May 2007--Volume V, Issue 5
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Daddy's Girl
By Lisa Scottoline
Harper Audio
Unabridged on 8 CDs

Daddy's Girl introduces a new character to Lisa Scottoline fans: Natalie “Nat” Greco, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The daughter of a wealthy local businessman and owner of Greco Construction, she has often been shielded from life's rough spots. Nat's quiet demeanor fuels a perception of her as a reserved individual (her family's nickname for her during her teenage years was “Nat with a G”--gnat). She's also a true bibliophile who manages to incorporate her love of literature by lecturing on Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in her pet class, The History of Justice.

One day, fellow law professor Angus Holt is inspired by one of her lectures on the concept of justice and asks Nat to accompany him to a clinic he's hosting at a local prison. While speaking to the group of prisoners, a riot breaks out. Nat is injured in an attack by one of the clinic attendees and runs to seek help. While frantically searching the prison halls for assistance, she encounters a horrible site: a prisoner lies dead on the floor of a cell, a mortally wounded guard at his side. Nat tries desperately to save the guard's life, but is not successful. Right before the guard slips away, he whispers to Nat, “tell my wife it's under the floor.” And with this message, Nat knows that there's more to this scene that meets the eye.

Nat is compelled to visit the guard's wife and deliver his last words to her, but she soon finds herself the victim of harassing phone calls warning her to stay out of the county where the slain guard's wife lives (and where the prison is located). But Nat's conviction to do what is right, to find out what really happened in that prison cell, and to figure out what “tell my wife it's under the floor” means leads her deep into a web of deceit that ultimately makes her a prime suspect in a second murder.

Full of plot twists right until the very end, Daddy's Girl is sure to delight Scottoline's fans. Harper Audio's superb production is enhanced by Barbara Rosenblat's fantastic narration. Don't let this thriller pass you by!--Linda Arrington Lusk