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| Title | : | Dirty Blonde |
| Author | : | Lisa Scottoline |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 448 pages |
| Published | : | January 30th 2007 by Harper (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Thriller. Suspense. Crime. Fiction |
Lisa Scottoline
Paperback | Pages: 448 pages Rating: 3.71 | 8051 Users | 570 Reviews
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New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers a gripping stand-alone thriller that features a female judge who gets into trouble when the defendant in a high-profile lawsuit is killedLawyer Cate Fante, who is attractive, sexy, and tough-minded, has just been appointed to the federal bench in Philadelphia. With her new status in the elite meritocracy that is the federal judiciary, she often feels like an imposter because of her working-class background. For instance, at a fancy dinner, she’s more likely to joke with the waiters than her colleagues. Divorced, Cate also has a secret sex life. She’s attracted to bad boys and working-class men, like the ones she grew up with in the former coal-mining town of Centralia in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Cate is presiding over a high-profile multi-million dollar breach-of-contract lawsuit in which a former Philly ADA is suing the producer of a highly successful TV series for stealing his ideas. All true, but the verbal contract isn’t enforceable. As difficult as it is, this means that Cate has to make a ruling that ends the lawsuit in the sleazy TV guy’s favor. Cate learns that being a judge doesn’t always mean that she can do justice.
Upset over the ruling she had to make, Cate heads for a bar and there meets a good-looking rough-hewn leather-jacketed hunk and goes off with him to a nearby motel. Cate quickly realizes she’s made a mistake, apologizes and turns to leave, but the guy becomes aggressive and Cate barely manages to get out of the room. At home, she turns on the local news to learn that the TV producer from her court case has been shot to death outside a local restaurant. Not only that, but she soon also finds out that a man has been found dead after a fall from a motel’s exterior staircase. A stricken Cate recognizes instantly the pictures of the leather-jacketed man who’d attacked her at the hotel.
Things go from bad to worse in a hurry, and amazingly Cate finds her private life splashed all over the papers and her job in jeopardy. Her only hope is to clear her name and find a murderer.
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| Original Title: | Dirty Blonde |
| ISBN: | 0060742917 (ISBN13: 9780060742911) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.71 From 8051 Users | 570 ReviewsCriticism Epithetical Books Dirty Blonde
After a short delay in deciding if I would like the mc, Federal Judge Cate Fanta enough to engage myself in the book (her promiscuous lifestyle was off putting) I realized that this was as good as any of the recent Scottoline books with a smart and gutsy female mc who went after what she wanted with a self depreciating sense of humor and a personal style. The Philadelphia setting is enhanced by the real life town of Centralia PA, an Appalachian coal mining town that was but is now a ghost townI am a Lisa Scottoline fan and have enjoyed all her other books, so I had looked forward to this one. I was very disappointed.The heroine, a judge, is not only incredibly dumb, but extremely uninteresting. Her behavior was to hard to believe for a woman who had the professional job as a judge. The cast of characters held no interest for me and frankly, I couldn't care less why she acted the way she did nor who committed the murder. The writing was boring, too long and a very weak ending.All of
While appreciating Scottoline's intricate story lines and plot twists, her range of characters and subtle humor, I am tired of her primary female protagonists being self-sabotaging, self-destructive individuals. While the author may think that such behaviors make for a more interesting story I think that, at least for the time being, I will look to other authors.
This is another one I wish I could rate 2.5 intead of a 2 or a 3. The main problem with this book - ugh, I just didn't care about the main character. I supposed Lisa Scottoline was trying to illustrate the double standards still in society, especially in the judicial system. But really - who cares that the main character picks up strangers in bars. Although - it's really hard to feel any sort of sympathy for a character that is that stupid.
It has been a long time between drinks since I last read a Lisa Scottoline book and now I think why did I ever stop reading her books? Like previous reads, we have subtle humor intertwined beautifully with edge of your seat tension and intrigue.In her 30's, Cate Fante is just starting out in the biggest role of her life as a Supreme Court Judge none the wiser that her first case will be one that not only turns deadly but threatens to ruin her life. After ruling in a civil case both participants
Dirty Blonde is a cleverly imagined & scrupulously scribed gritty courtroom thriller.Hi, my name is Diane & I am a hardcore Scottoline fan ;-}. I was 16 when I first picked up Scottoline's incredibly gripping debut, Everywhere That Mary Went. The rest is history... & years of engaging, edge of your seat entertainment.Dirty Blonde packs a wallop w/ its high octane opening. The proficient Scottoline pulls no punches divulging the discrimination women face working in a field dominated
What a fun book! The eponymous Dirty Blonde is Cate Fante, a new federal judge with a very hot secret. She never dreams that it will become public, but there a Hollywood types involved in her latest trial, and they think her life will make a great TV drama. After she passes judgement on the lawsuit, the plaintiff and defendant each wind up dead. There are other interesting characters in the guise of Cates best friend, a former lawyer now struggling to do right by her little autistic son, and
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