Legal Tender (37 page)
Authors: Lisa Scottoline
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Marietta Journal
(GA)
RUNNING FROM THE LAW
“[A] fast-paced and witty crime thriller [that] features a smart-mouthed, poker-playing attorney…. Scottoline has produced a royal flush.”
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San Francisco Examiner
“Quick, witty, flavorful, and absorbing. Ms. Scottoline’s distinctive voice makes this book a pleasure to read, and I did so at warp speed.”
—Richard North Patterson
“A fast-paced funny courtroom thriller. It was a delight to follow Rita Morrone, Lisa Scottoline’s smart-mouthed, tough-as-nails heroine.”
—Phillip Margolin
“Scottoline is wickedly funny…. The outcome is Mary Higgins Clark meets Susan Isaacs meets John Grisham.”
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Philadelphia
magazine
“Lisa Scottoline supplies a … fresh perspective and a sense of humor … with immensely pleasurable results.”
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Houston Chronicle
“May change the way readers think about lawyers … Scottline merits a big rounds of applause.”
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Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A lovely combination of high energy, imagination and nasty humor.”
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Chicago Tribune
“Philadelphia lawyer Scottline provides nonstop action, smart narration, and dozens of helpful tips on going underground in your own home town.”
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Kirkus Reviews
“This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, in entirely coincidental, and beyond the intent of either the author or the publisher.”
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ISBN 0-06-052491-X
First HarperPaperbacks printing: September 1997
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