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Plot Summary of Dead Ringer

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Harper Collins, June 2003, 25.95, 320 pp.
ISBN 0060514930

Bennie Rosato built the all-female law firm of Rosato & Associates from scratch and thinks of it as her second child. It is tearing her apart that she might lose it because so many of her clients went bankrupt and no new clients are knocking at the door. When Robert St. Amien, a French lens manufacturer with an office in Philadelphia, wants to hire her in a class action suit she thinks that will be the saving of her law firm.

While she and the associates are working on the case, trying to be the lead counsel since her client had the most to lose, Bennie runs into some potential problems. Her sociopathic identical twin sister is in town, ruining her reputation and getting her arrested for robbing a jewelry store. While she is trying to find Alice, somebody kills Robert and Bennie's focus shifts into finding the perpetrator who killed her client.

DEAD RINGER is a little different (but just as good) from other Lisa Scottoline novels because it focuses on Bennie and is told from her point of view. There are a lot of thrills and chills in this legal thriller but there are more insightful explosions than usual into how Bennie thinks and feels. This is a fine addition to the Rosato and Associates novels, as it adds dimension and depth to one of the better legal thriller series on the market today

Harriet Klausner

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Review Analysis of Dead Ringer

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Plot

Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%

Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story: - present (2000-2010)
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Kind of investigator - skilled citizen investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot? - feelings towards family/friends
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets - finding out whether someone is really guilty
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - White/American
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist - jealousy
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths? - 1
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript

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