Philadelphia attorney Mary DiNunzio has just been promoted to partner and is about to take on her most unusual case yet, as Lisa Scottoline‘s new thriller “Accused” opens.

Thirteen-year-old genius Allegra Gardner has come to the firm, hoping to – once and for all – find the truth about her big sister’s murder six years ago.

It seemed like an open-and-shut case: the accused, Lonnie Stall, was seen fleeing the scene; his blood was on Fiona and her blood was on him.

But Allegra doesn’t buy it. And before long, DiNunzio doesn’t, either.

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