Final Appeal

Name: Final Appeal
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Lisa Scottoline
ISBN: 9780060818104

Author: Lisa Scottoline

Narrator: Kate Burton

Abridged: 5 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper

Published: 11/02/2004

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

“Scottoline is a master.”—Philadelphia InquirerMurder, intrigue, and romance collide in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline’s clever and fast-paced legal thriller.Starting over again after her divorce, Philadelphia lawyer Grace Rossi works part time for handsome Judge Armen Gregorian in the federal appeals court. Assigned to an explosive death penalty appeal, a long day of work unexpectedly leads to a night of passion with the chief judge. But when Gregorian is found dead the next morning, an apparent suicide, Grace knows she must uncover the truth. Suddenly this working mother finds herself investigating a murder, unearthing a secret bank account, and following a trail of bribery and judicial corruption hidden even from the FBI. In no time at all, Grace under fire takes on a whole new meaning. With the help of an undercover federal agent, she will risk everything to see justice done.

About Lisa Scottoline

Lisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling and award-winning author of more than thirty-two novels. She also co-authors a bestselling non-fiction humor series with her daughter, Francesca Serritella. There are more than thirty million copies of Lisa's books in print in more than thirty-five countries. She lives in Pennsylvania with an array of disobedient but adorable pets.

About Kate Burton

Kate Burton has made numerous stage, film, and television appearances, and was seen on Broadway most recently in Hedda Gabler and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. She played the title role in Alice in Wonderland with her father, Richard Burton, on PBS.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patricia (Irishcharmer) Yarian

Finally! Got to this one.....I know , I know....it's one of her earlier works! I've read a lot of her other works just don't know why it took me so long to get to this one! Grace Rossi is a divorced single mom working in the office of Chief Justice offices of Armen..of which she not only admired but......more

Goodreads review by Cindy B.

Interesting tale, well told. No sex, no cussing and, as with the authors' other novels, it sold well. I expect, like most classics, it will continue to do so, unlike those that contain such things.......more

Goodreads review by Laurel-Rain

Grace Rossi, single mom to six-year-old Maddie, is starting over again. Divorced, she no longer works as a trial lawyer. Instead, she works part-time in the appellate court in Philadelphia, for a judge she admires. This aspect of the job probably makes it all worthwhile for her. She is attracted to......more

Goodreads review by Dorothy

FINAL APPEAL is early Lisa Scottoline, and while enjoyed it very much, there is something in the feel of it that is less intense, less exciting than her more recent books. Shows the author has grown over the years. But this is a good read. The heroine, Philadelphia attorney Grace Rossi, is complex,......more