Welcome to Blonde Week! This week the posts will follow a Blonde Theme. Let’s get started with Lisa Scottoline’s novel from 2006, Dirty Blonde. Cate Fante, a successful lawyer, becomes a Federal Judge. Despite her skills as a lawyer, Cate has a Deep Dark Secret: she randomly picks up men and has sex with them.
When Cate’s first case as a Federal Judge results in a murder, she finds herself stalked, her house is broken into, and her Federal Office is ransacked. Scottoline shows that becoming a Federal Judge can bring some serious consequences and threats. I liked Cate Fante’s style in Court and wish there were more of those scenes. There’s also a subplot with Cate’s closest friend, Gina, whose young son has problems. Do you have a favorite Lisa Scottoline mystery? GRADE: B+
Never read her. Get her confused with Janet Evanovich who I haven’t liked.
Steve, Lisa Scottoline has legal experience and it shows in DIRTY BLONDE. Janet Evanovich deals lucratively in silliness.
I think I have only read one and don’t remember it much. It is rare that I read more than one book by an author now. Whereas 40 years ago I loved doing it. Since I read only about a book a week, I have to think carefully about what it will be. I have gotten slower for sure.
Patti, we’ve all lost a step over the years. What did you think of WIND RIVER?
Blonde Week! Cool. But you need to do Redhead Week next.
Still not at home, so I don’t have any lists with me. For years I kept up with Scottoline’s books, especially the main series, but she really lost me when she brought in Bennie Rosato’s previously unknown evil identical twin to terrorize her. Jackie still reads them. This one sounds like a standalone aND I never heard of it.
Jeff, I love your idea of Redhead Week! Maybe next Summer!
Blonde Week is a great idea!
Bill, I’ve done Theme Weeks each Summer over the past few years. Remember Mars Week and Time Travel Week? I had some other ideas, but Blonde Week won out. Hope you enjoy it!
I used to read her all of the time, but since I rarely get review copies (and don’t really have time to read other than for review) I haven’t read too many of her books lately. I agree about the evil twin, didn’t like those. My favorite might be her first book, Everywhere that Mary went. (She changed the title to Maggie when she signed it for me)
Maggie, let me know if you’d like a Large Print copy of DIRTY BLONDE. I could give it to you at BOUCHERCON in Toronto.
thanks, I’d like that George
Maggie, I’ll make sure I pack DIRTY BLONDE for you before we drive to Toronto.
I like the early ones with Mary and her friend Judy better than the Bennie Rosato books.