Running from the Law

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Whether it's poker or trial law, wisecracking Rita Morrone plays to win, especially when she takes on the defense of the Honorable Fiske Hamilton, a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment. And it's no coincidence that the judge is her live-in lover's father. Then the action turns deadly, and Rita finds herself at the center of a murder case. She probes deep into the murder, uncovering a secret life and suspects in shocking places. When the killer viciously ups the ante, Rita decides to end this lethal game. She lays it all on the line for the highest stakes ever—her life.

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"Whether it's poker or trial law, wisecracking Rita Morrone plays to win, especially when she takes on the defense of the Honorable Fiske Hamilton, a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment. And it's no coincidence that the judge is her live-in lover's father. Then the action turns deadly, and Rita finds herself at the center of a murder case. She probes deep into the murder, uncovering a secret life and suspects in shocking places. When the killer viciously ups the ante, Rita decides to end this lethal game. She lays it all on the line for the highest stakes ever. "Sharp, intelligent, funny, and hip. [Scottoline] gives fans of legal thrillers a good, twisty plot" (USA Today).

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Suspend disbelief to enjoy this one.......2006-09-16

Rita Morrone is a trial lawyer in Philadelphia who not only defends her clients, but upstages the entire local police force by single-handedly solving the crimes for which her clients are charged. Believable? Well, hardly, but it does make for an intriguing plot.

Rita's live-in boyfriend Paul is a forensic architect (a WHAT? do I hear you gasp?) and his father a respected and well-off federal judge. When Daddy is accused of sexually harassing his young secretary, Patricia, Rita naturally takes on his defence. Then the secretary is found murdered, and the judge and son Paul, who had also been carrying on an affair with Patricia, both come under suspicion. The judge is charged with the murder, and Rita not only takes on his case, but determines to prove him innocent, at tremendous risk to herself, by attempting to uncover the true identity of the killer.

Lisa Scottoline has written a fast-moving tale, with plenty of plot twists and more than a couple of red herrings. The dialogue is feisty, witty, and very bitchy in places. The characterisations are sharp, particularly those of Rita's butcher father and his poker-playing cronies, who come across as full of spirit and humour, and the book makes for an entertaining read -- if you can suspend disbelief long enough to accept the basic plot.

Sassy, wise-cracking heroine.......2006-07-24

Rita Marrone thinks that she has her life in order. She is a samrt, young lawyer who lives with a handsome architect, plays poker with her Italian father and his friends, and wise-cracks her way through life. All of this changes when she agrees to take on a sexual harrassment case against federal judge Fiske Hamilton, who just happens to be the father of Paul, her live-in boyfriend. Things get complicated when the woman bringing the case against Hamilton is killed, and Rita hears from an eye witness who saw the judge near the victim's house at the time of the murder. Her own life and that of her friends and family are threatened when Rita begins to get too close to the truth. This is an entertaining read, and I especially liked the thoughts that go through Rita's head when she is trying her best to be polite to whomever she's talking to. I will be looking for more books by this author.

Don't waste your money or your time!.......2006-06-07

One of the absolute worst books I have read from the genre! It starts out with a promising storyline. Young, female lawyer hired to defend her live-in lover's father, who happens to be a judge. As the story moves along, rather slowly, there are a couple of small twists and turns. Then the reader is flat-out insulted. Rita, our young, hotshot lawyer dresses up her elderly father's mostly geriatric poker buddies and takes them to a car dealership to do some investigating on the Judge's case. The so called investigating continues at the crime scene as a one-armed, yes...one-armed, geriatric, poker buddy portrays a hedge trimming landscaper while Rita combs the grounds of the property. Give me a break! I have four other Scottoline books on the shelf that will not be read. It's no wonder I was able to pick them up for $2 each at a charity book sale for the library! I don't even that the heart to donate them back for this year's sale. I would hate to see another reader sucked in my Ms. Scottoline's credentials or an appealing back cover summary of the novel.

Early signs of greatness.......2005-09-19

Who knew in 1996 that Lisa was going to be a superstar in the legal fiction field. I grew up in a 95% Italian immigrant community. Her character development is so real I was continually picturing all the beautiful people I grew to know and love.
The plot has great twists and really moves quite well. If you haven't read many of Lisa's newer books, you would do well to digest these earlier offerings. It really helps to see how her style has developed and improved. I would recommend all of Lisa's works if you enjoy strong, intelligent, and resourceful female characters - supported entirely by wonderful ethnic family and friends. If you don't like plots and characters that are well developed and real, you'll be in that small minority that don't enjoy Lisa's work.
I love these components and look forward to every new work that Lisa grinds out.

A "FUN" Legal Thriller.......2005-08-05

I thoroughly enjoyed this book; I even laughed out loud a few times. I don't ever re-hash the storyline when I take the time out to do a review - it is done again & again - so you already know the essence. I will say that the plotline is sound, the dialog refreshing & the characters are endearing. RECOMMENDED!

Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers Are Getting Out of the Legal Profession

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A good read for those thinking of making a change
Anti-establishment Bias Distracts from Helpful Critique
Other career choices

Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers Are Getting Out of the Legal Profession
Deborah Arron
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A good read for those thinking of making a change.......2005-08-21

Arron's thesis is simple: Law today is a beastly profession, and that is why some of the best and brightest are getting out. This is part self-help book, part career guide. A lot of the feelings these people experienced such as ridicule and incredulity from families and co-workers are explored in detail. Finally, each person who's profiled in the book talks about how and why they changed to their current job.

I found it extremely informative, and the appendices were filled with URLs of websites that talk about changing from a legal career to another field. I highly recommend it.

Anti-establishment Bias Distracts from Helpful Critique.......2001-07-23

_Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers..._ is an extensive sampling of personal statements from licensed attorneys who are fed up with the law as it is practiced now. I read this book as part of my preparation for law school: I want to begin my first year with eyes wide open about the pitfalls of this career. I was not disappointed, as Arron's book provides chilling accounts of miserable lawyers trapped by the "golden handcuffs" and advocates separation from the practice of law to cure their woes. Arron and her interviewees usually agree: the system is at fault. They argue, almost as if they are reciting some kind of party line, that the adversarial nature of our justice system is to blame for the misery of lawyers. It's a shame that a book with so many inspirational stories of people who have escaped the oppressive expectations of their co-workers can't offer any other remedies for legal professionals besides total reformation for the system. In any case, I am glad I read this book, and I would recommend it to anyone who is not sure why she is a lawyer, or to anyone who is sure he is going to become one.

Other career choices.......2000-03-24

I've pretty much read this book from cover to cover and feel that it gets close to touching upon what it is like to seek work other than in the law when you have a law degree. What the author does not really touch upon is the bias and resentment that some people face whey they figure out that law school may have been a mistake and they honestly try to find some other career or job. I, myself, got a law degree but was not offered the typical 'starter job' with a law firm after graduation. I was faced with almost $100,000 in school loan debt, the dashed hopes of my family and no 'law career.' The author only mentions that looking for non-legal jobs may be an emotional roller coaster. For me, as I am sure for some others, this doesn't even begin to describe it. The author doesn't mention the hatred and bile that other 'practicing attorneys' spew your way for wanting (financially needing) to leave the flock. The author doesn't really touch upon the resentment from those (who don't even have actual law degrees! ) encountered when seeking a non-legal job. That said, the author does try to give some hope by recounting the stories of successful people who've left the law: David E. Kelley is mentioned casually. One can't help but wonder whether the mistake of getting a law degree is something that society (non-lawyers, but especially attorneys) would ever let someone rectify. In my case, as opposed to the success stories in this book, it seems not.

From Madness to Mutiny: Why Mothers Are Running from the Family Courts -- and What Can Be Done about It (Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)

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insight and facts
A million Little Fact-Checking Issues
Carolyn Wicker
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Scandal in our Family Courts

From Madness to Mutiny: Why Mothers Are Running from the Family Courts -- and What Can Be Done about It (Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and Law)
Amy Neustein , and Michael Lesher
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In this astonishing book, sociologist Amy Neustein and attorney Michael Lesher examine the serious dysfunction of the nation's family courts -- a dysfunction that too often results in the courts' failure to protect the people they were designed to help. Specifically, the authors chronicle cases in which mothers who believe their children have been sexually abused by their fathers are disbelieved, ridiculed or punished for trying to protect them. All too often the mother, in such a case, is deemed the unstable parent, and her children are removed from her care, to be placed in foster care or even with the father credibly accused of abusing them.

Employing a special form of sociological inquiry known as ethnomethodology, they show how judges, private attorneys, law guardians, child protective service caseworkers and court-appointed mental health experts on a day-to-day basis collaboratively produce a closed and claustrophobic family court setting that makes practical sense to the system's practitioners -- but looks like madness to everyone else. They also describe the social interactive work of mothers trapped inside the system. Faced with judicial rulings that seem to violate their most basic parental values, these mothers litigate furiously, take their stories to the press, go on hunger strikes, or turn fugitive with their children through a modern-day "underground railroad."

From Madness to Mutiny offers an overview of family court malfunction and the parental mutiny that results from it. The authors outline the new legal landscape that makes the madness possible and show how the system has failed to react to severe criticism from media and legislators. And they discuss ways to reform the family courts, with the goal of transforming them from instruments of punishment to true institutions of justice.

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insight and facts.......2007-07-21

Good read, lots of insight and facts. If you have been through the courts you will relate.

A million Little Fact-Checking Issues.......2006-03-08

Thus is a controversial book for two reasons: 1)the subject is inherently controversial; 2) the author admits to using the book to influence parties to her own ongoing struggle with her family and the law. Family Court handling of abuse accusations is indeed an important topic. Yet, like another contentious treatment of the topic, the documentary, Breaking the Silence, the authors undermine their own position through overbearing tendentiousness. In reality, measured, thoroughly argued, discussions are the ones that can bolster a position; not the sort of sloppy logic and wild-shot rhetoric employed here.
Here are three examples of distortion and ommission that serve to illustrate the larger pattern of the book:
1) page 4: the Aylsworth/Marks case, a familiar one, is related, only the fact that Judge Goldberg's decision was based on a finding that the children had been coached to tell fabricated stories. Whether or not, Goldberg's finding was accurate, whether or not her custody decision was wise, it is neverthless incumbent on whomever tells the story to tell it truly. Why would our author avoid the central issue of the case being discussed: coaching vs. truth?
example 2) page 186: John Gill's book, Stolen Children (1981), the first book to be published on parental kidnapping, is cited, stating that Gill it "chronoicled how mothers cope with the loss of their children to the other spouse." No, the book is about the phenomenon of parental kidnapping as it applies to mothers, fathers and children as well as others, plus many other aspects of the issue. Gill himself is a pioneering activist and the father of a child kidnapped by a mother. Why would an author present such a distorted picture of a subject (Gill's book) that doesn't even further the author's argument?
Example 3) page 20: Famous Undergrounder Faye Yager is cited as an important authority. She is described as having been subject to "disadvantages" due to her "high profile," namely beingh sued by fathers (including those of children even the kidnapping mothers never claimed were sexually abused). It is not mentioned by the authors however, that the sole criminal trial Yager faced was brought not by a father but by a mother, who accused Yager of child abuse and kidnapping (Yager was acquitted). Yager is presented as "a successful entrepeneur," married to a "family doctor." The doctor part is true; the other, well, not really. According to available accounts, the doctor Yager married was the physician of the boyfriend who committed suicide that she had met while they were both incarcerated in a mental instution. This was her second boyfriend to commit suicide (Yager had herself attempted suicide twice). By the way, why not mention that her first husband (prosecuted successfully)and her "lover" (suicide # 1) were indeed child sexual abusers? Yager stories by Harpers & Life are to be found: (http://nafcj.org/HarpersFaye.html) (http://nafcj.org/junodfaye.htm)
These examples are not exceptions. Whatever important facts the book may contain -- and I'm sure it does include such -- are utterly buried beneath the overriding tendentious rhetorical devices. This book is necessary reading (critically) for specialists in child custody issues. A note to editors: check facts!

Carolyn Wicker.......2006-01-27

As the previous reviewer stated, I too have not read this book.....yet. I wish to comment to the 'unknown' reader that did not read this book. I did indeed do as they suggested and followed a google search and found the statement allegedly written by her daughter Sherry.

I could not, however, verify it was indeed written by her. The web site could have been written by anyone claiming to be her. Funny thing about the website that hosted this claim, it's a web site, badly organized I may add, that is pro-joint custody in the state of New Hampshire.

Amy did not enjoy joint custody.

Family courts all over the United States fall short in protecting our children everyday. This is a fact. My own son was not protected by the court system. There was no sexual abuse involved in my case, and no physical abuse, but there was emotional abuse involved that I could not protect my son from.

The family courts I sought relief from were of no help.

I will read this book. I will at that time decide whether this book has merit. I suggest you do the same.

I met Amy Neustein briefly, and didn't sense a woman 'seeking fame' as the badly presented un-authenticated statement of her daughter, "speaking out" claims.

Dubious.......2006-01-05

I confess I have not read this book but have read statements by the daughter, Sherry, who Amy Neustein claims was abused by her father. Sherry has stated that the alleged abuse never occurred and that this book is a pack of lies about her and her father. A Google search to find out more might be worthwhile before you consider buying this book.

Scandal in our Family Courts.......2005-06-20

Amy Neustein and Michael Lesher have written an important book which exposes a scandal in our family and divorce courts. It is a scandal that is well-known to victims and advocates trying to help them. The authors studied over 1000 cases in which alleged sexual abusers of children are granted custody and the protective mothers receive supervised visitation. They chronicle the kinds of mistakes which create such outrageous outcomes. The scandal has become so widespread because of the secrecy the courts promote and the blame the victim strategy so often encouraged in the courts. If you look at individual cases the abuser has successfully denigrated the protective mother so that a casual reader or journalist can believe that there was something wrong with the particular mother that created such an extreme outcome. When you study large numbers of cases as the authors have done, however, it becomes apparent that the fault is not with the mother but with the system. The same mistakes are made repeatedly by judges, lawyers, law guardians, mental health professionals, child protective workers and other players in the system. The authors' contribution is to help us see this pattern of abuse in the courts. The media have been willing to publicize individual cases but have failed in their obligation to expose the pattern. If the custody courts reformed their practices to stop making children live with abusers it would do more to reduce crime then every crime bill passed in our lifetime. This book shows the mistakes that are made that cause outrageous results. The same mistakes are made in other child abuse and domestic violence cases. There are thousands of these Custody-Visitation Scandal Cases throughout the country. This book is an important start to making the public aware of the scandal and the harm it causes. I hope the national media will end its timidity and go after this critical story.

8 Titles in the Rosato & Associates Series: (1) Everywhere That Mary Went (2) Final Appeal (3) Running From the Law (4) Rough Justice (5) Mistaken Identity (6) Moment of Truth (7) Vendetta Defense (8) Courting Trouble (Set of 8)

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8 Titles in the Rosato & Associates Series: (1) Everywhere That Mary Went (2) Final Appeal (3) Running From the Law (4) Rough Justice (5) Mistaken Identity (6) Moment of Truth (7) Vendetta Defense (8) Courting Trouble (Set of 8)
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RUNNING FROM THE LAW

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Running from the Law
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Running from the Law
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AL GORE SELECTS PRO-ABORTION LIEBERMAN AS RUNNING MATE.(Brief Article): An article from: National Right to Life News

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Lanier does for bloodhounds what Dick Francis does for racehorses in her atmospheric, and critically applauded, novels set in rural Georgia.

Jo Beth Sidden is a fiercely independent woman who raises and trains bloodhounds for search-and-rescue missions and to track down escaped prisoners in South Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp. Jo Beth's got her hands full when the local police chief hires her to sniff out a local marijuana grower and a friend asks her to locate a kidnapped man -- even though the FBI is on the case. And when her sociopath of an ex-husband Bubba gets out of prison and begins stalking her, Jo Beth will need to use all her skills --and her bloodhounds --to outwit Bubba, to help the police and to best the FBI.

"Lanier's writing blends white-hot intensity with a lyrical sense of place that can render even a sticky humid Okefenokee Swamp as a setting I can't wait to visit again."

-Margaret Maron, bestselling author and winner of the Edgar, Agatha and Anthony Awards

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great characters.......2006-02-25

The idea is different enough to rate 5 stars but the stories and characters are also wonderful.I was very glad to find this as a series, which I love reading, and I hope the author continues the bloodhound books.

Great Woman with an Attitude!.......2004-06-16

"The House on Bloodhound Lane," the second in the "Bloodhound series," has confirmed it. Virginia Lanier has just zoomed to the top of "My Favorite Mystery Writers'" list!! (Even better than Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, which is saying a LOT!!)

I can't believe that I have just now discovered Virginia Lanier's great characters! Jo Beth Sidden is a feminist with an attitude and such a wonderful character! I love how she is always trying to improve and "fix" her friends' lives (because her own is so often in such chaos)!

I couldn't put this book down. It has SO many intricate sub-plots and I love the dialogue. It is great to read so much about the dogs as well. I especially liked how Lanier took the readers back to Bobby tracking Mary Ann.

Lanier is such a gifted and intelligent writer to devise methodically the reasoning that spews out of Jo Beth's character.

I've already started "tracking" down the hardback editions of Lanier's books. They are keepers. Other mysteries that I've rated as 5 stars are good, but they don't come close to Lanier's Bloodhound Series! She is THAT GOOD!

Gripping second of series.......2003-02-03

This is *NOTE* the second book of a series. It is well done enough that you can pick up the series here but it will be more enjoyable if you start from the beginning. The books are; 1996-Death in Bloodhound Red, 1997-The House on Bloodhound Lane, 1998- A Brace of Bloodhounds, 1999-Blind Bloodhound Justice, 2000-Ten Little Bloodhounds. I'm not sure why we don't have books for 2001 and 2002, but after you read the first book and then run out and buy the next four that continue without dropping the pace and excitement, you'll mourn the gap in the series. I have a review in on the first book that gives you an idea about the series, which I won't repeat.

In this second book Virginia Lanier develops the themes she began in the first book. As I mentioned she does an excellent job of giving you a wealth of knowlege about the south, the Okenofee swamp, and bloodhounds as trackers (not hunters). You learn still more and critically important, she manages to repeat some of the old knowlege such that you don't lose vital bits if you start at the second book, but is still interesting if you read the first one. Instead of boring solliques you get inserts that go with the action that end before you get bored, such as when she is explaining something to someone as opposed to an off the story line that reminds you that you are reading a book. As with the first book, I not only read it till it was done (about 3am on a night I had to get up and go to work at 7am) even though I swore to myself that really truely I was not going to do this like I did with the first one. Then once I read it through I went back and enjoyed a leisury read to pick up the information and the beauty of the story, after I happily reread the first book for the third time.

I've checked out a lot of the information here with a friend that is from Georgia and so far she is 100% on accuracy. Since just because an author makes something sound believable doesnt mean it is, and I'm primary a science fiction reader so I'm always wary. The only difference is my friend knows bloodhound hunting dogs, but no trackers. But she did verify (and I can't remember which book it was in) where a monster gator was climbing a fence to get at the puppies, that while she doesn't know of any examples of them climbing fences, there are many examples of them getting into fenced yards where no one can figure out how they got in.

Additionally in this book the long feared release of her ex-husband from prison happens, and I really enjoyed Jo Beth's revenge on the prison system for not telling her BEFORE. I'm not going to say what happens or if she found out 'in time' because I HATE a review that blows the plot by telling you the entire book like a bookreport. I'm going to let you wonder.

Good airport read.......2001-05-04

This book made a three hour airport delay tolerable - something that many books can't do. Jo Beth is back with her nice mix of sass and humor. The kennel is growing but there are a few problems - including a vicious ex-husband on the loose and a missing businessman. Romance is in the air for all the ladies at the kennel - or so it seems.

The highlights of the book are two-fold. First, it's always nice to read a mystery that doesn't have a dead body. Second, and most endearing, is Bobby Lee, the brilliant, blind bloodhound.

Bottom-line: Nothing extraordinary but good enough to pass along to my dog loving niece.

Superb reading.......2000-08-08

I have read all of Virginia Lanier's books (date of review 8/7/00). All five are full of excitement and suspense as well as romance and humor.

Being a dog lover myself, I was fascinated by the nuances of caring for, training, and working with bloodhounds.

I just finished her last book in the series and I will sorely miss Jo Beth and her adventures into the swamp with her magnificent dogs. I am eagerly awaiting the next one!

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