Every Fifteen Minutes (56 page)
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Authors: Lisa Scottoline
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.
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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
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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
Rosato & Associates Series
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)
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
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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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EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES.
Copyright © 2015 by Smart Blonde, LLC. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover design by Michael Storrings
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Cover photographs: houses © David Stuart; male and child figures © Stephen Carroll / Trevillion Images; female figure © Lee Avison / Arcangel Images
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The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
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ISBN 978-1-250-01011-7 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4668-7461-9 (e-book)
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e-ISBN 9781466874619
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First Edition: April 2015
