Book Review Exposed (Rosato & DiNunzio Series #5) By Lisa Scottoline

Title: Exposed (Rosato & DiNunzio Series #5)

Author: Lisa Scottoline

Stars: 3 out of 5

Review:
3 stars out of 5
I want to give this book 4 stars but I just can't. I speed read the first half of the book because there was just too much Lawyer talk and going on and on about the legal side of taking a case that could be a conflict of interest for the Law Firm. The author could have written this conflict in the less chapters and sill give the reader the same amount of conflict and character development.
75% in to the book the story really picks up and I couldn't put it down if my house was on fire. The lawyers find themselves in over their heads and fighting for their life. Bernie came to be a character I admired and not just a "tough as nails lawyer" but human which I could have used towards the middle of the book.
Since the story revolves around a child and her medical condition life or death. Many times this wasn't needed. 
This is book 5 and the author does a great job of filling in past stories keeping readers update.
The romance of each character felt a little forced and very weak. The mystery will keep readers pushing though the slower parts of the story.
This is a stand alone novel but for this reader I won't be investing in the first four books.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book.

Synopsis:
A BATTLE FOR JUSTICE PITS PARTNER AGAINST PARTNER...

Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal strategy between the two ensues―ripping the law firm apart, forcing everyone to take sides and turning friend against friend.

SOMETIMES LOYALTY CAN BE LETHAL.

Hardcover, 352 pages

Expected publication: August 15th 2017 by St. Martin's Press

About The Author:

Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author and Edgar award-winning author of 28 novels, including her latest, ONE PERFECT LIE, which releases in April 2017. Her previous emotional thriller, MOST WANTED, has been optioned for a TV series. Lisa also co-authors a bestselling series of humorous memoir with her daughter, Francesca Serritella, which is based on their weekly Philadelphia Inquirer column titled "Chick Wit." These witty and hysterical books examine life from a woman's perspective, and the most recent book is, I'VE GOT SAND IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES. The first in the series, WHY MY THIRD HUSBAND WILL BE A DOG, has been optioned for TV. Lisa reviews popular fiction and non-fiction, and her reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lisa has served as President of Mystery Writers of America and has taught a course she developed, “Justice and Fiction” at The University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater. Lisa is a regular and much sought after speaker at library and corporate events. Lisa has over 30 million copies of her books in print and is published in over 35 countries. She lives in the Philadelphia area with an array of disobedient pets, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.