from two able associates, Mary DiNunzio and Judy Carrier, from a local firm, Rosata & Associates. When Benedetta ‘Bennie’ Rosato, managing partner of Rosato & Associates, realizes Marta is bent on convicting her own client and ruining the law firm in the process, Bennie acts to thwart Marta’s plans and bring Steere to justice her own way. But Elliot Steere won’t let anyone stand between him and freedom. Even from his jail cell, he has the cunning and connections to kill again. In Elliot Steere, the lawyers have finally met their match. Or have they? A stunning legal thriller, Rough Justice launches a riveting new series and establishes Lisa Scottoline as an undisputed master of one of fiction’s hottest genres.