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I’m a big fan of Lisa Scottoline’s work. In Killer Smile, the ninth book in her Rosato & Associates series, Mary DeNunzio is working a cold case. The death of Amadeo Brandolini, an Italian-American detained as an enemy alien during WWII.
The book is rich with details of how the Italian Americans were detained during the war, like the Japanese and Germans, for nothing more than where they had come from, with no reason to suspect their collusion with the enemy. Scottoline researched this slice of US history when she discovered her own grandparents’ resident alien cards.
As usual, Scottoline pulls you into the story with deep characters and relationships, her extensive legal knowledge, and plenty of suspense.
Very few shows on the History Channel had happy endings, which was why everybody watched Fox.
Lisa Scottoline, Killer Smile
Summary
With her trademark wit and style, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers yet another blockbuster thriller
With the halfhearted okay of her boss at the boutique Philly firm of Rosato & Associates, insecure young lawyer Mary DiNunzio takes on a pro bono case—which is Latin for not paying squat. What’s more, the client is dead and the case is half a century old, involving an Italian fisherman interned at a camp in Montana during World War II.
Mary wants to prove herself, but she ends up drowning in documents—and a lost cause. Add to that a colleague who keeps fixing her up with blind dates from hell. But things suddenly heat up when people Mary has interviewed start dropping dead. And Mary suspects she’s being followed. Soon she’s on the run for her life.
