Daddy's Girl Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 2008

I usualy enjoy Lisa Scottoline; and I've read most of the Rosato and Associates books. I thought I was reading another one, but, with the exception of about two mentions of Bennie Rosato, this was not a Rosato novel. Nat Greco, a college law professor, and Angus Holt, one of her colleagues, are, apparently, in the wrong place at the wrong time in a prison riot. Nat tries to save the life of a corrections officer and Angus saves Nat, but, rather than being hailed as brave survivors, Nat and Angus find their jobs threatened and their efforts to try to help prison officials explain the riot unwelcome and, their safety threatened. It's a good story until Nat ends up going rouge to try to stop more violence at the prison. At this point, the story goes completely over the edge. We assume that the story took place in this century, yet Nat finds herself in a previously undiscovered tunnel system that was part of the Underground Railroad; and when she escapes that unusual situation, is actually able to find a gas station with a phone booth in front. And a working phone booth at that into which she puts numerous quarters to make calls. Anachcronism called and would like its phone booth back. From that point, the plot gets even wilder and more improbable with a random heart attack thrown in for no apparent reason. I would have preferred to have read about Mary, Bennie, and Judy on a girls' weekend.

Sometimes life makes you feel like you fell down a rabbit's hole, and that you have met the Mad Hatter. Nat Greco is an untenured assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Life is proceeding along somewhat normally until a colleague takes her along to a state correctional facility where he has a program of teaching and legal assistance. A prison riot breaks out. Nat is attacked. People are killed. Suddenly Nat finds herself drawn into a different world.Something is going down, and Nat finds herself involved. She starts to get nosy, and finds herself falsely accused of murder, set up for unknown reasons. She finds herself on the run. Some people may think that she does stupid things, but her father sums it up when he tells her that she is book smart. She lacks the street smart abilities needed to survive in an urban jungle.Nat, of course, must survive to get to a blazing finish. But wait, you thought the story ended with chapter 47. Chapter 48 goes in a whole new direction. You should know that the author always puts an unexpected twist at the end of her novels. Do NOT peek ahead. You need to read the entire novel to understand the real ending.I would note that the author is an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, used as the setting for much of the story. The novel is well researched and well written. I think it is the best novel yet by the author.I believe the meaning of the title is clear. People are trying to direct how she should do things (father knows best), while she is trying to go in her own direction. She has trouble getting people's attention.

This is an enjoyable enough story, light reading with enough mystery and action to maintain interest. It's far from Lisa Scottoline's best, but it will make a good choice as a 'beach read' or for similar diversion.The storyline concerns a young female attorney, Natalie "Nat" Greco, who is teaching courses at the University of Pennsylvania law school and finds herself at a local prison, along with another colleague, to participate in his program to reach out to inmates. An unexpected prison riot occurs during the visit, and what follows from that is a series of events that causes her to investigate a murder that took place during the riot. She runs into opposition as unknown forces seek to discourage her involvement, with further attacks and so forth as a result.The character of Greco is a typical Scottoline creation, irreverent and almost comical, but almost too youthful in her naiveness. She is one of the most unlikely characters you could imagine for the role she has been cast in, one of the lone crusader for justice, the only person who 'knows the truth' and is fighting against all odds to prove it.Her family is even more of a caricature, playing only a small role and almost seeming to be an afterthought, added just to give Scottoline a chance to have some fun with writing dialogue between her brothers and her finance, individuals more interested in following the football season than pretty much anything else. Their role in the story decreases as the story develops, a good thing.As long as you don't expect too much, this is a decent read. The Kindle price was 99 cents when I purchased my copy, which seems about right.

Which does the law back: law or justice? Is law justice, or is justice law? But what if they are not the same? Which is the correct choice?As with her previous books, Lisa Scottoline "Daddy's Girl" does not disappoint her readers, but challenges their reasoning abilities. The theme of the novel is law vs. justice: does one equal the other? If not, which should prevail, law or justice? What differences or likenesses do they share? Who should decide? College professors of the legal system should be able to distinguish which is right or wrong, shouldn't they? This novel involves the only daughter (in the midst of three brothers, a rather domineering and yet neglectful boyfriend, and an extremely wealthy and over-protective father)becomes entangled with a prison riot, several murders and a prison escape. She is forced to rely on herself to free herself from all of these situations, as well as determine whether she supports the law or justice.

Nat Greco is a mousy law historian who discovers her own strength when she ends up in a prison helping a friend with teaching inmates, and there is a riot. Some nice twists, and the Underground Railroad, too. Scottoline's Philly shtick is lightly but effectively applied as her protagonist stops being a joke.

Only bad thing is i now have to buy all her other books as i enjoyed this so much....reminded me or early John Grisham.

would recommend

Very good read, well written. Would definitely recommend.

An excellent book.....