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From #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a pulse-pounding domestic thriller about family and justice, the ties that bind us, and the lies that tear us apart.

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm – except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can’t get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator.

But one night, TJ’s world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of their clients, an accountant he’d confronted with proof of embezzlement. It seems impossible coming from John, the firstborn son and Most Valuable Devlin.

TJ plunges into the investigation. seizing the chance to prove his worth and save his brother. But in no time, TJ and John find themselves entangled in a lethal web of deception and murder. T.J. will fight to save his family, but what he learns might break them first.

A wayward son. A wealthy family. A murder that could destroy them all.

Meet The Devlins. Are they a family or a conspiracy?

Praise for The Truth About the Devlins

“What do you get when you combine family dysfunction plus deep dark secrets plus legal drama?  A thoroughly engrossing thriller that will keep you riveted till the very end.  Scottoline knocks this one out of the park!”
—#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner

“A ripping blend of legal and family drama.”
—Publishers Weekly

“The tense mystery plays out as a catalyst for redemption and family healing—Scottoline’s heart-warming specialty. . . . A new family thriller by best-selling Scottoline is automatically a must-have.”
Booklist

New York Times Bestseller

Globe and Mail Bestseller

Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated Novel of March

★ Booklist Starred Review

★ “A Best Historical Fiction of Spring” – BookBub

★ LibraryReads Selection for March 2023

★ BookBub Most Anticipated of 2023

★ Lit Hub Top 25 Book for 2023

★ CrimeReads Top 25 Historical Crime Book to Look For in 2023

★ Zibby Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023

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★ Short-listed for the Hammett Prize by the International Association of Crime Writers

★ Amazon Best Book of 2022 – Mystery/Suspense/Thriller of the Year

Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2022 – Mystery/Thriller of the Year

★ #2 New York Times Bestseller

★ #1 Apple Books Bestseller

USA Today Bestseller

People Book of the Week

★ Library Reads Selection

★ Highly Anticipated Thriller of 2022 by Buzzfeed

★ Goodreads Most Anticipated Spring Book

★ Goodreads Most Anticipated Mystery of 2022

★ Publishers Weekly Top 10 Mystery Thriller of 2022

★ Bookbub Most Anticipated Mystery & Thriller of 2022

★ Top 10 Editors Pick for March by Audiofile Magazine

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What Happened to the Bennetts

★ Instant New York Times Bestseller

USA Today Bestseller

★ An Indie Bestseller

★ Named a Critic’s Favorite Book of the Year by The Jewish Chronicle

★ Chosen as a “Buyer’s Pick” by Costco

★ Ingram Book Club Pick

★ Good Morning America “Must Read Book of March” from Zibby Owens

★ A USA Today “Book Not to Miss”

★ Indie Next Pick

★ Library Reads Selection

★ Barnes & Noble “Best Historical Fiction to Read Right Now”

Library Journal Starred Review

★ A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of March 2021

★ Best Historical Novel of 2021 – Cosmopolitan

★ Goodreads Nominated for Best Historical Fiction of 2021

★ Best Historical Fiction – Foreign Policy Magazine

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Eternal

What war destroys, only love can heal.

Debut Novel from Francesca Serritella

Lisa’s daughter, Francesca Serritella, with whom she has written their funny memoirs every summer, had her first novel published on May 5, 2020. Lisa couldn’t be prouder of her! She thinks you’ll love it too. She hopes you order it today.

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★ Best First Novel Finalist– International Thriller Writers

Philadelphia Magazine “Great Beach Read of 2020”

★ Amazon Editor’s Pick for “Best of the Month”

★ Goodreads “May’s Most Anticipated Novel”

★ Named a “Thriller that Will Have You on the Edge of Your Seat This Summer” by PopSugar

★ Named an “Addictive New Thriller” by Book Riot

Teen Vogue Book Club Pick

Parade Magazine’s Best Thriller & Mystery of Summer

★ Best Books of 2020: Boston.com Reader’s Pick

★ Favorite College-Set Thriller of All Time – Audible.com

EARLY PRAISE

Ghosts of Harvard is written with a masterly, focused hand, belying the fact that this is Serritella’s debut novel. The pages burn with frenetic energy and are peopled by memorable, compelling characters. The tension is palpable, the twists and surprises perfectly timed and the stakes as high as humans should be asked to endure. The end result, a novel you will long remember and characters you will want to see again. A triumph in every respect.”
—#1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci

“Wow, what a lively, compelling, and intoxicating debut. Ghosts of Harvard is so many things—a rumination on grief, a glimpse behind the ivory walls of a famous institution, a poignant look at mental illness, and a powerful story about the ghosts that haunt us all. Francesca Serritella is my new ‘go-to’ author.”
—#1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben

“Every time I thought I knew where Ghosts of Harvard was heading, I turned out to be wrong. Part mystery, part ghost story, part psychological thriller, this novel is all entertainment.”
—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult

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2 days ago
Lisa Scottoline
Wow! Im thrilled that the anthology WE COULD BE HEROES, which includes my short story Pigeon Tonys Last Stand has been nominated for a Silver Falchion Award at Killer Nashville! Amazingly, this is the third award nomination for this story, which I loved writing because it stars Pigeon Tony and the gang from Rosato & DiNunzio! The collection also includes stories from the great Lisa Unger, J.T. Ellison, Janelle Brown and Victor Methos, and you can download it on Amazon, free to Prime members!

Wow! I'm thrilled that the anthology WE COULD BE HEROES, which includes my short story "Pigeon Tony's Last Stand" has been nominated for a Silver Falchion Award at Killer Nashville! Amazingly, this is the third award nomination for this story, which I loved writing because it stars Pigeon Tony and the gang from Rosato & DiNunzio! The collection also includes stories from the great Lisa Unger, J.T. Ellison, Janelle Brown and Victor Methos, and you can download it on Amazon, free to Prime members! ... See MoreSee Less

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“just for one day”.Rosato&DiNunzio were some of the best books I’ve ever read.

Loved Pigeon Tony’s last stand.

Congratulations.

I love the Rosato & DiNunzio books.

I love you AND Pigeon Tony! That short story was great! Congrats, Lisa! So proud of you!! 😘

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Love Pigeon Tony! Actually love that whole bunch of old guys❤️

Wow! Congrats to you!

Congratulations!!🎉

Love Pigeon Tony

Congratulations 🍾

I must read pigeon Tony’s last stand. I love all of your books and I know I would love that.💙

Congratulations! I love the Rosato and the DiNunzio books & Pigeon, Tony! ❤️

Congratulations

So well deserved Lisa Scottoline. I love Pigeon Tony and the gang❤️

👏👏👏👏

Your works are great reads🥰

Fantastic

Congratulations Lisa!

Congrats.

Congratulations, 🎉💥💐

Great story! I absolutely loved Pigeon Tony!

Can’t wait to read it!

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6 days ago
Lisa Scottoline
Column Classic: It’s Not The Heat
By Lisa Scottoline

Hot enough for ya?
That’s right.  I like to talk about the weather.  More accurately, I’m fascinated by the weather.  We begin where I begin every day, on weather.com.
For me, weather.com is online porn.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m in the middle of writing a book, and I’m not sure where the plot is going or what the characters will do, but I love that if I log onto weather.com, I get answers.  
Answers, answers, and more answers.   

Check to read the rest: https://www.scottoline.com/chick-wit/

Column Classic: It’s Not The Heat
By Lisa Scottoline

Hot enough for ya?
That’s right. I like to talk about the weather. More accurately, I’m fascinated by the weather. We begin where I begin every day, on weather.com.
For me, weather.com is online porn.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m in the middle of writing a book, and I’m not sure where the plot is going or what the characters will do, but I love that if I log onto weather.com, I get answers.
Answers, answers, and more answers.

Check to read the rest: www.scottoline.com/chick-wit/
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Another great column

I can 100% identify with the humidity index hair frizz check! 😄

Love it!! ❤️

Perfect column. Read it as I watched my hair frizzzzzz🤣🤣🤣

Thank you Lisa for always making me laugh! I do want to know where all those multicolored precipitation blobs disappear to before they get to our city? If you find out let me know😂

Great article and so true!

Just love your columns. I have two weather apps that I check daily. It is helpful to know the temp and rain forecast at various times during the day.

Wunderground for me……..love it!☀️🌤️🌧️❄️🌬️

I find that weather.com is often wrong and it was really off last night here in Connecticut.

I can identify because the first thing I do every morning is check the weather as well and the hourly forecast even though I rarely go out!

I also enjoy What about Bob? Great summer comedy!

The other evening the weather woman on my favorite Philly station said it was 77* outside in Exton. I needed to finish clearing out my storage unit so I jumped up and ran for the car…..and maybe the humidity was 77 but definitely not the temperature! And once again I questioned why I decided to become a teacher, where all answers must be precise and correct always, and not a weather forecaster where being right 30% of the time is called a win!

Great column!! Love your aff the wall mind!

Lisa, guess what! I fixed the summer frizz!! I can’t change the weather but I changed my hair! I got a keratin hair treatment called Keratin express and I found out about it from our friend Google!! I’m so excited and I don’t even get beach hair down here in Ventnor!

My hubby likes checking the weather app, too. Love all your Sunday columns!😂

You are purely delightful!

I was just at Lake Winnipesaukee over the 4th! All because of the movie What About Bob!!! We had a great time camping and then going whale watching in Rye.

Thank you too Lisa

I love the weather app too and I always check multiple times a day

Mosquito index! Who knew??🤣🤣

We may or may not quote lines from that movie almost weekly 😂 An absolute favorite!

Immediately made me go to Weather app! Never saw fishing on it! Did notice the update had mosquito report

One of your best!

My 1st and probably last laugh of the day! Thank you! My hubbie follows the weather app..and informs me what is going to happen!

Thank you, Lisa for a good laugh this morning. I needed it after pulling something in my back and now my sciatica is acting up.😘

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