Dirty Blonde - Softcover

Scottoline, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061119954 ISBN 13: 9780061119958

Publisher: Harperluxe, 2006

Synopsis

Cate Fante is strong and smart, but when she becomes a federal judge, even she wonders if she can do the job justice. She's in her thirties, so she feels as though she's joining the world's most exclusive retirement village. She worries inwardly that she only looks the part, in a designer suit donned like overpriced armor. After all, a job described in the United States Constitution would intimidate anybody.

But Cate keeps her doubts a secret. And, as it happens, much else. For she leads a dark double life that she hides from everyone, even her best friend.

Then a high-profile case in her courtroom explodes into a shocking murder-suicide, and it blasts her cover wide open. Overnight the tabloids tell her secrets, her boyfriend dumps her, and her new career hangs in tatters. But Cate's troubles are only beginning. An enemy no one anticipated sends her running for her life -- embarking on a journey that begins in the mystery of her own childhood, where she first learned to lie. She'll have to fight her way back to the truth, or die trying.

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Paperback. Pub Date: 2006 Pages: 560 in Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers a riveting page-turner-about sex and murder which starts in the elite chambers of a sexy female judge and ends on the cold . gritty streets of Philadelphia.Cate Fante is strong and smart. but when she gets appointed a federal judge. even she wonders if she can do the job justice. She's in her thirties. and she feels like she's joining the world's most exclusive retirement village . But Cate keeps her doubts a secret. And. as it happens. much else. For she leads a dark. double life that she hides from everyone.Then a high-profile case in her courtroom explodes into a shocking murder-suicide. and it blasts her cover wide open. Overnight. her new career hangs in tatters. But Cate's troubles are only beginning. An enemy no one anticipated sends h...

Review:

"Compelling...sure-footed mastery"--Kirkus Reviews

"[An] explosive novel about legal entanglements that is hard to resist."--Orlando Sentinel

"Compelling...the fast pace and ever-increasing tension will keep readers turning the pages."--Publishers Weekly

"Breathless thriller...If a good roller-coaster is what you want, step up and have your ticket punched."--People

"Quick-witted."--Seattle Times

"Another winner...[a] fast-paced, entertaining yarn....Scottoline is a pro. She knows how to keep the pages turning."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"Assured way with dialogue."--Entertainment Weekly

"Scottoline...renders snappy dialogue and vivid descriptions of her native Pennsylvania in this engaging...suspense about consequences and truths."--Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperluxe
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0061119954
• ISBN 13: 9780061119958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 562