This Changes Everything by Lisa Scottoline. New York: Grand Central, 2026. 389 pages. ****
Follow-up to The Unraveling of Julia, Julia Pritzker loves her new life as a wife and mother in beautiful Tuscany, except she misses her best friend Courtney back in Pennsylvania. One night, Julia calls Courtney who answers as he approaches her grandmother's farmhouse. Julia has a horrible premonition as Courtney is entering the house and there is nothing, she can say to Courtney to stop her from discovering her grandmother’s dead body. Julia leaves Italy the next morning to be with Courtney. The local police believe that the murder was a botched robbery which doesn't make sense to the two women.
Once again, Lisa hits a home run! Tough, no nonsense Philadelphia lawyer, Bennie Rosato returns to defend the suspected murderer. Julia is committed to solving the case before she returns to Tuscany. If you are from the Philly area, you will recognize local landmarks and history. Scottoline interweaves the present with the past while creating a riveting story. Julia is torn between supporting her friend and comforting her daughter in Tuscany by phone who seems to be having a major meltdown and regressing while missing her mother. Julia promises her husband she will stay safe and soon finds herself in the middle of a prison riot. Are the local police involved or inept? Scottoline pulls you along and you won't want to put it down, the twists and turn will keep you guessing until the very end.
Lisa Scottoline is the #1 bestselling and Edgar Award - winning author of thirty-eight novels. She is President of Mystery Writers of America and has been named a Thriller Master by International Thriller Writers. A former trial lawyer, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and its law school, where she taught Justice & Fiction, a course she developed. Lisa also cowrote a series of humorous memoirs with her daughter, Novelist Frances Serritella. She lives on a Pennsylvania farm with an array of disobedient pets, and she wouldn't have it any other way.
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