Another good read from Lisa Scottoline, Feared is a Rosato and DiNunzio novel and it will definitely keep your attention trying to figure out why Macchiavelli is going after their firm and them personally and trying to solve the murder of one of their own. All the while this is going on Mary is 7 months pregnant and trying to stay on top of the growing mysteries and her growing belly may prove to be to much to handle. Thank you Netgalley and the Publishers St. Martin's Press for allowing me to read this book and give an honest review.

I really enjoy Lisa Scottoline's Rosato and DeNunzio books; and this one did not disappoint! Scottoline's writes legal in a way we can all enjoy. There is not so much legal jargon that I lose interest or feel lost; but just enough to feel like I might be learning something.
I love returning to characters that I already know and love, like all the characters in this series.
At the start of this story, the legal team of Rosato and DeNunzio are served with a reverse descrimanation law suit. As the team starts to research this case, they are thrown into a mystery that includes a murder! With Scottoline's smooth writing this is a page turner!

The sixth book in the Rosato & DiNunzio series is a must read. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat through the whole thing. Mary, Bennie , & Judy are surprised by being served papers that they are being sued in a reverse sexual discrimination case in the middle of Mary’s baby shower. While trying to find a way to prove they are innocent, one of their coworkers is murdered making them look more guilty than they already did.
Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for allowing me to read this as an ARC. Lisa Scottoline shows once again how talented she is with this genre of book.

The firm has to protect itself against a lawsuit and Mary is pregnant! This series is amazing and this book fits right in. It keep you guessing until the very end. I love Mary and that she is having a baby. Her feelings are very relatable. I can’t wait until the next book in this series!

I am a big fan of this series and Scottoline continues to take these characters into new and interesting plots and circumstances. If you are new to the series you will still enjoy the book.

2.5 stars. This is number 6 in the popular Rosato and DiNunzio legal novels. It features a law firm with three successful women partners and one male attorney. I can understand why readers enjoy such strong, intelligent female leads but I just couldn’t connect with the characters or story. I thought it was too melodramatic. Some of the dialogue was over the top emotional which failed to move me. I found some of the discussion of legal maneuvering and litigation difficult to follow and confusing, although well explained by the author. This is only the second book I have read in the series, and maybe I needed to read some others to become better acquainted with the characters.

I thought the sleazy, dishonest, ruthless lawyer named Machiavelli was the most interesting character in this and the previous book I read. This is probably an unpopular opinion but I would read other books where he is featured.

The firm of Rosato/DiNunzio is being sued for reverse discrimination by three male applicants who were not hired. The lone male attorney, John Foxman, had stated that he did not feel comfortable working in an all female environment and this statement was mentioned in the lawsuit. He also has been feeling that chances for his advancement in the firm to be unlikely. He has been working on an anti-trust case but drops out. Shortly after he is murdered. The woman partners and other members of the firm are devastated. One of the partners, his girlfriend, is suspected of murdering him. They start losing business as someone is inflaming the public that the women attorneys were responsible for John’s death.

Mary knows that her old nemesis, Machiavelli, is leading the reverse discrimination case against her firm. She starts to believe he is behind the anti-trust case on which John had been working.. Mary
even suspects he may have been involved in John’s murder. She believes he is plotting to ruin the firm in revenge for her defeating him in a previous court case.

Mary’s large, extended Italian family adds love, support and humor to the story, but exaggerated stereotypes. A confrontation between Mary, Machiavelli and his mother was hard to believe. The final reveal of the murderer lacked foreshadowing, or I may have missed the clues. There is some tense and frightening action at the conclusion.

Recommended for the many fans of Lisa Scottoline’s legal mysteries and similar books involving legal drama. Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's press for an advanced copy of this book.

This novel is #6 in the Rosato & DiNunzio series of mystery crime novels. I have not read books 1-5, so I thought it would be a challenge. It wasn't at all. The law firm where Rosato and DiNunzio are partners receives a lawsuit against them while they are celebrating Mary's pregnancy with pink and blue cupcakes. The suit comes from Nick Machiavelli, a foe that Mary beat last time in court. She knows it is a vendetta. How can a mostly female law firm be sued for sexual discrimination?

Welcome to the 21st century where litigation has become a way of life, it's a kind of art firm. Nick is suing for male discrimination and even quotes their associate, John Foxman, saying he feels uncomfortable work at the firm, believes he will never
make partner, and is looking for a new job.

This novel got exciting fast and kept me glued to the very end, actually on the edge of my seat at the very end. I enjoyed this novel and plan to read more of this series.

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this electronic ARC.

Amazing! Another great book by Lisa Scottoline featuring the law offices of Rosato & DiNunzio. Always enjoy reading the books in this series and this one did not disappoint! For the record, I received an advance reader copy of this book which in no way had any impact on my review. I always read the books in this series so I would have gotten to it eventually, just got to enjoy the book earlier than I normally would. Great Series, highly recommend

I need to begin by saying I don't ready many mysteries but due to the topic of reverse sexual discrimination this one caught my eye. Overall I enjoyed reading it and it is a fast read. I loved one of the characters large Italian family. They added many humorous moments to the story; moments you can absolutely believe would happen. Sometimes legal mysteries can get too technical which I find distracting and I think the author did a great job of including the right level of legalese in this story. I did struggle with the end of the book ; I found the conclusion a bit far fetched.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an early release of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book lives up to the good tradition set by other books. Scottoline keeps the characters fresh and the plots moving. I can not predict what will happen next. When I am in the mood for a whodunit, I go to her again and again. Love this one.

Surprise surprise. Never saw it coming. This is another great Rosato and DiNunzio story. This is a story about relationships. It’s very entertaining and emotional.

One heck of a law firm. You will open to the first page and not want to put it down.

I won’t spoil the story, but, I will say that you will learn that there’s more to Judy than you thought.

Lisa does it again. I love her books, and you will too. If this is the first one for you, you’ll want to read more.

For some reason I 'forgot' how good Lisa's legal thrillers were as I had read quite a few some years ago, but did not carry on (note to self to make a list!).. However, this book took me back to her stories, believable well formed characters and thoroughly enjoyable. Lawyer Mary DiNunzio is pregnant, but works really hard - and with great humour thrown in. I could not give it 5 stars as the visits to the detectives (who were trying to solve a murder case) were odd with Mary and her two partners coming up with a couple of different scenarios and suggesting that certain individuals were guilty. Off I go now to revisit Rosato and DiNunzio previous books.

Snark, suspense, and plenty of local color flavor Lisa Scottoline's crime novels. While this is not my preferred genre, I'm a fan of this author's newspaper columns and I enjoy her books because she's heavy on the Philly connection. In this sixth book in the series (you don't have to have read them all before reading this), a former neighbor's vendetta threatens to take out the no-longer-all-female law firm, an associate is mysteriously murdered, and Rosato & DiNunzio just aren't sure who can be trusted. Premature labor complicates matters further. Not to be missed: the Rosary Society invading the mobster's mom's home.

Great legal thriller! Lisa Scottoline does it again. The story was very well written with great characters and suspenseful storyline. Feared dealt with the complexities and depths of great relationships. From best friends, co-workers, families, enemies. It covered them all very well.
This book kept me guessing and trying to figure out who (if anyone) was lying. Great mystery.

Trademark Lisa Scottoline...intense legal drama with her wit thrown in. I haven’t visited Bennie, Mary and the gang for a while. I prefer her standalone books. I picked up where I left off reasonably easy though with only a question or 2 on what happened previously but will go back and read previous books. No one does ethnic family like Lisa. Growing up in a ethnic household (Polish..same issues, different accent) with Italian next door neighbors (my second family), she nails the family drama part. Her research and knowledge show thru with tge different issues...law suit, murder and Philadelphia area.

That’s to NetGalley and St. Martins Press for this ARC. #Feared #NetGalley

Lisa Scottine is one of my favorite .mystery writers, and her latest Rosato book does not disappoint!
Mary, Benny and their firm are being sued for reverse sexual discrimination by their aptly named nemesis, Nick Machievelli. The suit weighs heavy on all of them, especially the pregnant Mary.
The novel moves swiftly and inexorably to it's conclusion, and the firm prevails.

LOVED this book. Entertaining from the first page, characters were relatable and the storyline was engrossing. Loved how the plot moved and changed and twisted throughout the book and drew me in from page 1. Finished this in 1 day...it's that good. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of this great book!

The plot kicks off with a questionable "reverse discrimination" law suit filed against the mostly female law firm. For a while, I thought the book was solely going to be about that case, but there were a couple of plot twists that introduced a murder and more intrigue, possibly tying in with a large anti-trust case the firm is litigating. The plot isn't bad, although the anti-trust case was very confusing in spite of two scenes that explicitly detailed the facts of the case, which was distracting. For me, I can't rate this book too high because of the over-the-top cliched portrayal of too many of the characters. Rosato's the super-tough woman who can barely shed a tear at a funeral, Judy's turning the heads of every "corporate" lawyer around just because she has pink hair, and Mary and her family pull out so many Italian ethnic stereotypes that it's off-putting. And the opposing lawyer in the case, a guy from the neighborhood, is named Machiavelli, leaving no doubt how evil he is. I also didn't appreciate that the solve of the murder is truly out of the blue after the reader is thrown a number of red herrings. I don't mind being fooled, but there wasn't a single clue along the way that pointed to that ending.
I know this series has a lot of fans, and I like a lot of the author's other work, but I'm lukewarm on this one.

It was so good to read about the Rosato & DiNunzio Law Firm again. It was like seeing old friends again. This edition in the series kept us on a roller coaster. The story starts out innocent enough with a baby shower for Mary. But it moves into high gear from there. Their old nemesis, Nick Machiavelli, has just served them with a reverse discrimination lawsuit. Now the one thing that makes them special, being an all woman law firm, could be the thing that puts them out of business. If only that were their only worry. They are knee deep in an antitrust lawsuit. There's murder, secrets, a baby, and of course Mary's parents, the Tonys and the rest of the south Philly neighborhood in this book. You have to read it for yourself because you won't believe the ending!

Excellent book in a series of great reads. The characters and their struggles are so honest and heartrending, I had to remind myself that this was fiction. Unlike hour long TV dramas about law offices, this story rings true with all the nitty gritty and stress of a real law office. Whether you know all of the characters as if they are old friends, or are just starting a journey with this law firm, this is a riveting and worthwhile read. One of the author’s best. I almost wish I could forget all the earlier books so I could discover them again. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy of the book. Loved it!