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The Vendetta Defense

By: Lisa Scottoline
Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
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Publisher's summary

In The Vendetta Defense, Lisa Scottoline, New York Times best-selling author of Moment of Truth and Mistaken Identity, tells a wonderfully rich story of past sins, love, and justice.

Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of an elderly pigeon racer, Tony Lucia, who has been arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy, Angelo Coluzzi. "Pigeon Tony", as he's known, confesses to Judy that he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun more than 50 years ago.

Her client's guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy's problems. The Coluzzi family wants revenge, and they are determined to finish off Pigeon Tony and Judy before the case can go to trial.

©2001 Lisa Scottoline (P)2001 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Scottoline is wickedly funny....The outcome is Mary Higgins Clark meets Susan Isaacs meets John Grisham." ( Philadelphia Magazine)
"Scottoline's writing style is sharp, intelligent, funny, and hip." ( USA Today)

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This is a five star book with a one star narrator. Perhaps it is the programming, but you can hear each gulp of water.

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Good book, bad language

This story is very charming in it's own way. I enjoyed it, but be prepared for some language. Jesus C***, f-bomb, etc. though it isn't as bad as some have been...because it's not too frequent.
Some hints at sexual stuff, but nothing too explicit. Some violence. Mostly just a fun legal thriller

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Another wonderful story from Lisa Scottoline.
A great storyline about struggle, dedication and past histories

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Great story; bad narrator

What did you love best about The Vendetta Defense?

History entwined with present-day US law

What other book might you compare The Vendetta Defense to and why?

Any Lisa Scottoline book would compare, with a different narrator.

What didn’t you like about Barbara Rosenblat’s performance?

The narator was distracting, at best. Her deep breathing, augmented by the sucking and chewing sounds, was a distraction from what could have been a truly enjoyable book. My preference would be a narrator who reads without sucking hard candy, chewing gum, or eating a submarine sandwich. She did do a decent Italian-English accent.

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The drama drew me in. I had to listen until the end, in spite of the narrator.

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Not a good listen

The narration almost drove me crazy. Every single time Pigeon Tony "spoke " with heavy Italian accent, it was so distracting I lost the story line. I think this is a book better read so you can skim over all of Pigeon Tony' s words, get the gist, but not be so distracted you want to stop reading the book. I stopped this audible narration often because of it, and only completed the book because I love the author and wanted to give her story a chance.

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Bravo

The narrator absolutely positively makes the listen a pleasure...loads of fun! I also enjoyed the authors portrait of us Italians!

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Love these books!

Such a good narrator. This book was particularly entertaining. Such colorful writing about the people and places. Very entertaining.

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Love Judy....but......

All the Rosato lawyers are awesome| Love all our Tonys.....Judy doesn't grab my heart and mind as much as the others but the story within these pages is heartbreaking, heartwarming and heart felt! A great read.

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Great story about justice

Good law story with significant relationships and many twists and turns. Enjoyed the descriptive language drawing you into the characters and the scene. Barbara Rosenblat knocked it out of the park as always!

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Ugh

The story was tedious at times and the reader had to be chewing gum... really very irritating

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