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Blockbuster bestselling author Lisa Scottoline is back with Corrupted, a novel of breathtaking legal suspense about one woman's fight for justice-at all costs. Bennie Rosato, the founder of the Rosato & DiNunzio law firm, hides her big heart beneath her tough-as-nails exterior and she doesn't like to fail. Now, a case from her past shows her how differently things might have turned out. Thirteen years ago, Bennie Rosato took on Jason Lefkavick, a twelve-year-old boy who was sent to a juvenile detention center after fighting a class bully. Bennie couldn't free Jason, and to this day it's the case that haunts her. Jason has grown up in and out of juvenile prison, and his adulthood hasn't been any easier. Bennie no longer represents those accused of murder, but when Jason is indicted for killing the same bully he fought with as a kid, she sees no choice but to represent him. She doesn't know whether or not to believe his claims of innocence, but she knows she owes him for past failures-of the law, of the juvenile justice system, and of herself. Forced to relive the darkest period of her life, Bennie will do everything in her power to get the truth and justice.
About the author
Lisa Scottoline is the
New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels including
Look Again, Lady Killer, Think Twice, Save Me and
Everywhere That Mary Went. She also writes a weekly column, ¿Chick Wit,¿ with her daughter Francesca Serritella, for
The Philadelphia Inquirer. The columns have been collected in several volumes, including
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog and
My Nest Isn¿t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space. Scottoline has won an Edgar® Award and
Cosmopolitan magazine¿s ¿Fun Fearless Fiction¿ Award, and she served as the president of Mystery Writers of America. She teaches a course on justice and fiction at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater. She lives in the Philadelphia area.
