02626cam a2200361 i 4500 335244958 ER5 20131106120000.0 130717s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013024428 9781250027658 1250027659 ER5 rda Scottoline, Lisa. Accused. First edition. St Martins Pr, 2013. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013. 320. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Rosato & DiNunzio novel ; ; 1 Fans have been clamoring for more stories with the characters they've come to know and love, so Bennie Rosato, Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier, and Anne Murphy are back with all cylinders firing inAccused. They'll face their most challenging and dangerous case ever. It begins with an astonishing request from a thirteen-year-old prospective client. Allegra Gardner's sister Fiona was murdered six years ago. 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. Taking on the case seems foolhardyto Mary DiNunzio, because the Gardner family is one of the richest and most powerful in the country and Allegra's parents do not believe in reopening this case. 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. Accused kicks off an annual fall series featuring the new adventures of Rosato & Associates, delivering all the emotion, action, and humor we've come to expect from one of the best writers in the business.From The New York Times bestselling author comes a much-anticipated new thriller featuring the all-female law firm, Rosato & Associates "-- Provided by publisher. Rosato & Associates (Imaginary organization) Fiction. Women lawyers Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. False imprisonment Fiction. Suspense fiction. Legal stories. Rosato & DiNunzio novel ; ; 1.