Accused

Rosato & DiNunzio, Book 1

By: Lisa Scottoline

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Lisa Scottoline revolutionized crime fiction when she introduced her Philadelphia-based all-female law firm of Rosato & Associates, thrilling listeners with her twisty, fast-paced plots and capturing their hearts with her cast of strong and relatable female characters.

Now Bennie Rosato, Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier, and Anne Murphy are back with all cylinders firing in Accused.

Mary Dinuzio has just been promoted to partner and is about to take on her most unusual case yet, brought to the firm by a thirteen-year-old genius with a penchant for beekeeping. Allegra Gardner's sister Fiona was murdered six years ago, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case: the accused, Lonnie Stall, was seen fleeing the scene; his blood was on Fiona and her blood was on him; most damningly, Lonnie Stall pleaded guilty. But Allegra believes Lonnie is innocent and has been wrongly imprisoned. The Gardner family is one of the most powerful in the country and Allegra's parents don't believe in reopening the case, so taking it on is risky. But the Rosato & Associates firm can never resist an underdog. Was justice really served all those years ago? It will take a team of unstoppable female lawyers, plus one thirteen-year-old genius, to find out.

©2013 Smart Blond, LLC (P)2013 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“January LaVoy's narration is a fine match for Lisa Scottoline's prose.” —AudioFile

“Fans of the series will enjoy this light but intriguing mystery.” —Booklist

Glad they're back, but

The absolute worst characterisation of a Black Woman of faith I've heard in years! Made me think of the stereotype from 1940's

Entertainng

I enjoyed listening to this book. It was a good story with a few unusual legal turns but definitely worth listening too!

Great Story - overdone narrative

This is a great story, fantastic plot and some great insights into people and relationships. BUT, the narrator overdoes the reading of some of the characters making them parodies of themselves, especially Mary's mother. If you are a Lisa Scottoline fan I recommend it anyway. I wish I had a Mary Di Nunzio!

Love listening to these books

These books help me make it through my work day. I so love and enjoy them.

Mixed

I enjoy the series overall, but at times the personalities of the lawyers and their interactions are annoying. The narrator is good as long as she's doing the main character, but when she narrates Mary's family, I want to throw my phone against the wall. These characters should be amusing and fun, but she makes them obnoxious. But somehow I always get drawn into the story and finish the books quickly in spite of those annoyances.

Accused

Loved it. Lisa adds just enough humor to make her books appealing. First one of her girl partner books. Now I have to read them all!

Narrator does a great job with a great story

The narrator has a different voice for each character, and I don't mean a little different, but most were distinctly different!
The story had twists and turns, and every time I thought I had it figured out, we would twist again. Lisa Scottoline is an excellent author and has a fantastic story telling ability.

Accused

Accused of an awesome book. You hit it out of the ballpark again. I love your Italian families here! And the performance again was quite excellent.

Entertaining

Great to have Lisa Scottoline writing about the Rosato and Associates the Philadelphia all women law firm again. I have missed reading about them; I have read all of the books in the series. These are easy to read legal procedure books with humor and a bit of a “who done it.” Mary DiNunzio has made partner in the firm. Mary and Judy Carrier take on a 13 year old girl Allegra Gardner who is a rich, genius who wants them to find out who killed her older 16 year old sister 6 years ago. This is complicated because a man is in prison who confessed to the killing. Allegra loves bee’s and when she is in the hospital Mary, pigeon Tony along with all the Tony’s and her father pick up the bee’s from the post office and take them to Allegra’s house to put the bee’s in the new hive. Thought the scene of pigeon Tony handling the bees was great. Mary gets engaged to Anthony Rotunno in the story with all the Italian family goings on around it also adds humor. There is no court room drama in this book but lots of suspense because they took on a 13 year old against her family’s wishes. I thought the real killer was established then Scottoline tosses in a twist for the ending. January LaVoy does a good job with the narration. This is a nice easy to read book to relax with.

The hard fater was to loud if you use earphones .

What did you like best about Accused? What did you like least?

the story dragged, actually the reader was very good, but hard of hearing Father was way too loud for me... it was not a memorable book for me .

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

can't remember it...

Would you be willing to try another one of January LaVoy’s performances?

maybe

Did Accused inspire you to do anything?

no

Any additional comments?

no