Damaged, Lisa Scottoline
Damaged, Lisa Scottoline
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Damaged
A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel

Bestseller

Author: Lisa Scottoline

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Unabridged: 13 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/16/2016


Synopsis

“Scottoline writes riveting thrillers that keep me up all night, with plots that twist and turn.” –Harlan Coben

" ...Lowman handles the novel's highly charged and sensitive sections without deviating from her precisely enunciated delivery...[She assists] Scottoline in creating a caring, very human protagonist who faces tough cases and even tougher opposing forces with determination and intelligence." — Publisher's Weekly

One boy. One lawyer. One chance for justice.

Ten-year-old Patrick O'Brien is a natural target at school. Shy, dyslexic, and small for his age, he tries to hide his first-grade reading level from everyone: from his classmates, from the grandfather who cares for him, and from the teachers who are supposed to help him. But the real trouble begins when Patrick is accused of attacking a school aide. The aide promptly quits and sues the boy, his family, and the school district. Patrick's grandfather turns to the law firm of Rosato & DiNunzio for help and Mary DiNunzio is on the case. Soon Mary becomes Patrick's true champion and his only hope for security and justice. But there is more to the story than meets the eye and Patrick might be more troubled than he seems. With twists at every turn and secrets about the family coming to light, Mary DiNunzio might have found the case that can make her a true protector, or break her heart...

With Lisa Scottoline’s trademark emotional depth and fast-paced action, Damaged will have listeners riveted to the last track as they root for the beloved characters and their fight for justice.

About Lisa Scottoline

Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels including Look Again, Lady Killer, Think Twice, Save Me and Everywhere That Mary Went. She also writes a weekly column, “Chick Wit,” with her daughter Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The columns have been collected in several volumes, including Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog and My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space. Scottoline has won an Edgar® Award and Cosmopolitan magazine’s “Fun Fearless Fiction” Award, and she served as the president of Mystery Writers of America. She teaches a course on justice and fiction at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater. She lives in the Philadelphia area.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chelsea on February 09, 2017

Even though this is book #4 in the series, I decided to jump on board and read this first when the opportunity arose. After reading the jacket summary I figured that this would have a similar feel to the Law & Order franchise, and it definitely did. This was the equivalent of having an episode that......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on September 16, 2016

I don't even know where to start. As a big fan of Scottoline and the Risato/Dinunzio series, I was looking so forward to this one. I listened to the audiobook and maybe that affected my opinion, although the narrator was really very good. So I think I may have to lay the blame on the author. I felt......more

Goodreads review by Carole on March 02, 2020

This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books. This was very good! This is the fourth book in the Rosato & DiNunzio but it reads as a stand-alone novel. This is one of those series where you can just jump in at any point. I have read a couple of the previous books in this series and......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on January 11, 2018

Damaged Rosato and DiNunzio #4 Lisa Scottoline MY RATING ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️▫️ PUBLISHER St. Martin’s Press PUBLISHED August 16, 2016 An immensely satisfying emotional legal thriller, full of twist and turns that will keep the pages flying. SUMMARY Patrick O’Brien is a small, shy 10-years-old, who can read only on a......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on September 24, 2016

Honestly, this book lacked tension and frisson and had the thinnest of plots with no twists. It seemed apparent that the profuse description was merely to reach a page count and in no way served to advance the plot or round out characters. Rather disappointed. Mary does not seem to be a very compete......more