Devil's Corner - Softcover

Scottoline, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006078718X ISBN 13: 9780060787189

Publisher: Harperluxe, 2005

Synopsis

When prosecutor Vicki Allegretti arrives at a rowhouse to meet a confidential informant, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time -- and is almost shot to death. She barely escapes with her life, but cannot save the two others gunned down before her disbelieving eyes. Stunned and heartbroken, Vicki tries to figure out how a routine meeting on a minor case became a double homicide.

Vicki's suspicions take her to Devil's Corner, a city neighborhood teetering on the brink of ruin -- thick with broken souls, innocent youth, and a scourge that preys on both. But the deeper Vicki probes, the more she becomes convinced that the murders weren't random and the killers were more ruthless than she thought.

When another murder thrusts Vicki together with an unlikely ally, she buckles up for a wild ride down a dangerous street -- and into the cross-hairs of a conspiracy as powerful as it is relentless.

About this title

Review:

"An entertaining page-turner with plenty of twists and turns and a sturdy surprise ending."--Boston Globe

"Exciting, top-notch tale of death and deceit."--Lansing State Journal

"Entertaining and exciting."--Booklist

"Scottoline...has a gift for vivid character portrayal and for fast-paced writing."--New York Law Journal

"[Scottoline's] storytelling is as brisk and breezy as ever, and her voice remains a funny delight."--Philadelphia Magazine

"Exciting"--Chicago Tribune

"Thrilling, but also fun, peppered with Scottoline's tart, cheeky wit."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"Vivid...brisk pacing."--Pittsburg Tribune

"Fast pacing and [a] sense of play...And the author delivers a serving of humor, too."--Sacramento Bee

"A well-plotted, briskly paced legal thriller."--Daily Press, Inc. Newport News, Va.

Book Description:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperluxe
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 006078718X
• ISBN 13: 9780060787189
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 594