I See Life Through Rosé-Colored Glasses
I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool
I’ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Places
Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?
Have a Nice Guilt Trip
Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim
Best Friends, Occasional Enemies
My Nest Isn’t Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LISA SCOTTOLINE is a #1 bestselling and Edgar Award–winning author of more than thirty novels. She has 30 million copies of her books in print in the United States, has been published in thirty-five countries, and her thrillers have been optioned for television and film. Lisa also writes a weekly column with her daughter, Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer, and those stories have been adapted into a series of bestselling memoirs, the first of which is entitled Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog. Lisa lives on a Pennsylvania farm with an array of disobedient pets. Visit www.scottoline.com or follow Lisa on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram at @LisaScottoline, or sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
Chapter One
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Chapter Forty-Nine
Chapter Fifty
Epilogue
Also by Lisa Scottoline
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Scottoline, Lisa, author.
Title: Feared / Lisa Scottoline.
Description: First edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2018. | Series: A Rosato & Associates novel
Identifiers: LCCN 2018022095 | ISBN 9781250099594 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250198327 (signed) | ISBN 9781250099617 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Rosato & Associates (Imaginary organization)—Fiction. | Women lawyers—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Thrillers. | GSAFD: Legal stories. | Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3569.C725 F43 2018 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
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First Edition: August 2018