Title: Think Twice
Author: Lisa Scottoline
Publisher: St. Martin’s, 2010

If you’re looking for a quick, action packed thriller that will make you laugh as well as cry, this is it.  But just because its a fast read and action-packed doesn’t mean its fluff.  Far from it.  Lisa Scottoline’s latest novel is filled with deep relationship issues, betrayal and revenge, identity theft, the law and money, and the consequences of making decisions based on hope and fear.  All of these revolve around a main question: how far can a good person be pushed before they snap?

Earlier this evening I had a great time at Lisa’s book signing at the Borders in LaGrange, IL.  She had the audience laughing at times and getting teary eyed at others…just like she does in her books.  I’m sitting in Caribou sipping a hot coffee and munching on a Tastykake as I write.  I’m in Chicago and you can’t buy Tastykakes here (yet).  The Tastykake is from Philadelphia, courtesy of Lisa Scottoline.  She always hands them out at her events and I always eat them, even if they are a little on the sweet side for my tastes.  It would be rude to decline.

Think Twice is another winner from Lisa Scottoline.  I love her books and have been a fan for ten years now.  One of my coworkers turned me on to her books and if you’re not already a fan, I hope you’ll give her a try.  Her novels are full of intelligent, humorous, and “real” women–busy women who work hard and deal with family, friends, bosses, colleagues, significant others, kids, and pets.  Some are supremely confident, others are struggling with self-confidence.  If you haven’t read any Scottoline yet, you’re in for a pleasant surprise.  After you read Think Twice, you’ll probably want to go back to the beginning and pick up Lisa’s first novel, Everywhere That Mary Went, and read them in chronological order.  You don’t have to read her novels in chronological order, but it’s interesting to see the characters’ development over time (in the series books, some are stand-alones) and to see Lisa’s growth as a writer.  If you’re already a fan, you’ll be thrilled by the action and growth/change in the relationships between the returning characters of the Bennie Rosato and Associates series. 

Below is a list of Lisa’s books.  The first chapter of each book is available to read on her website.