Book Review: The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scottoline

4⭐
Genre ~ family drama, domestic thriller, legal thriller
Setting ~ Pennsylvania
Publication date ~ March 26, 2024
Est page Count ~ 400 (65 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 9 hours 40 minutes
Narrator ~ Edoardo Ballerini
POV ~ single 1st
Featuring ~ short chapters, lawyers, alcoholism, sobriety

My review:

TJ is the black sheep of the family, an ex-con, too. When his brother comes to him for help one night he finds himself on a mission that could cost him everything he’s worked for.

I felt like I was tagging right along with TJ on his investigations. You can’t help but both feel bad for him and wonder why you are since what he did to land himself in the slammer wasn’t great. His father and brother are down right awful to him and their entitlement was a bit much. Sister, Gabby, on the other hand was great!

Overall, it was pretty fast paced with a good amount of action that kept me engaged. If you’re a fan of legal family dramas then you’ll probably like this one.

Side note ~ I was pleased to read in the author’s note that she did extensive research and actually attended AA meetings in order to make sure she was writing the characters realistically. Obviously she knows her stuff on the law side of things since she went to law school.

Narration notes:
I did not listen to this one, but am just giving the info above for reference.

*Thanks to the author, Penguin Group Putnam, and NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

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Book blurb:

Lisa Scottoline, the #1 bestselling author of What Happened to the Bennetts, presents another pulse-pounding domestic thriller about family, justice, and the lies that tear us apart.

TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm—except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can’t get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator.

But one night, TJ’s world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he murdered one of their clients, an accountant he’d confronted with proof of embezzlement. It seems impossible coming from John, the firstborn son and Most Valuable Devlin.

TJ plunges into the investigation, seizing the chance to prove his worth and save his brother. But in no time, TJ and John find themselves entangled in a lethal web of deception and murder. TJ will fight to save his family, but what he learns might break them first.

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