Daddy's Girl
A fast-paced thriller with an unlikely heroine from the New York Times bestselling author
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‘Lisa Scottoline has been added to my list of must-read authors' Janet Evanovich
Natalie Greco’s quiet and idyllic, if not predictable, life turns chaotic when a violent riot breaks out while she is teaching a course at the local prison.
As Nat rushes to give CPR to a grievously injured prison guard, he asks her to deliver a cryptic message with his last words: “Tell my wife, it’s under the floor.”
The dying declaration plunges Nat into a nightmare. Suddenly, the girl who has always followed the rules finds herself suspected of a brutal murder. She encounters threats to her life around every curve, from ruthless killers desperate to keep her from exposing their secret. In the meantime, she gets dangerously close to Angus, a fellow colleague, whose warmth, strength, and ponytail shake her dedication to her boyfriend.
With her love life in jeopardy, her career in the balance, and her life on the line, Nat is thrown back on her resources, her intelligence, and her courage. Forced into hiding to stay alive, she sets out to save herself by deciphering the puzzle behind one man’s last words. And learns the secret behind the greatest puzzle of all — herself.
Daddy's Girl is a fast-paced thriller from the much-loved New York Times bestselling author, and Natalie Greco is an unlikeable heroine, forced to leave the shelter of academia and fight for her freedom.
Praise for Lisa Scottoline
‘Scottoline is a powerhouse’ – David Baldacci
‘Scottoline knows how to keep readers in her grip’ – New York Times
‘Scottoline is one of the very best writers today’ – Michael Connelly
‘Breathlesly paced’ – Sunday Times
'Scottoline writes riveting thrillers that keep me up at night' - Harlan Coben
‘Move over John Grisham, Scottoline writes legal thrillers to die for’ – Daily Mirror
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The undistinguished academic career of Natalie "Nat" Greco, a mousy and na ve law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, takes an unexpected turn at the start of this less than compelling legal thriller from bestseller Scottoline (Dirty Blonde). When an attractive male colleague, Angus Holt, convinces Nat to accompany him on a teaching assignment at a nearby prison, a sudden riot puts them both in peril. Nat finds herself desperately attempting to save the life of a guard, apparently stabbed by an inmate during the fracas. The dying man asks her to pass on his last words to his wife, but possessing knowledge of this cryptic message proves dangerous. Nat finds herself accused of murder and must evade the law while also tracking down the bad guys. Her methods more often resemble that of Nancy Drew than an Ivy League professor, and the plot suffers by comparison with Peter Abrahams's gritty End of Story (2006), which makes better use of a similar theme. 11-city author tour.
