Exposed by Lisa Scottoline
In this, the fifth book in the Rosato & DiNunzio series, the story opens on Mary DiNunzio’s
father and his friends from their close-knit South Philly neighborhood calling
Mary in, in need of a lawyer.
The group of older men is great comic relief: her deaf father,
Matty, and three men named Tony. They are differentiated by their nicknames,
Tony “From-Down-the-Block,” Pigeon, and Feet. But the case Mary is called in on
is a serious one. A man from her childhood, Simon, has just been fired from his
job at OpenSpace, a company that makes cubicles. The reason for his firing was
obviously bogus and the timing is horrible. He has lost his insurance just when
his baby daughter, Rachel, desperately needs an expensive bone marrow transplant
for her ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia). Mary says that, of course, she will
help him sue OpenSpace.
That’s a problem, though, as her law colleague, the tough,
prickly Bennie Rosato, points out. She tells Mary that OpenSpace is owned by
Dumbarton, which is a client of their firm. Will Mary have to quit her job with
the firm to help the old family friend? Will this come between Mary and Bennie?
The latter believes she should not take the case.
There are lawsuits and countersuits that pile on to the complications.
Rachel’s illness causes ripples in every direction. As the reader is taken into
the sad world of childhood cancer, layers of guilt and deception are uncovered
on many levels, and both Bennie and Mary realize that the personal and
professional consequences are huge for both of them.
Reviewed by Kaye George, Editor
of Day
of the Dark: Eclipse Stories, for Suspense Magazine
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