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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780060833213 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0060833211 Label: Harper Manufacturer: Harper Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: January 01, 2009 Publisher: Harper Release Date: December 30, 2008 Studio: Harper Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Mary DiNunzio has become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates. But the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning—in mile-high stilettos—is super-sexy Trish Gambone, her high-school rival. Back when Mary was becoming the straight-A president of the Latin Club and Most Likely to Achieve Sainthood, Trish was the head Mean Girl, who flunked religion and excelled at smoking in the bathroom. These days, however, Trish needs help. She is terrified of her live-in boyfriend, an abusive, gun-toting drug dealer for the South Philly mob. Mary remembers the guy from high school, too. She had a major crush on him. Then Trish vanishes, a dead body turns up in an alley, and Mary is plunged into a nightmare that threatens her job, her family, and even her life. She goes on a one-woman crusade to unmask the killer, and on the way finds new love in a very unexpected place. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - FUN AND MOVINGLisa Scottoline's humor has always been part of the fun of reading her books, but she really captures the joy and eccentricities of the Italian-American world of South Philadelphia in this one. From the opening chapter when lawyer/heroine Mary Dinunzo is approached by her father and his three friends all named Tony - distinguished only by their nicknames Pigeon Tony (he raises pigeons), Tony-From-Down-The-Block and Tony Two Feet - to sue a woman from the Frank Sinatra Fan Club ... Read More Rating:  - I stopped caring about the book when Mary stopped caring about herselfIt was painful to read about the talented Mary DiNunzio giving up her world for Mean Girl and Goretti alum, Trish Gambone. Mary comes off as pathetic and desperate for acceptance. She screws up work, friendships, and a potential relationship so she can help Trish. I never felt sorry for Mary; I just felt embarassed for her. Once the author revealed the murderer, I stopped reading. There's way too much going on in Lady Killer. We've got South Philly Italian culture, Mary's low self-esteem, ... Read More Rating: - Welcome back MaryAfter several years, Lisa Scottoline finally brings back Mary DiNunzio and her friends at the law firm of Benny Rosato. And even though Mary still isn't 100% convinced of her skills as a lawyer, she has become somewhat of a rainmaker for her little firm, especailly with the help of all the people from her old neighboorhood. When an old high school nemesis turns up looking to Mary for help, all her childhood angst comes back to haunt her. Unfortunately Trish refuses to take any of Mary's advice, and she ... Read More Rating: - There's Something About Mary!Lisa's "hook" (to read her books) is delightful characters in her novels, especially her Mary D. series. I dropped one star cause the ending could have been written better (belief index too low). People who rated this book low probably have difficulty buying in to the character of Mary, who is a current era Mary Poppins and "Virgin" Mary personality. I have no trouble being sold because I've encountered some women in my personal life of 60 some years who have similar personality traits to Lisa's ... Read More Rating: - Not quite a sorority!Plain, nerdy and smart, Mary DiNunzio was always expected to do well in life but was bullied mercilessly by "The Mean Girls", a group of showy, good looking girls who made her life in High School a sheer hell. Mary is now a successful lawyer and when she is approached by Trish, the leader of the girl pack who tormented her in school, she is amazed to be asked for help and protection against one of the school jocks who is physically abusing Trish. Bobby was a High School hero and is now on the fringes of the Mob, ... Read More 
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