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Ricardo Arias is found dead, the gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like suicide, but the physical evidence strongly suggests murder. The police investigation uncovers an estranged wife, Terri Peralta; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; heated charges of child abuse; and a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney Christopher Paget.
Paget has motive--it's his son accused of abusing Elena, his political plans for the future put at risk by the dead man's accusations, and his alibi that is dangerously threadbare.
And the shocking revelations that threaten to explode in the courtroom may remain hidden forever...by Chris Paget's refusal to testify on his own behalf...by Elena's tangled loyalties...and by dark secrets that some desperately wish to keep silent....
Paget has motive--it's his son accused of abusing Elena, his political plans for the future put at risk by the dead man's accusations, and his alibi that is dangerously threadbare.
And the shocking revelations that threaten to explode in the courtroom may remain hidden forever...by Chris Paget's refusal to testify on his own behalf...by Elena's tangled loyalties...and by dark secrets that some desperately wish to keep silent....
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Good enough to read again! Big words... detailed. Take this to a family get together to avoid them. Oops I mean your so ENTHARALLED by the book it is hard to put down to talk to them.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Aiming for another big hit after Degree of Guilt (LJ 12/92), Patterson returns to the courtroom, where an attorney fights to clear himself of the accusation that he murdered his lover's estranged husband because of an ugly custody battle.
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Never really could get into it for some reason.
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I absolutely loved this book. It was incredibly intense. I could not put it down!!
Cheryl (Toni) J. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very good legal thriller. The characters become so real. Patterson makes the characters members of the family. You can't help but feel the pain of the child. The emotions run deep. This book deals with child abuse so beware if this is a trigger for you...
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suicide,murder,ugly custody battle,child abuse charges and a murder suspect this one has it all.
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Will hook you on from the beginning. A nail biter of a book.
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I am a Richard North Patterson junkie - especially the political novels. This is a great courtrrom mystery, and really held my attention.
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I highly recommend this book, I have read it multipule times, it is one of those lawyer thriller books.
This book was very well written the way the plot comes together. The development of the characters make them realistic and believable to the point that you may begin to see through the eyes of a child.
Patterson is not my favorite author, but did enjoy this book
A man is found dead with the gun still in his mouth. BUT is it really a sucide? Or could it be murder made to look this way? Many dark secrects will have to be exposed in the courtroom to decide this.
Was it a suicide or homicide? If you think the murder was suspenseful, wait until you read what happens in the courtroom
Have only read a couple of R.N. Patterson's books, but had no hesitation to add him to my "authors' list.
This book is particulary moving and well written. One of his best, I think.
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