Legal Tender

By Lisa Scottoline

Book Number 2 in the Rosato and Associates Series.

Bennie’s former lover and current law partner, Mark Biscardi, breaks the news that he wants to oust her from the firm in favour of an ambitious and beautiful associate. When Mark is found murdered, all the evidence points to Bennie, who has motive aplenty and a dubious alibi. Suddenly her world is turned upside down, as the lawyer becomes the client, and the cops she once prosecuted are now after her with a vengeance.

First Published: 1996

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This book is in the following genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Robert Tanenbaum

The NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Butch Karp novels, Robert Tanenbaum lives in Beverly Hills, California. The former Homicide Bureau Chief in the New York District Attorney’s Office, Tanenbaum is also one of America’s most successful and famous trial lawyers – who has never lost a felony case yet – and former two-term mayor(…)

Cleo Coyle

Joint pseudonym of the husband-and-wife writing team Alice Alfonsi (real name: Rosemary Grace) and Marc Cerasini. They were born and raised in Pitssburgh. They met in New York and were married in Las Vegas. They are the creators of Clare Cosi, manager of New York’s historic Village Blend Coffee house.

Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich now lives in New Hampshire but, like Stephanie Plum, grew up in New Jersey. She has won major crime fiction awards for her Stephanie Plum novels.

John Grisham

Long before his name became synonymous with the modern legal thriller, John Grisham was working 60-70 hours a week at a small Southaven, Mississippi law practice, squeezing in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on his hobby — writing his first novel. Born on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro,(…)

Michael Robotham

Before writing full-time, Michael was an investigative journalist in Britain, Australia and the US. He is the pseudonymous author of 10 best-selling non-fiction titles, involving prominent figures in the military, the arts, sport, and science. Michael lives in Sydney with his wife and 3 daughters.

Scott Turow

Scott Turow is an attorney and an author. Scott has been married to Annette Turow, a painter, since 1971. They have three children. The family lives outside Chicago. Photo credit: Jeremy Lawson Photography

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