Authors: Lisa Scottoline

Every Fifteen Minutes (56 page)

And thank God for the King of Prussia Mall.

I'm a lawyer, but criminal law wasn't my field, and this novel raises cutting-edge criminal law questions. I needed help, even rescuing, and I turned to my dear friend, as well as brilliant and dedicated public servant, Nicholas Casenta, Esq., of the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Nick answered all of my middle-of-the-night email questions, and he cited chapter, verse, and statutory provision, as always. Nick has helped me with every single book so far, and I wouldn't dream of writing without his advice and expertise.

Thanks to Stephanie Kalogredis, Esq., for in-the-clutch trust-and-estates advice.

Now to my publishing family!

Thank you to my editor, Jennifer Enderlin, who improved this manuscript so much with her expertise and great good heart. And big love and thanks to the brilliant, fun gang at St. Martin's Press, starting with the terrific John Sargent, Sally Richardson, Jeff Dodes, Jeanne-Marie Hudson, Brian Heller, Jeff Capshew, Jen Gonzalez, Paul Hochman, Kim Ludlam, John Karle, Tracey Guest, Stephanie Davis, Anne-Marie Tallberg, Nancy Trypuc, Caitlin Dareff, and all the wonderful sales reps. Big thanks to Michael Storrings, for astounding cover design. Also hugs and kisses to Mary Beth Roche, Laura Wilson, Brant Janeway, and the great people in audiobooks. I love and appreciate all of you.

Thanks to my agent, Molly Friedrich, who has guided me for so long now, and to the amazing Lucy Carson and Nicole Lefebvre.

Thanks and another big hug to my dedicated assistant and best friend, Laura Leonard. She's invaluable in every way, and has been for more than twenty years. Thanks, too, to my pal and assistant Nan Daley, and to George Davidson, for doing everything else, so that I can be free to write, write, write!

Thank you very much to my amazing and brilliant daughter, Francesca, a wonderful writer in her own right, for her love, support, and great humor.

About the Author

LISA SCOTTOLINE
is a
New York Times
bestselling and Edgar Awardâwinning author of twenty-three novels. She has 30 million copies of her books in print in the United States, and she has been published in thirty-five countries. She has served as the president of Mystery Writers of America, and her thrillers have been optioned for television and film. She also writes a weekly humor column with her daughter, Francesca Serritella, for
The Philadelphia Inquirer,
and those critically acclaimed stories have been adapted into a series of memoirs, the first of which is entitled
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog
. She lives in the Philadelphia area with an array of disobedient pets. Visit
www.scottoline.com
or follow Lisa on Facebook or Twitter at
@LisaScottoline
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Also by
Lisa Scottoline

Fiction

Daddy's Girl

Dirty Blonde

Devil's Corner

Running from the Law

Final Appeal

Rosato & DiNunzio Series

Betrayed

Accused

Rosato & Associates Series

Think Twice

Lady Killer

Killer Smile

Dead Ringer

Courting Trouble

The Vendetta Defense

Moment of Truth

Mistaken Identity

Rough Justice

Legal Tender

Everywhere That Mary Went

Nonfiction (with Francesca Serritella)

Have a Nice Guilt Trip

Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim

Best Friends, Occasional Enemies

My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space

Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog

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Contents

Also by Lisa Scottoline

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

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Cover design by Michael Storrings

Cover photographs: houses Â© David Stuart; male and child figures Â© Stephen Carroll / Trevillion Images; female figure Â© Lee Avison / Arcangel Images

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The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

ISBN 978-1-250-01011-7 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-7461-9 (e-book)

e-ISBN 9781466874619

First Edition: April 2015

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