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

Great Book....grating narration of Pop and friends

Would you consider the audio edition of Accused to be better than the print version?

N/A

What did you like best about this story?

story line was great

Would you listen to another book narrated by January LaVoy?

If "Pop" and his friends were not all yelling every time they spoke...there must me a better way to portray "deaf" and "elderly" but I honestly don't know what that would be.

Reader

I liked the reader's voice through most of the book but had a hard time with the shouting parents.

Reminds me of a Nancy Drew book

Obvious that the male characters were read by a female. Story line fairly good if you can tolerate the fake accents and overdone character voices.

Great story!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, espically to those who are Catholic, while it isn't a major part of the story in anyway I love Mary's parents and their friends the tony's who are pretty Catholic

What other book might you compare Accused to and why?

John Grisham books maybe.

What does January LaVoy bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She brings the Charectors to life, espically the DiNunzio's and the Tony's. As you can tell I love them.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not to much, but I normally don't react in this way.

Easy, interesting listen.

The story started off a little slow but kept me hanging on; then it got good and ended great.

Great story ruined by a poor narrator

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narrator. The older male characters were loud and grating, and made every scene they were in unbelievable. I think that reading them normally would have made the story much much better. I also found the voice of the young girl to be overly bubbly and annoying. I don't think the performance got any of the characters right, except perhaps the fiance and the boss. Ruined a good story with likeable characters.

What did you like best about this story?

The characters, the twists and turns.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of January LaVoy?

Not sure

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes, depending on casting

so-so

Some of the voices/characters were very irritating. The story was so-so, nothing I would read again.

If you enjoy women lawyer

She has way with describing people down street. Love story how she make every a hero

Happy the ladies are back.

Thoroughly enjoyed this book! Thank you Lisa Scottline for bringing them back. Going to have to buy the next in the series and listen to that too!

Really want to give it a 3-1/2

What made the experience of listening to Accused the most enjoyable?

Entertaining, interesting, lightweight. The story line is good not great, but there's too much of the cliché Italian family and neighbors and WAY too much of the father, given that the narrator screams all of the father's lines. It's so grating! I got good at fast forwarding so I wouldn't have to listen.