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Summary: Tension-filled Legal Thriller
Review: Degree of Guilt's protagonist, Christopher Paget, has a difficult decision to make. His former lover, the mother of his son, has suddenly reappeared in their lives. The reason? She's accused of murdering one of America's best-known novelists.While the courtroom dramatics are gripping, it is the out-of-court events which really propel this novel. Paget's emotional journey as the story unfolds is one that will cause the reader to feel sympathy pains. This was my first time to read Patterson, but definitely not the last.
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Summary: Strong character insight
Review: Excellent book!Patterson is true to his characters. Each is so intelligently developed and thoughtfully researched. They become so much more human and so real as the book progresses. The way Patterson writes, with fine character detail, human insight, careful planning, and intelligent forethought, he brings the reader right into the world of his stories. This was my first of Patterson's novels, but won't be my last!
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Summary: 8 stars please !!!
Review: Fantastic!!!!. This book is going to go into my top 100 paperback reads of my life. I mean this is a book that has a basic plot which is kind of steered in such a manner to make it really look more complicated. The beauty of the book is the mixing of the flashbacks with the present. I mean few authors given this basic plot line could have told a story which is pushed forward by such amount of sheer relentless tension and suspense for over 500 odd pages. Mr paget is a attorney acting as defence for an alleged murderer who happens to be his divorced wife who in turn claims that she shot the man she is accused of killing in self defence in the process of avoiding getting raped. The whole book unravels chapter by chapter where Mr Paget and ourselves dont know whether to believe the story of the accused story or the evidence of the prosecutor. Evidence doesnt support the theory of the defendant and we keep hurtling through the pages as Mr paget battles it out in the courtroom trying to convince the court that there isnt full and incontrovertible evidence pointing to his clients guilt. The twists and turns, the lies and deception will thrill you and the emotional aspect of the book has been delt superbly. This book is legal drama thriller interspersed with emotional family drama. Enjoy...
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Summary: A decent book but nothing to rave about...
Review: I bought this book on the basis of the recommendations made here, but have to admit that I didn't find it earth-shatteringly brilliant. Admittedly, the author creates an interesting plot that maintains a significant element of suspense until almost the very end. However, I found that I couldn't get into the book enough to identify or sympathise with any of the characters. The book seems to revolve around the various moral and ethical dilemnas which each character faces - to tell the truth, to have an affair etc. The book, however, reaches an almost "Hollywood ending" though as everyone's problems are conveniently solved at the end without giving a second thought to the negative aspects of those problems. Therefore, I would say that this book makes a good read for a rainy weekend or a long flight, but that's it...
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Summary: Not my type
Review: I found this book boring. The plot developed too slowly and it felt as if Richard North Patterson has/had a lot of ideas which he though would work with the book. The sudden apperance of tapes....Really.....They just appeared out of the blue! He had a good beginning but towards the end it began to drop. The ending just didn't fit with the rest of the book, too warm and happy, I guess.
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Summary: It's no "Presumed Innocent"
Review: I found this book hard to get through for a few reasons: I didn't particularly like any of the characters too much. Paget seemed too buttoned-up and stoic to be real, Mary is an all-out frozen witch, and the other female characters were, to a greater or lesser degree, just victims of various sorts. Also the story is incredibly sleazy -- bottom of the barrel, supermarket tabloid stuff. Patterson is a talented writer but this material leaves a lot to be desired. I prefer my mysteries with a little more civility and sophistication.
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Summary: One word: OBVIOUS
Review: I liked RP's book, Against all Enemies and would HIGHLY recommend it...But I really do NOT recommend this one. There was no suspense, nothing to keep you reading...Have you ever got so bored with a book that you began to skip pages to see if it got any more interesting? That is what I did here!
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Summary: kind of slow
Review: I was captivated when I read Silent Witness, however this book was not as riveting as the other There were so many details that sometimes was difficult to follow.
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Summary: a pretty good book that kept my attention.
Review: I was not bored once by this story. This was my first Richard North Patterson novel although not my last. I felt a little lost with the ending. When did these two fall in love? I think I missed how that transpired. Overall a good book to read.
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Summary: A little corny
Review: Interesting throughout the book - like Patterson's other stories, but the ending was incredibly corny and predictable.
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