WOMEN'S BOOK CLUB
The Women’s Book Club at St. Martin’s meets at the church the second Saturday of every other month at 10:00 am to discuss a selected book that is chosen by its members. We've read contemporary and historical fiction and biography.
The Women’s Book Club at St. Martin’s meets at the church the second Saturday of every other month at 12:30 pm to discuss a selected book that is chosen by its members. We've read contemporary and historical fiction and biography.
Saturday, January 21, Fellowship Hall
In Rough Justice, author Lisa Scottoline clinches her title as the female John Grisham. This gorgeously plotted novel is based on a trial lawyer's worst nightmare. Minutes after her brilliantly successful homicide defense of Philadelphia slumlord Elliot Steere goes to the jury, defense lawyer Marta Richter hears from her client's own lips that he's guilty. He didn't shoot knife wielding Heb Darnton in self-defense during a carjacking. Instead, he killed him in cold blood. Everything he has told Marta—and Marta has persuaded the jury—is a lie. How can Marta get evidence against her own client before the jury comes in with a surefire acquittal?
Like Mr. Grisham, Ms. Scottoline has first-hand legal background that gives her thrillers a real punch. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and clerked for judges at the state and federal appellate courts, later becoming a litigator at Dechert, Price & Rhoads in Philadelphia. She started writing after the birth of her daughter, Francesca. She now co-authors humorous stories with her daughter, in addition to writing her well-established legal thrillers.
