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Title: Another Strong Entry For Scottoline
Review: Lisa Scottoline's LEGAL TENDER continues a streak of strongly-written, character-driven novels that revolve around the legal world, this time focusing on attorney Bennie Rosato. Rosato is partner in a firm she started when her then-lover, who is now involved with one of the firm's associates and is planning to dissolve said-firm in order to start his own practice independent of Bennie. That's when all the trouble begins, which eventually leads to the murder of three people, and finds Bennie as the prime suspect. Along the way, we meet those closest to Bennie, including her mother and her best friend, all completely fleshed-out characters and far from the cookie-cutter characterizations found in alot of novels. In addition to the meaty character backstories, Scottoline also has a firm grasp on legal jargon, and remains one of the wittiest and funniest writers in the genre. Highly recommended.
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