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Devil's Corner by Lisa Scottoline
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Devil's Corner (edition 2006)

by Lisa Scottoline

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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. Performed by Barbara Rosenblat.… (more)
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Title:Devil's Corner
Authors:Lisa Scottoline
Info:Pan (2006), Paperback, 400 pages
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Another enjoyable read from Scottoline. I didn't get a good sense of this new character, though. She is Italian, yes, but what else? I liked her desire to be like the families depicted in Olive Garden ads. Maybe this is indicative of a lack of "personality" or personal history? ( )
  Chris.Wolak | Oct 13, 2022 |
This book was ok, but not great. The main character, Vicki, was annoying and makes poor choices. The most annoying thing was her relationship with Dan., her married coworker. There is no way she should end up with him. Vicki is supposed to be a smart professional, but her personal life is definitely a mess. The most interesting character in the book is Reheema, the woman who Vicki feels was framed for a crime she didn't commit. Together, they team up to investigate the case. The whole plot just feels unrealistic. ( )
  readingover50 | Jun 11, 2019 |
I got to the point where they've solved who killed Morty and wondered what the author would have to discuss in 12 more chapters. For whatever reason, she decided to have who killed Raheema's mother be a separate plot that still needed to be figured out in an extra 12 chapters. Unfortunately, this type of plot seems to be the author's norm in both books of hers that I have read.

I also didn't like wondering if Dan would dump Vicki for a promotion that made him her boss. ( )
  JenniferRobb | Jan 17, 2016 |
This was an OK read. The ending was great. I picked the wrong person who I thought was the Killer. The surprise was good. ( )
  ChildofGod | Dec 11, 2015 |
Vicki Allegretti has to be the dumbest US Assistant District Attorney I've read. She constantly ignores danger, the rules and her superiors even after being suspended without pay with a cavalier attitude of "I can't believe I was so naive." The book has a grabber of a beginning when she goes to meet a confidential informant and there's a robbery in progress that results in the shooting deaths of the C.I. and her police partner. While on suspension she decides to talk with the C.I.'s mother who's a drug addict and gets her wallet with money and credentials stolen. What does she do? Vicki follows her to where she's going to buy her drugs and the woman is shot. It's one risky thing after another especially after befriending loose cannon Rheema. ( )
  Kathy89 | Aug 3, 2014 |
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Piccioli, Maria BarbaraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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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. Performed by Barbara Rosenblat.

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