Available July 15, 2025
The Unraveling of Julia
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The Unraveling of Julia
#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline crafts a riveting psychological thriller in which a troubled young widow inherits a mysterious Tuscan estate, shrouded in secrets. Can she unravel the mystery before it unravels her?
Lately, Julia Pritzker is beginning to think if she’s cursed. She’s lost her adoptive parents, then her husband is murdered. When she realizes that her horoscope essentially foretold his death, she begins to spiral. She fears her fate is written in the stars, not held in her own hands.
Then a letter arrives out of the blue, informing her that she has inherited a Tuscan villa and vineyard – but her benefactor is a total stranger named Emilia Rossi. Julia has no information about her biological family, so she wonders if Rossi could be a blood relative. Bewildered, she heads to Tuscany for answers.
There, Julia is horrified to discover that Rossi was a paranoid recluse with delusions of grandeur, who believed herself to be a descendent of Duchess Caterina Sforza, a legendary Renaissance ruler. Julia is stunned by her uncanny resemblance to Rossi and even to Caterina, then she unearths eerie parallels between them, including an obsession with astrology.
Before long, Julia suspects she’s being followed, and strange things begin to happen. Not even a chance meeting with a handsome Florentine can ease her disturbed mind. When events turn deadly, she breaks with reality.
Julia’s harrowing struggle becomes a search for her identity, a race to save her sanity, and ultimately, a question of her very survival.
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★ New York Times Bestseller
★ USA Today Bestseller
★ Nominated for Best Thriller of the Year – International Thriller Writers
★Amazon Editors Best Mysteries, Thrillers and Suspense Books of 2024 So Far
★ Amazon Editors Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of Spring 2024
★ Most Anticipated Mystery of 2024 by Goodreads
★ Hall of Fame Selection by LibraryReads
★ “Books We’re Looking Forward To” Selection by The Washington Post
★ A Must Read Mystery and Thriller Hitting Stores this Spring – The Real Book Spy
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The Truth About the Devlins
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The Truth About the Devlins
From #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline comes a pulse-pounding domestic thriller about family and justice, the ties that bind us, 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 just 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. T.J. will fight to save his family, but what he learns might break them first.
A wayward son. A wealthy family. A murder that could destroy them all.
Meet The Devlins. Are they a family or a conspiracy?
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★ New York Times Bestseller
★ Globe and Mail Bestseller
★Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated Novel of March
★ Booklist Starred Review
★ “A Best Historical Fiction of Spring” – BookBub
★ LibraryReads Selection for March 2023
★ BookBub Most Anticipated of 2023
★ Lit Hub Top 25 Book for 2023
★ CrimeReads Top 25 Historical Crime Book to Look For in 2023
★ Zibby Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2023
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★ Short-listed for the Hammett Prize by the International Association of Crime Writers
★ Amazon Best Book of 2022 – Mystery/Suspense/Thriller of the Year
★ Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2022 – Mystery/Thriller of the Year
★ #2 New York Times Bestseller
★ #1 Apple Books Bestseller
★ USA Today Bestseller
★ People Book of the Week
★ Library Reads Selection
★ Highly Anticipated Thriller of 2022 by Buzzfeed
★ Goodreads Most Anticipated Spring Book
★ Goodreads Most Anticipated Mystery of 2022
★ Publishers Weekly Top 10 Mystery Thriller of 2022
★ Bookbub Most Anticipated Mystery & Thriller of 2022
★ Top 10 Editors Pick for March by Audiofile Magazine
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What Happened to the Bennetts
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★ Instant New York Times Bestseller
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★ An Indie Bestseller
★ Named a Critic’s Favorite Book of the Year by The Jewish Chronicle
★ Chosen as a “Buyer’s Pick” by Costco
★ Ingram Book Club Pick
★ Good Morning America “Must Read Book of March” from Zibby Owens
★ A USA Today “Book Not to Miss”
★ Indie Next Pick
★ Library Reads Selection
★ Barnes & Noble “Best Historical Fiction to Read Right Now”
★ Library Journal Starred Review
★ A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of March 2021
★ Best Historical Novel of 2021 – Cosmopolitan
★ Goodreads Nominated for Best Historical Fiction of 2021
★ Best Historical Fiction – Foreign Policy Magazine
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Debut Novel from Francesca Serritella
Lisa’s daughter, Francesca Serritella, with whom she has written their funny memoirs every summer, had her first novel published on May 5, 2020. Lisa couldn’t be prouder of her! She thinks you’ll love it too. She hopes you order it today.
★ Best First Novel Finalist– International Thriller Writers
★ Philadelphia Magazine “Great Beach Read of 2020”
★ Amazon Editor’s Pick for “Best of the Month”
★ Goodreads “May’s Most Anticipated Novel”
★ Named a “Thriller that Will Have You on the Edge of Your Seat This Summer” by PopSugar
★ Named an “Addictive New Thriller” by Book Riot
★ Teen Vogue Book Club Pick
★ Parade Magazine’s Best Thriller & Mystery of Summer
★ Best Books of 2020: Boston.com Reader’s Pick
★ Favorite College-Set Thriller of All Time – Audible.com
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“Ghosts of Harvard is written with a masterly, focused hand, belying the fact that this is Serritella’s debut novel. The pages burn with frenetic energy and are peopled by memorable, compelling characters. The tension is palpable, the twists and surprises perfectly timed and the stakes as high as humans should be asked to endure. The end result, a novel you will long remember and characters you will want to see again. A triumph in every respect.”
—#1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci
“Wow, what a lively, compelling, and intoxicating debut. Ghosts of Harvard is so many things—a rumination on grief, a glimpse behind the ivory walls of a famous institution, a poignant look at mental illness, and a powerful story about the ghosts that haunt us all. Francesca Serritella is my new ‘go-to’ author.”
—#1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben
“Every time I thought I knew where Ghosts of Harvard was heading, I turned out to be wrong. Part mystery, part ghost story, part psychological thriller, this novel is all entertainment.”
—#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult
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From @FSerritella this week:
Column Classic: Sniff Test
By Francesca Serritella
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From Francesca this week:
My passion for perfume started long before it became the inspiration for my new novel FULL BLOOM, out August 5th and available for preorder now! Consider this Classic Column "Sniff Test" a certificate of authenticity for my fragrance obsession. Maybe some of you can relate...or I hope it makes you laugh!
Sniff Test
By Francesca Serritella
Every woman has one department at the shopping mall that calls to them, nay, sings to them, like a choir of angels, radiating a warm, golden light from the top of the escalator.
For me, it’s fragrance. Link in bio to read the rest.
I`m so psyched that @harlancoben`s new book NOBODY`S FOOL is out! I`ll be interviewing him at @bnphillypa on Sat. March 29th at 11:00am! Can`t wait!
Thanks so much for making THE UNRAVELING OF JULIA a Most Requested Book on @netgalley! I’m so excited about this book and really appreciate all the early readers!
Mayor Barney
By Lisa Scottoline
I have sad news to report, in the passing of our beloved barn cat, Barney.
He was a beautiful chunky tabbycat with bright green eyes, who wandered onto my backyard one day and decided to stay for ten years, until he passed away.
He died suddenly of kidney failure, and all of us are in heart failure. Link in bio to read the rest.
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From Francesca this week:
My passion for perfume started long before it became the inspiration for my new novel FULL BLOOM, out August 5th and available for preorder now! Consider this Classic Column "Sniff Test" a certificate of authenticity for my fragrance obsession. Maybe some of you can relate...or I hope it makes you laugh!
Sniff Test
By Francesca Serritella
Every woman has one department at the shopping mall that calls to them, nay, sings to them, like a choir of angels, radiating a warm, golden light from the top of the escalator.
For me, it’s fragrance.
I’m hypnotized by those glittering little bottles on glass countertops, each one with a secret inside, winking at me from across the room.
I’ve always loved perfume, ever since I was a little girl, when the crystal bottles on my mother’s dresser seemed like magical potions.
Click to read the rest: www.francescaserritella.com/column/
Love it. I remember loving a fragrance on my mother but hating it on me. We had very different body chemistry. 🥰 The perfume department is not a fun place for someone with sinus triggered migraines 😩. Have fun for me too!
I LOVE Fragrantica! I enjoy reading about the vintage fragrances. I still have my Bal a Versailles, Femme, Interlude and Liz Claiborne! Classics! It’s such a fun site! Thanks for sharing it !
My love of fragrance began with my mother and her dresser of pretty bottles, some with a fabric atomizer. It was such a girly process along with putting on lipstick. She would say, put lipstick on. Looks like you have your shit together even when you don't. Words to live by spoken by my Italian, Brooklyn mamma. Looking forward to your new book. ❤️
Love your books, I've read them all
I love this!! I felt the same way as a kid about the beautiful bottles, they were like magic potions!! And now they transform me when I wear my favorite fragrance!!
Love this. How exciting! You both have books coming out soon!❤️🩷
Perfumes are my passion!
On a visit to Canada and a stop at the Duty Free a saleswoman kept having me test perfume after perfume. Nothing clicked so I said my thanks and started to leave. Then another saleswoman said " Try this, it's popular " BINGO. I loved it immediately. Calvin Klien...my euphoria And a sister in law smelled heavenly in White Shoulders . It did not smell the same on me.
I wish I could wear or smell perfume but it gives me such a headache and makes me want to vomit.
Modern Muse. Estee Lauder
Um-berd 😉
I wear the same fragrance (Magi Noir by Lancôme) since 1980-something. ❤️ It’s spicy like me.
Perfumes are my addictions. I love trying on different fragrances.
I’m not a big fan of perfume but I love your hair!!
Can’t wait to read it!
Miss your books you and your Mother wrote together.
Francesca writes beautifully. Fun story.
I used to never be able to hang out in the fragrance department because of allergies and migraines. I always loved the beautiful glittering bottles! Once I got a bit older, I was able to occasionally indulge myself and enjoy it. I love you found your love for fragrance by the scent of your mom's favorites!
Can’t wait to read your daughter’s book!!
I love fragrance but my Mom wore Jean Nate. Ugh.
My mom always told me to wear makeup and perfume. She said you never know where you will go or who you will meet. My mom wouldn’t go to the mailbox without makeup and perfume on. I am so looking forward to your new book.♥️
I have about 5 or 6 different bottles on my bureau that I use depending on my mood.
I wish I could enjoy perfume… suddenly, I’ve be come allergic, and I miss it!
If you’ve never been to the Lili Bermuda Perfumery you need to go experience it. I love their fragrance, Pink, and so does my granddaughter.
Pre ordered your book 📖 can’t wait to read it
I'm so psyched that Harlan Coben's new book NOBODY'S FOOL is out! I'll be interviewing him at Barnes & Noble Philly PA on Sat. March 29th at 11:00am! Can't wait!
It’s sold out 😞
I read this as an ARC and loved it. He hasn't written a bad book yet.
His books are all amazing as are yours 😊
Love his books
Loved it and as a matter of fact, I just finished reading an advanced copy of your newest The Unraveling of Julia’ couldn’t put either of them down. Bravo!!!!
Just finished it..great read as usual!!
Just got my copy!
Reading it now!! Another good one.
I've read & thoroughly enjoyed every HC book ! Can't wait to get this one !
He’s a favorite author of mine also! ❤️
Looking forward to reading it
I’ve been watching a few of his series on Netflix! SO good!!!
I read all his books. Watch all his movies made from his books. Saw him in Ocean City NJ like I saw you last year. ❤️
Waiting to read it too!
I have read many of his books. I really enjoy his work. My book club just finished Loyalty. It was the first book of yours that we have read. We will definitely look for more.
Love his books.
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