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Summary: One of he best of the series
Review: After waiting a year for this next episode in Nina Rielly's life, I was not disappointed.The re-uniting with Sandy was fun, and woven in with her son Wish getting into trouble. The search for the arsonist was suspenseful; couldn't guess who was the guilty party. A real plus was Nina's getting together with Paul. Just a let down that she can't make a commitment to him. He has been struggling through all the past novels to be together, so why, why did the return of Nina's son throw a wrench into that? Maybe next year they'll both compromise to work things out and make a commitment, let's hope!
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Summary: will appeal to readers who love John Grisham
Review: After years of pursuit, Nina Reilly finally realizes she loves Paul and is willing to see where their relationship will take them. She moves out of her home on Lake Tahoe, rents out her law practice, and moves into Paul's place in Carmel. Nina's former assistant Sandi's son Wish accompanies them because he is working during the summer for Paul in his private investigative business and is living in Nina's rental home with two other young men. One night against his better judgment, Wish joins his friend up in the woods near the Siesta Court homes to catch and film an arsonist who has already set two fires. Things go terribly wrong and Wish's friend dies. The arsonist injures Wish who is later arrested on an assortment of charges including homicide. It will take all of Nina's considerable legal and investigative skills to get enough evidence to free a client she knows is innocent. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH is a very good and exciting legal thriller but also is so much more. Nina returns to the place of her childhood and realizes one can go home again. Readers see the relationship between Paul and Nina grow stronger and see through Nina's eyes that she might have a long-term future with him, something he wants very badly. The story line has many twists and turns and it is only when the novel reaches the court phase that readers have a glimmer of what is really going on. Perri O'Shauqhnessy will appeal to readers who love John Grisham. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A disappointing entry in the series.
Review: Attorney Nina Reilly returns to where she began her career, Carmel Valley, but a warm welcome she does not receive, instead she receives news that Wish, the son of her former assistant Sandy, has been arrested. A series of suspicious fires have raged through the valley, and the latest fire has left a young man dead and Wish as the primary suspect. Nina knows Wish is not an arsonist, or a killer, but a few questions bother her... why was Wish in the forest, why did his friend end up dead, and why is there a witness saying they saw Wish? As the answers to these questions begin to surface, Nina finds a dark conspiracy running through the peaceful valley, and a killer who will stop at nothing to silence her. 'Presumption Of Death' is not the best entry in the Nina Reilly series, it plods along, rather slowly, telling the tale of a town covered in secrets, but where the novel should have been interesting, it was confusing, and boring with too many characters, and the overlapping storylines of Nina's relationship, and Native American heritage. I was surprised at how disappointing this novel was because bestselling author Perri O'Shaughnessy (the pen name for two sisters) has previously written great novels in this thrilling series. While not overly terrible, 'Presumption Of Death' is not that good, and does not contain the page-turning elements, or the interesting plot-line of the earlier novels. Nick Gonnella
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Summary: ?????????
Review: First off I HAVENT EVEN FINISHED THIS BOOK YET!!! SO what I am doing is warning everyone to stay away from this book. I am now on Chapter 10 and finding this book very very hard to keep reading. The writing seems to jump from subject to subject to often and usually has nothing to do with what is going on. Right now Im deciding whether or not I want to make another attempt to read this book.... I have had this problem before, but by Chapter 10 the usually starts to pick up, but not this one. Consider this a Warning!
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Summary: Read the Reviews - FIRST
Review: I again made the mistake of buying a book without first reading the CUSTOMER'S Reviews (don't pay too much attention to the Editor's Reviews) - I waste a lot of money that way because I generally pick the books up at the grocery check-out because I NEED something to read. I THEN purposely don't read the reviews until I've either finished the book or in this case TRY to get into it. By and large the people who write the reviews like the same things I like. Anyway - this book was tiring - I too agree with the reviewer who mentioned the relationship between Paul and Nina - and Nina's inflexibility. There are flaws in every relationship because there are flaws in every human being. IF there was no compromise - there would be NO relationships. As to the character Wish - I "wish" he'd go away. Never did get very far into the book - so don't know how it ended. I want my $7.99 back!
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Summary: Who are these people?
Review: I agree with another reader who observed the book was disjointed and hard to follow, with too many characters. But what really was disappointing about this book is the core characters you have come to know so well have also taken on a slightly different flavor, Nina and Paul are downright boring living together. This concept may have been more interesting under Nina's roof and on Nina's Tahoe turf, but the tension between them fizzled in Carmel to what I would call gratuitous sex scenes that came along at odd times like an afterthought. Other characters such as Sandy and Wish make cameo appearances for most of the book, and Nina's brother and sister-in-law are left out completely............Or perhaps not. I admit to having this book for three weeks now, fully intending to complete it the first day I purchased it, but found myself wandering away from it and only picking it back up in moments of complete boredom, so I'm about 3/4 of the way finished. We'll see, but so far yawn and huh?
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Summary: Big disappointment
Review: I agree with the reviewer who couldn't finish the book--also with the one who said there were too many characters. I found most of the characters boring, irrelevant, and I couldnt keep them straight nor did I care to. I have loved all the other Nina Reilly books and I missed the characters from Tahoe. Or perhaps I should say the characters as they were at Tahoe. Paul and Nina were indeed boring. Sandy was a different person altogether. Because I loved the other books so much, I was determined to finish this one. It became a chore. I ultimately skipped over a hundred pages and read the last ten or so. Didn't miss a thing, apparently. A real snoozer. My advice to the O'Shaugnessy sisters: Get back to Tahoe and put Nina back into her office!
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Summary: This Reader Loved It
Review: I am so surprised to read the negative reviews of this book, because to my mind, the O'Shaugnessy sisters, having fallen into quite a slump, thoroughly redeemed themselveds with "Presumption of Death." I found Nina Reilly's new venue (or old, depending on how much one has followed this character through the series) and new circumstances to be fascinating--I felt that a whole new burst of life had been injected into the series. Not only did I not find it boring, I zipped through the book in record time. Other reviewers have described the plot in detail...ominous forest fires, obviously the result of arson, are decimating the forests around the Carmel area--and young Wish Whitefeather, whom we have followed through all the books and brought to young adulthood, is arrested for setting the fires, with one count of murder to boot. It is up to Nina, who wanted nothing more than to take a hiatus from her career and explore her personal relationship with her lover and PI partner Paul, to take the case and save Wish from almost certain conviction. As Paul and Nina struggle to find a center to their relationship and to solve the increasingly thorny mystery of who really set the fires and why, a whole subcast of characters is explored. The end was sufficient enough for this reviewer to be on tenterhooks for the next book. I know this is not a popular point of view among other reviewers, and again, I don't know why. My reaction to this book was wholly positive, and I would definitely urge those who follow the series to read it. For those who have not been Nina Reilly fans in the past, my view is that this will turn the tide. Enough said!
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Summary: "A new direction"
Review: I enjoy watching the characters in books of this genre take new directions, it keeps readers on their toes. The characters in 'Presumption of Death,' by Perri O' Shaughnessy are well-thoughout and interesting and the plot had me reading the story to the final page with much eagerness. I find that to be a very appealing combination. John Savoy
Savoy International
Motion Pictures
California
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Summary: "A new direction"
Review: I enjoy watching the characters in books of this genre take new directions, it keeps readers on their toes. The characters in 'Presumption of Death,' by Perri O' Shaughnessy are well-thoughout and interesting and the plot had me reading the story to the final page with much eagerness. I find that to be a very appealing combination. John Savoy
Savoy International
Motion Pictures
California
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