LEGAL TENDER **SIGNED COPY**

N.Y.: Harper Collins, 1996. 1st edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges showing some age toning else fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page "The heroine of Scottoline's rambunctious fourth legal thriller (after Running from the Law) may change the way readers think about lawyers. Benedetta ("Bennie") Rosato, who narrates, is a ravishing six-foot blonde, one of two partners in a thriving law firm. In quick order, the foundations of her world come crashing down. Her partner and ex-lover, Mark, turns up murdered shortly after he tells Bennie that he is planning to dissolve the partnership. It's not surprising that she then becomes the cops' prime suspect. When the murder weapon is found in her apartment, Bennie goes underground. Then a drug company CEO is killed, and she is falsely accused of that death, too. A hilarious caper ensues as Bennie disguises herself as, variously, a hooker, a bag lady and a lawyer "from the New York office" of a staid old white-shoe firm. In the midst of all her woes, she must also deal with a new boyfriend and a mother who's facing electroshock therapy... Bennie, a delightful heroine, deserves an encore; and, again, Scottoline merits a big round of applause." -- Publishers Weekly . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.