Everywhere That Mary Went

Rosato and Associates #1

by Lisa Scottoline

Updated cover of this Kindle edition.

An Edgar Award nominee (for her first legal thriller, Everywhere That Mary Went), Lisa Scottoline actually won the Edgar for her follow-up, Final Appeal. With five legal thrillers behind her, Scottoline--a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School--has joined the league of lawyers-turned-literaries.

Her voice in Final Appeal is crisp and wry; of the law clerks in her office, the narrator declares that she's got "pantyhose with more mileage ... and better judgment."

Lawyer and single mom Grace Rossi has taken a part-time job in a federal appeals court. Her lover and boss, the chief judge, is found dead, and Rossi plays the sleuth. As her previous bestsellers, Scottoline can create feisty female characters who struggle with a variety of issues, producing a fast-paced, well-structured read.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Audiobook, Mystery Thriller, Legal Thriller

368 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Lisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling and Edgar award-winning author of 33 novels. Her books are book-club favorites, and Lisa and her daughter Francesca Serritella have hosted an annual Big Book Club Party for over a thousand readers at her Pennsylvania farm, for the past twelve years. Lisa has served as President of Mystery Writers of America, and her reviews of fiction and non-fiction have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She also writes a weekly column with her daughter for the Philadelphia Inquirer entitled Chick Wit, a witty take on life from a woman’s perspective, which have been collected in a bestselling series of humorous memoirs. Lisa graduated magna cum laude in three years from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.A. in English, and cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she taught Justice and Fiction. Lisa has over 30 million copies of her books in print and is published in over 35 countries. She lives in the Philadelphia area with an array of disobedient pets and wouldn’t have it any other way.

Reviews

[Nina (ninjasbooks) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite intense and engaging!

[Tulay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining, but....

Some action inserted into this story didn't have much to do with the story line and almost skipped some pages. Also there was many religious parts. Mary DiNunzio trying to make partner, surrounded with loving family, friend and secretary. She misses her twin sister, who decided to become nun. Conversations between the two sisters about their life choices was the best part of this book.
Somebody has been following her and sending notes, ending was shocking.

[Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading three of her books in no particular order (which I chose based solely on plot), I've become enough of a Scottoline fan to want to go back to the beginning and read her books in order. Not all of her books star Mary DiNunzio and her eventual law-partner/boss Bennie Rosato, but enough of them do that I decided I need to start reading in order.

This was Scottoline's first DiNunzio book and first book, period. Mary was the first character of hers that I met, and remains my favorite -- mostly because I can relate so well to her. I knew, from "Lady Killer," that Mary was a widow -- but in "Everywhere That Mary Went," she's fairly-newly widowed, and I finally found out what happened to her husband. I also found out some significant things about her and her past, and like all good character revelations, it made me love her character more.

I raced through the book to find out the answers (that's the curse of a Lisa Scottoline book -- you wanna read slow, to enjoy it and take it all in; but ya wanna read fast so that you can find out what's going _on_), but it was a _fun_ ride -- if not too fun. Mary loses a dear friend (a death I saw coming, since the character in question isn't in the later books), confronts her twin sister -- and, best of all for me as a relating-reader, she confronts her own doubts and fears and griefs. I tell people that Scottoline's books are a magical mix: lots of humor and fun and everyday hilarity, but she's not Evanovich -- good characters die sometimes, and serious issues are dealt with.

The ending made me cry:

"I've learned that you don't stop loving someone just because they die. And you don't stop loving someone who's dead just because you start loving someone else. I know this violates the natural law that two things can't occupy the same place at the same time, but that's never been true of the human heart anyway."

Any author who can incorporate that beautiful observation into a top-notch suspense plot chock full of legal-thrillings ... is gonna be a favorite of mine. If you like legal thrillers -- or, really, thrillers of any kind -- you gotta try this author!

[Joe Krakovsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

This title was what my book club members chose to read for the month. When reading such selections, or the ones won in a Goodreads drawing, I ignore introductions, prefaces, other reviews, and even what is printed on the cover. I want to go into this with an open mind. So I read the book and this is what I would like to share with you, hopefully without giving away any spoilers.

I suppose what caught my attention right off was that the main character was in a major law firm. She didn't just 'work' there, but actually shared with me just what the heck goes on in the ivory tower. As I was reading I said to myself, "Either this author is a lawyer or she did one heck of a lot of research!" It is funny, one I despise, and one I admire. It wasn't until I finished the story that I found out the author was in fact a lawyer. So I guess I have to give a good review or she'll sue me.

I know this was fiction, but they say to write about what you know. That being the case, I was more caught up in the character's work dealings than with her private life. But that's just me. I am sure the ladies in my book club just ate this up. One comment though. She had two guys bonding over traded war stories concerning aircraft I it was so wrong I wanted to pull my hair out. This was one instance that she was out of her element. I felt like Chief Ramsey overhearing the McDonalds fry guy talking about cooking in hot water instead of hot grease!

Now if the author was writing about what she knows, and I read about all the human garbage that pass for top lawyers and judges in this fictional account, I wonder if it is time for us to bring out the guillotine. What I am hinting at is that you will enjoy this book if you like drama.

There were some twists that I never saw coming. One in particular was her boss and his hot secretary. I have worked in a corporate headquarters and there was plenty of eye candy. The candy counter was usually a receptionist desk bigger than my laboratory bench!

One thing I really enjoyed was the author's knack for describe things by comparing them to something else. Being a Catholic, she made the reference to how the detective in his dark raincoat looked like a big alter boy. Anyone who grew up Catholic knows exactly what she is referring to. It was picture clear. And she did this over and over again!

I have to admit that there were some parts in the middle that seemed to be filler material. As for guessing who the bad guy was, that I didn't know. There were so many clues given that after a while I said to myself, "Naw' it ain't him," over and over. The closer I got to the end I kept wondering who it could be? Maybe even a woman? Well, you will have to read it and see.

3.5 rounded up to 4 stars

[Karen Medrano-rios · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am SOOOOOOO mad! I CAN'T STAND THIS BOOK!! (Granted, I may be writing out of anger since I finished reading this book after a very difficult 12-hour shift...hungry, tired, smelly? Not a good combo....).

The premise of this book was interesting but I CAN'T STAND HOW BAD IT WAS! It was SO fragmented and confusing! (Reminds me of when I tried to read Wicked...so bloody confusing!). Anyway, it was too fragmented to follow.

*SPOILER ALERT*

Here is a list of things that didn't make sense in the book:

-Mary's husband's death: there's absolutely NO INDICATION ANYWHERE AT ALL that his death might be suspicious: until the very end. It's as if the author said, "His death was a sad, tragic, random accident.....JUST KIDDING! Let me make weird, random ties between his death and COMPLETELY UNRELATED THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!" (in a way that only makes sense if you squint one eye and close the other....)

-Mary's twin sister: there was potential for a good story here. A twin sister who mysteriously dissappears into a convent in a cult-like fashion and is forbidden to make any contact at all with her loved ones FOR YEARS ON END? GREAT POTENTIAL! However, absolutely NOTHING INTERESTING happens here. *sigh*

-Mary's new love interest: he is a handsome, successful, quiet guy who is secretely in love with Mary. He painfully watches as she dates another guy, marries him, mourns him after his death....and when he *finally* gets his chance to shine and gets to spend a crazy-romantic weekend with her....she finds a medicine cabinet FULL of anti-psychotic medications! ANOTHER AWESOME STORY LINE! GREAT POTENTIAL! In fact, Ned is the only likeable person in the ENTIRE BOOK! Could he be Mary's stalker?!?!

No. That would make the story *TOO INTERESTING*.

I could go on and on. This book had TONS of great storylines within the story itself, but the author chose not to dive into any of them. The result of this?

A VERY boring book. And, I understand that this is a book that deals with law and everything, but the author spend WAY TOO LONG discussing lawyer mumbo-jumbo. What's a deposition?! What's a jurisdiction?! What was the Hanks' lawsuit all about?! AUGH!!! There are pages upon PAGES written in lawyer-talk that the average person (such as myself!) has no way of understanding what's going on! I got SO LOST in the lawyer-language and the author gave NO explanation that I finally gave up trying to decipher it all!


And the ending.....oh sweet God, the ending! NO SENSE AT ALL!!!! The villain LITERALLY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WITH A HUMOUNGOUS STORYLINE OF HIS OWN THAT LITERALLY MADE NO SENSE!!!!!! AUGH!!!!!

I am SO FRUSTRATED by this book.....I wish I could give it NEGATIVE 5 STARS!!!!!

[Kinga · Rating 1 out of 5]

Why is it so hard to find a decent classic crime/thriller that won't offend my intelligence?

I rolled my eyes so much at this hot mess, an exorcist was called.

The heroine is too stupid to live. Her actions were mostly nonsensical and they were at least five pointless and abandoned plot strands.

The villain when revealed was too ridiculous and out of nowhere that the ending was completely unsatisfactory.

I can't discuss the stupidity of this book without revealing the whole plot so just trust me.
(For example there was an event that happened years before the events in the book and the circumstances of it were never questioned until the main character starts questioning in the middle of the book for absolutely no reason, but all of a sudden she is 100% sure that thing was no accident.)

ugh. Just kill it with fire.

(Not to mention the audiobook narrator who sounded angry throughout the whole novel - though, maybe I'd be too if I had to read it out loud - and had a seriously unpleasant voice and manner of speaking)

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading a recent short story by Lisa Scottoline, I discovered it was loosely connected to some of her series work, legal thrillers with a female protagonist. My interest was piqued and I thought I would give the debut novel a try, which proved to be just as intriguing as I might have hoped. A gritty attorney who has slaved away for years to make partner can see the light, but there are many obstacles still in her way. Meanwhile, Mary DiNunzio is being stalked by someone who appears to know a little too much about her. When an accident almost claims her life, Mary is certain that things have gone too far. Will this partner track prove to be the end of Mary, literally? A great debut by Lisa Scottoline, who had me curious through every flip of the page.

After years of being at the mercy of partners in her law firm, Mary DiNunzio has high hopes of finally making it to the upper echelon. Philadelphia law firms do not yet see the importance of gender equality, forcing Mary to work all the harder to prove herself. When she begins getting prank phone calls, she tosses them off as wrong numbers, until they fit a pattern and leave her feeling quite ill at ease. When the calls begin as soon as she gets into the office and when she makes it home, Mary is certain that someone is watching her, though she has no idea why that might be.

As the busyness of work is soon shelved with the ongoing stalking, things get out of hand when Mary’s secretary is run down and killed while they are out one night. With the police trying to discount this as an accident, much as they did when her husband died the year before, Mary cannot take the dismissals. She demands answers and will not rest until someone looks into the events that have been taking place. It’s a matter of investing time and effort into the case that seems apparent to Mary. Who is following her and for what reason? Mary DiNunzio may want to make partner, but she will have to survive to be granted that pleasure! Lisa Scottoline does a masterful job with this, her debut novel. I am hooked and ready to read on with the rest of the series.

While I always have a number of books piling up around me, when I discover an author to my liking, I can always make some time. This is a series that started out with a bang, keeping me intrigued as I push through the early moments of story and series development. The characters are well shaped and offer some decent backstory that is sure to grow as the series continues. With Mary’s unique family situation, this is surely something that Scottoline will add to as the novels progress. The plots remain basic, but there is some decent depth to them as well, keeping the reader wanting to move forward as things intensify. I am ready to grab the next book, in hopes that it will be just as exciting. I think I’ve found a new binge-worthy collection!

Kudos, Madam Scottoline, for the great legal thriller. Let’s see if you can keep the momentum going.

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[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars. It started out a little slow for me and got a little slow in the middle so that's why I couldn't quite give it 4 stars. I did enjoy it, though. Mary frustrated me some, but I liked her. I think after hearing Lisa Scottoline speak in person, I was better able to appreciate Mary. I thought the conclusion of the mystery was pretty good. I hadn't suspected it at all, but it made sense. I'm seriously considering spending money and buying the next book in the series because there's a really long wait for it at the library.

[Amanda McGill · Rating 2 out of 5]

That's it. I'm done with Lisa Scottoline's novels. After 3 different novels, I haven't rated her above 2 stars and hated her novels.

Everywhere That Mary Went is the first novel in a successful series. It focused on Mary, a lawyer, who is grieving after her husband's death. She is trying to focus on becoming a partner at her current law firm, however she keeps receiving stalker-ish notes and phone calls.

So this novel is about a stalker, but unfortunately a not very entertaining stalker. The stalker comes out of nowhere at the end and the journey to get there was super boring. I didn't like Mary and couldn't connect with her.

The novel gets a extra star because I was surprised with who the stalker was.

[Marty Fried · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting reading with some good characters, and a few surprises. Perhaps a bit more romance than I normally like, but I suppose it was an important part of the story. Not that I'm against romance, but I just find the personal details mostly uninteresting to read about.

I do plan to read more of this series, and I've now started the second one in the series, but it doesn't continue with these characters at all, at least not so far. Too bad, as I liked the story and would like to read more about the two friends, and the straight-laced older secretary who was kind of interesting.

[Infosifter · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Terri Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading the last book in this series (hoping there is more to come) about lawyer Mary DiNunzio, I read this, the first book in the series. We start here with Mary as a widow of one year after her husband,an elementary school teacher Mike, had been run over by a car as he rode his bicycle. The first scene in the book starts us off with a nervous Mary trying to make partner in a different firm from the last book. The firm is not the all-female Rosato and Associates but the male run Stalling and Webb. She goes into court and is representing a hardware chain that let long time employees get right to the point where their pensions are vested then fires them. This can't be justified but it is up to Mary to do so. She is in the courtroom of Judge Bitterman who is a sexist and rude SOB she worked for as a legal research assistant until she married Mike (the judge wasn't happy). He is especially nasty to women and forces her to sing Ave Maria right there in court to try to humiliate her.

Mary has even worse worries. Someone is stalking her, sending her notes, following and spying on her, breaking in her home, and making weird calls without speaking but sounding like he is fantasizing about her and masturbating. She begins to suspect all of the men at work and even some of the women! She works her lifelong best friend Judy who is very supportive and protective of her as is her gay male secretary, the very sweet Brent, who is glad no one but these two know he is gay because this is a homophobic company and the partners are always making anti-gay remarks.

Mary begins a relationship with one of her competitors for partner, an old law school classmate Ned, who may well be the guy stalking her and who started out by trying to have sex with her on her desk when she was upset and needed comfort.

Poor Mary is struggling to keep it all together, battling against the terror of being stalked and the frustration with how the partners treat her and confusion over Ned. Soon the danger escalates and Mary must flee to the convent where her twin sister lives with a vow of silence and to stay locked in and see and speak to no one. There is no comfort here for the Mother Superior is a superior control freak bitch and Mary can't even spend time talking to her twin because the place is like being in prison and has an abnormal environment. Mary tries to get her sister to see that she is wasting her life locked in with a bunch of other religious fanatics but in the end must go and face her stalker alone.

Things take an explosive turn when Mary discovers that her stalker actually killed her late husband Mike on purpose and then did the same to Brent (not knowing he was gay and they had just had dinner and not a date) as he walked Mary home after dinner together. Now it is VERY personal after Brent dies in agony. Who is doing this to Mary and can she stop him/her?

[Lauren · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read a lot of books from many categories. I've read some pretty boring books that while boring, still offered something substantial either in story or facts. This book was boring and shallow. The story was so underdeveloped. I felt like there were many opportunities for a great story. It was like reading a rough outline of a story without meaningful substance. The story had so much potential.

**SPOILERS**

There were parts of the book that didn't need to be there. I don't know why so much time was spent on her sister. She had some impact on Mary's actions but not enough to justify how far the story went into her religious lifestyle. I found it difficult to relate to Mary or her family. The end of the story came out of nowhere and not in a clever or exciting way. I think the characters could have been better developed, perhaps more background detail specifically as it pertains to her coworkers. In the story, there is a lot of suspicion on different coworkers but it doesn't give much detail about them. The only coworker with any substance had so much pointed at him that it was obvious that the author was trying to divert the readers attention so she could throw in the random "surprise" ending. This leads to the end of the story where the person who is stalking her comes to light but I knew so little about them that it killed all suspense. I didn't care. The story was missing the normal climb to a suspenseful end.

I would not classify this as a legal thriller, or a suspense novel. It was not clever or exciting. I found it to be predictable. I probably wont read another book from this author.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an enjoyable debut in the Rosato and Asociates series, however initially it didn't feel like the first book in a series and I do wonder if originally it was written as a standalone. At the end of the book, though, the scene was set for possibly making it into a series. This was a good book and I liked the main character Mary Di Nunzio, and will be very interested to read more about her. A few good twists and shocks were provided in this book. It was also good to r ad a book where women formed the central characters (and strong characters at that) and that didn't look to a man to solve their problems.I do look forward to reading on in this series.

[Brittany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mary is a lawyer at one of the most prestigious law firms in Philaelphia and in a short two months she is almost a shoe in to make partner. Her life seems to be going perfectly and on track. Unfortunately for Mary, someone is stalking her and it could be anyone she knows.

This book was entertaining, but there were parts that really bothered me. It seemed to be a little all over the place, there was a clear stalker plot, but the rest of the story didn't seem to flow too well. The part that really bothered me about this book was the love story that didn't seem to fit into this book at all. It was definitely insta love which is already annoying, but it served no purpose in the plot whatsoever which made reading about it annoying.

The sub plots were not my favorite; however, the main stalker plot was well thought out and you could definitely feel the fear of Mary as she tries to determine who is after her and why. It will leave you guessing throughout the book as to who is going everywhere that Mary went.

[Kennedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a Mary DiNunzio and Judy Carrier fan. Mary is being stalked and she struggles with how to handle it because she is in line to be partner and the perpetrator could be someone in her law firm.

[Carolyn E · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this story!! I recently read Accused by Lisa Scottoline--the 12th book in the "Rosato & Associates" series, and I loved it. I decided to go back and re-read some of Scottoline's early books in this series. Everywhere That Mary Went is the first book in this series, and a truly exciting story. I couldn't put it down. Now, on to book two, Legal Tender.

[Marisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable

This author definitely only got better with experience and age. I love all her novels and am so excited to discover her early work. These characters are some that you fall in love with. Will keep reading.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just realized that I have not been reading this great series in order, and I am rather fanatical about doing that. This first novel introduces Mary DiNunzio and friends in a fast-paced thriller. A great ride.

[Langleigh · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book felt a lot like… OH MY GOSH !! I was going to say this book felt a lot like Devil’s Corner by Lisa Scottoline OF COURSE IT DOES!! ITS WRITTEN BY THE SAME WOMAN!! And I hated it!! It was just as boring and dull and just like a super long news report!! That’s crazy, this woman has duped me twice!! Don’t let me read another Lisa Scottoline book again!! I was also so surprised that I finished this book, I feel so silly. 3/10 and not a 2/10 because this realization made me giggle and was better than her books. 3/10

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book I have read of the Rosato series (finally) and I am so glad that I have started it! I literally sat down and read all the way through the book! I have read other Lisa Scottoline's books but I can't think of one that I have read straight through in one sitting. It kept me on the edge of my seat. I had no idea who was stalking Mary until it was revealed by the author. The bad guy wasn't even in my radar she kept it hidden so well, but it wasn't an off the wall ending. She put the clues there to figure it out but I was still shocked to find that I was so off the trail of who was making all the phone calls and following her. I also want to note that although I tagged the book as "catholic", "religion", and "spirituality" I want any readers to know that this IS NOT Christian fiction. Mary, the main character, and her family are Catholic and she talks a great deal about it in the book. In fact, part of the plotline is that Mary feels that she has lost her twin sister because she has become a cloistered nun, which for those of you who aren't Catholic or who just don't know, is a little different than regular nuns. These are convents of nuns who cut themselves off from society, they do not receive mail or phone calls, and they are only allowed out of the convent a few times a year to visit with family. The Catholic nuns portrayed in movies as evil school teachers are not cloistered. Mary has difficulty feeling removed from her twin and feels like she should live her life on the outside world and not run away from her problems and hide in a convent. These are the reasons that I have tagged the book the way that I did.

For those of you who like mysteries and series books or are a fan of Scottoline and haven't read Rosato and Associates should definitely take a look at this book! Whenever a book keeps me reading it straight through, I know there must be something special about it that deserves 5 stars! I highly recommend this book!

[Bria · Rating 1 out of 5]

Another dud.

I’m not sure how this could be considered a thriller or a mystery. Right before the big reveal Mary has 50 suspects including the guy she is sleeping with, every partner she talks to, the father of the guy she is sleeping with, her best friend, and every person or car that gives her a weird feeling.


There is literally no reason or information given about this mystery. Randomly her best friend says, maybe someone is in love with you, but she has no proof to back up that claim and Mary can’t think of a single person who is interested in her besides the guy she is sleeping with.

Then, the cherry on top, is that Mary decides that her husbands death has to be connected to her secretary’s murder because, reasons? There was no evidence that either one was intentional. Sure it was weird that both were hit by cars, but that doesn’t translate into murder. Maybe if they had both been shot and had their hands cut off in a ritual manner I could see making this connection out of nowhere. The police even said there was no evidence for this claim.

Spoilers——

How in gods name could Mary not have noticed that the judge was this into her? She worked for him for at least a year, maybe even years, and she NEVER NOTICED? How dumb is she?

Even if he didn’t make a move on her, she just thought he was some really nice guy? How can he turn into this nice guy that was mentioned twice into a cold blooded delusional killer in one page?

Also-big plot hole. If he murdered her husband why did he wait so long to make some sort of move on her? He loved her so much that he waited almost a full year? Makes no sense.

Absolutely awful writing.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mary Nunzio, a lawyer who has been with her employers, a Philadelphia law firm, for 8 years and is well in line to make partner. There are however some problems in her life -both professional and personal -which are casting dark shadows over her future .

She is a newly created widow, having lost her husband in what the police have dismissed as a car accident; Mary is unpersuaded and feels it may well have been murder. She is also receiving death threats in the form of notes and phone calls while her apartment is broken into. Add to these problems a major attack of conscience about her work, which is mainly to defend large corporations against often justified compensation claims, together with some jealousy from work colleagues about her impending elevation to partner, and you get a woman with a lot on her plate.

She confides in a colleague Judy and her gay secretary Brent; events then take a darker turn when Brent is killed buy a hit and run driver, Mary being the real target. She then falls in love with a prime suspect in the campaign against her, a fellow lawyer .

Recommended to lovers of the legal thriller and those seeking books with a strong female character in the pivotal role.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Lisa Scottoline. Her books are fun and suspenseful without being cynical and hardnosed. The characters and their flaws are always real. This is the first in a series and I definitely will be reading more!

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mary is working hard to get promoted to partner in her law firm. She knows that there are others trying for the same job and one of them is sending her notes and stalking her, hoping that she will mess up before being chosen.

These calls start getting really annoying and somewhat frightening and Mary starts to look for who it can be. After a death of someone close to her, she realizes she is in danger and she tries to figure out who is doing the stalking. Hasn't Mary had enough death in her life, after loosing her husband in a bicycle accident?

This was a good introduction to Mary and Julie and the life of an up and coming lawyer. The author does a good job of building suspense and also showing that all is not brightness and light in this life Mary has chosen.

[PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audiobook listen.

The best part of older Lisa Scottoline books is the over-the-top narration, particularly with the thick Italian American accents of older men, which often have me laughing at the subtle humor Scottoline has added into them. I assume she’s probably used some family to create these characters, using the word to describe people in her book and real life (as in he’s a real character).

EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT was written in the 1990s and brought me back to a time with payphones on street corners and only rich people having car phones, the precursor to cell phones.

I doubt I’ll remember much of the plot of the story, but I won’t forget the character of EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT.

[Cris · Rating 3 out of 5]

My first contact with the series was Mistaken Identity. The main character of this first book of the Rosatto Law firm series is a different lawyer in the firm, Mary. My first problem with the book is that I don’t like Mary. I also think this book has aged badly, the discovery of the “scary drugs” in the medicine cabinet refers to Prozac, you’d be a total idiot today if you were to be scared or judge someone on Prozac.
The end was also dumb and lazy , the bad guys motives are that he is crazy so you cannot deduce it and Scottoline does not have to build her case. Despite this pretty bad debut, the concept of legal thrillers set in an all female law firm seems pretty entertaining and Maurine Carrigan loves Svcottoline, I guess I’ll look for a later book when she’s gotten better at it for my next light read.

[Sarah McGinnis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Being the first book in this series there was a lot of background on Mary and her family. The twist, reveal and action were all saved for the last 5 chapters of the book - very much written like a tv show! On a side note: Murder She Wrote was actually referenced in this book which made me very happy 🤣

[Kym Gamble · Rating 4 out of 5]

The very first Rosato and Associates book. I thought I would never find it. Then it came up in an audible sale so I got it. We meet Judy and Mary in this book and Rosato is not in it yet. It gives some good background and character development. I never saw the ending coming.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars