Review - The Vendetta Defense by Lisa Scottoline

In The Vendetta Defense, Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of Moment of Truth and Mistaken Identity, tells a wonderfully rich story of past sins, love and justice. Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of an elderly pigeon racer, Tony Lucia, who has been arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy Angelo Coluzzi. "Pigeon Tony," as he's known, confesses to Judy that he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun more than fifty years ago. Her client's guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy's problems. The Coluzzi family wants revenge, and they are determined to finish off Pigeon Tony and Judy before the case can go to trial.

Review: Pigeon Tony is the most interesting character in this story.  His back story about his life in Italy and how he met his wife and their love story is really cute and really touching. That alone is worth listening to this story.

There is also a murder trial thrown in there too. The trial itself was a slam dunk of a trial for me to be questioning whether Pigeon Tony would be acquitted or not. Spoiler alert! He's beats the wrap. Shocking! It was a good procedural to follow but we all know how this was going to end. What you don't know is if Judy will survive this case unscathed. 

Kate Burton does a really good job carrying off so many men's voices and representing the broken English. Scottoline conveys the immigrants with out stereotyping them. It was refreshing. It was well written and well read. I enjoyed it.