Presumed Guilty [Hardcover]

Tess Gerritsen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2012

Guilty until proven innocent . . . - Miranda Wood arrives home to a dark, cold cottage – and a man, stabbed to death, lying in her bed. Miranda is the obvious suspect, and looks even guiltier when her bail is paid by an anonymous donor. As Miranda fights to clear her name, she unearths a murky history of blackmail, corruption and scandal. And as she gets closer to the truth, it’s clear that someone else wants to kill Miranda – someone with a personal reason for wanting her out of the way . . .

This is a first time regular print hardcover previously available in a mass market edition.

Editorial Reviews

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"Tess Gerritsen is an automatic must-read in my house." -Stephen King

"Tess Gerritsen...throws one twist after another until the excitement is almost unbearable." -San Jose Mercury News

"Ms. Gerritsen is a master!" -RT Book Reviews

"Gerritsen's romances are thrillers from beginning to end." -Portland Press Herald

"Tess Gerritsen brings us action, adventure and compelling romance." -RT Book Reviews

"Riveting... Gerritsen knows how to fashion credible, dimensional characters."-Los Angeles Times

"Tess Gerritsen writes some of the smartest, most compelling thrillers around." -Bookreporter

"Gerritsen is tops in her genre." –USA TODAY --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

About the Author

Tess Gerritsen left a successful practice as an internist to raise her children and concentrate on her writing. She gained nationwide acclaim for her first novel of medical suspense, "Harvest, " which became a "New York Times" bestseller, followed by "Life Support" and "Bloodstream" -- all of which are available from Pocket Books. She lives in Maine.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers; Reprint edition (May 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 072788140X
• ISBN-13: 978-0727881403
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.3 x 8.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm a physician as well as the New York Times-bestselling author of medical thrillers and the Jane Rizzoli crime thrillers.

Readers who are familiar with my graphic autopsy scenes and forensic details may be astonished to learn that my very first published novels were actually ... romantic suspense. So why did I leave writing romances and turn to thrillers?

It was all because of a chance dinner conversation some years ago. The man sitting beside me at a restaurant one night was an ex-cop who 'd recently been traveling in Russia. Moscow cops had told him that orphans were vanishing from the streets, and they believed the children were being kidnaped and shipped abroad as organ donors.

I was horrified by the tale. Weeks later, unable to forget those missing Russian orphans, I knew I just had to write a book about them. I wanted to bring into it all the medical and autopsy details that I'd learned from my years as a physician. The sights, the smells of the autopsy and operating rooms -- everything.

My first medical thriller, HARVEST, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked my debut on the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list. It was followed by my medical thrillers LIFE SUPPORT (1997), BLOODSTREAM (1998), GRAVITY (1999).

In 2001, my books took another abrupt turn, to forensic thrillers. THE SURGEON was my first Jane Rizzoli thriller. Since then, I've written THE APPRENTICE (2002), THE SINNER (2003), BODY DOUBLE (2004), VANISH (2005 -- and an Edgar Award nominee), and THE MEPHISTO CLUB (2006).

I believe my readers want me to tell them secrets. And that's exactly what I try to do. I take them into the autopsy room, and show them what I've seen. But most of all, I hope I'm revealing what lies in the hearts of my characters. Jane Rizzoli and Dr. Maura Isles are real people to me now. I hope they're just as real to everyone who becomes acquainted with them!

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#48 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Mystery & Thrillers > Mystery

#49 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery

#65 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers

#68 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Mystery & Thrillers > Thrillers

#72 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

#48 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Mystery & Thrillers > Mystery

#49 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery

#65 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers

#68 in Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Mystery & Thrillers > Thrillers

#72 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 68 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars I'm sorry, but... July 15, 2001

By R. Kummel

Format:Paperback

The thing is, I picked up this book after throughoutfully enjoying Gerritsen's medical thrillers (I figured they'd feature the same gripping story-telling) but what I found was a lukewarm novel, filled with two-dimensional characters and a terribly boring plot. The ending was nice, but it wasn't enough to save this book.

So... If you read Gerritsen's medical thrillers (Bloodstream, Harvest, etc...) don't expect the same kind of plot, characters or narration in here.

51 of 53 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Amazon info did not indicate this was a 15 year old book March 31, 2012

By LB

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I ordered the hardcover edition of this book. The Amazon page did not indicate that this was originally published by another company 15 years before. I thought I was getting a new novel by Tess Gerritsen.

I was almost glad to read that it was so old as I could not believe that Tess Gerritsen had really written this drivel. Obviously she was at the start of her writing career when she wrote this. As someone else noted, this is a romance with a slight mystery thrown in. But, the main problem is that is very poorly written, has cardboard cut out characters and frankly, a stupid plot line.

The main character is accused of committing a crime. She did not do it, but is universally considered guilty. The woman was not even in the home when the murder took place. There could be no incriminating evidence specifically related to her (blood spatter, cloth used to clean blood from the knife, blood on her clothing, etc) yet she is charged with the crime. So honestly from the first few poorly written pages of the plot, there was not much hope of this turning out to be a sharp, interesting story.

A male character is trying to find the identity of a suspect. He has no legal or police authority, he is just a relative of the murdered man. He calls newspapers around the country to find out if a specific person was formerly employed there. All of newsrooms he calls tell him Yes or No without any further questioning of him or why he is asking. He then decides the suspect must have changed her name and calls her Grad School. He asks the Grad School office to search for people who graduated in a specific year with the first name "Jill". Yep, again they supposedly do this research for him with no questions asked. The whole plot was just too dumb and amateurish to be believable on any level.

The money spent for this book was truly wasted. I feel that with the popularity of Rizzoli and Isles novels, either Tess or her agent or publisher thought they could reissue this and earn some extra money as folks like me would buy it thinking it was a newly published work. Shame on me for not checking more carefully....

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best, but.... July 15, 2006

By Music lover in Omaha

Format:Paperback

This was not the best book by Tess Gerritsen I have ever read, but I must confess that I enjoyed it. It was certainly not as graphic or horrific as 'The Surgeeon' or 'The Apprentice', but it kept my interest. This was almost more of a romance novel and could have lost me at any time, but I stayed with it and found it to be a good story. (could be a Lifetime movie)