- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Mira Books (20 Mar 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0778302946
- ISBN-13: 978-0778302940
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 128,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'It's scary just how good Tess Gerritsen is...' --Harlan Coben
'Gerritsen has enough in the locker to seriously worry Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben and even the great Denis Lehane. Brilliant.' --Crime Time
'Gerritsen is tops in her genre.' --USA Today
'Gerritsen has enough in the locker to seriously worry Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben and even the great Denis Lehane. Brilliant.' --Crime Time
'Gerritsen is tops in her genre.' --USA Today
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Guilty until proven innocent. Miranda Wood has been having an affair with her boss. She's determined to break it off with him - but he's equally determined to keep her. When he calls and tells her that he's coming over, Miranda flees her house, desperate not to see him. She comes back to a dark, cold cottage - and a dead man lying in her bedroom.Miranda is the obvious suspect, and she looks even guiltier when her bail is paid by an anonymous donor. Chase Tremain just wants to find out who killed his brother - but as a series of attacks on Miranda take place, he is also drawn to protect her. They join forces to investigate the story that Richard was working on at the time of his death and discover a corruption scandal looming over a new development on the island.Although Miranda and Chase trace the money at the heart of this scandal back to Richard's father-in-law and wife, it becomes clear that someone else wants to kill Miranda - someone with a much more personal reason for wanting her out of the way...
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140 of 142 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Miranda's ex-lover is found murdered. She had a motive and the opportunity. After being arrested for the crime, Miranda is shocked to learn she's been released on bail--bail posted by someone determined to remain anonymous. Is someone trying to help Miranda? Or is someone trying to manipulate Miranda and draw her into the dark and secret world of a murdered man, where everybody's presumed guilty?
This novel is being promoted in February 2012 as "Tess Gerritsen's New Book" - well, it's a long way from new because it was published nearly twenty years ago when Tess was better known for romance than crime fiction. This isn't anything like her best work - I read it several years ago after enjoying Harvest and her three other medical thrillers, as well as the early Rizzoli novels, and soon discovered that her earlier work wasn't really 'up there' with these books. To her great credit she has simply got better and better as she has progressed, which isn't something I could say about many authors in this genre. Tess has written over 25 novels and she's still at the top of her game. Presumed Guilty, however, was written when she was a little further down that climb to the top!
If you're looking for her genuinely 'new' novel in 2012, you'll need to wait until 4th September (although this may change) for her latest Rizzoli/Isles outing called Last to Die. Also, there's another Tess Gerritsen novel called The Girl Who Lived which is also coming out in September 2012 but I suspect this may be another 'alternative title', possibly to The Last to Die. I will update this when I know for sure.
:UPDATE: 9 Feb 2012
I can now confirm that Last to Die and The Girl Who Lived are both one and the same story. Tess Gerritsen has just told me "Hey OEJ, nice to hear from you again! Yes, as you guessed, those are the same book. We had a working title of THE GIRL WHO LIVED, but my publisher ended up hating it, so they changed it to LAST TO DIE. I hope they correct that soon on Amazon.co.uk soon. tess"
This novel is being promoted in February 2012 as "Tess Gerritsen's New Book" - well, it's a long way from new because it was published nearly twenty years ago when Tess was better known for romance than crime fiction. This isn't anything like her best work - I read it several years ago after enjoying Harvest and her three other medical thrillers, as well as the early Rizzoli novels, and soon discovered that her earlier work wasn't really 'up there' with these books. To her great credit she has simply got better and better as she has progressed, which isn't something I could say about many authors in this genre. Tess has written over 25 novels and she's still at the top of her game. Presumed Guilty, however, was written when she was a little further down that climb to the top!
If you're looking for her genuinely 'new' novel in 2012, you'll need to wait until 4th September (although this may change) for her latest Rizzoli/Isles outing called Last to Die. Also, there's another Tess Gerritsen novel called The Girl Who Lived which is also coming out in September 2012 but I suspect this may be another 'alternative title', possibly to The Last to Die. I will update this when I know for sure.
:UPDATE: 9 Feb 2012
I can now confirm that Last to Die and The Girl Who Lived are both one and the same story. Tess Gerritsen has just told me "Hey OEJ, nice to hear from you again! Yes, as you guessed, those are the same book. We had a working title of THE GIRL WHO LIVED, but my publisher ended up hating it, so they changed it to LAST TO DIE. I hope they correct that soon on Amazon.co.uk soon. tess"
63 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Certainly not a new book - issued a long time ago- very disappointing. Why hail it as a new book ?
55 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When did Tess Gerritsen last write a'new' book? This is copyright 1993 and published in UK 2009. I think it is very wrong to suggest this is a new book when it clearly isn't.
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dissappointing
If you like newer Tess do not buy this NOT new re-release. Reads like a romance with a smattering of other stuff. Amazon need to this out.... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Stuart Woodruff
Murder, She Wrote
I like a good murder mystery, and browsing through the crime sections of libraries and bookshops it's impossible to keep ignoring the prolific Ms Gerritsen, so I picked this book... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Bookwoman
'new' Tess gerritsen
This was a good book typical gerritsen, however I feel the need to point out that this is not a new book out,I was getting my hopes up! The hype is misleading.
Published 3 months ago by S. Tester
presumed guilty
such a shame that thyey have to do this ,i am really mad as i love tess gerritsons books and have read them all dozens of times ,oh well will have to wait til september,hope the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by nannyk
I agree
Like others I was really excited to hear about the "new" book. I brought this book second hand about a month ago. It isn't as good as her latest books . Read more
Published 3 months ago by Poppy
Presumed Guilty - you bet disguising NEW books when their not
I absolutely love Tess Gerritsen books but please please stop advertising them as new books when they are not.Cant wait for September when the 'new' book is due out. Read more
Published 3 months ago by debs
Same as everyone else - annoyed!
I don't understand how Amazon can justify saying that this is a new book, when, as everyone else has also remarked, it simply isn't! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Amazon
This is wrong
I have read this book over one year ago so its not new , also I bought it on Kindle,I have twelve of Tess`s books so far and enjoyed them all.
Published 3 months ago by chris
Is this a bid to boost sales?
Yet another re-issue disguised as a new book! I really like Tess's work but have been caught out before by books appearing under different titles or being re-issued and seeming to... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Heather Vernon
new book????
I have a copy of this so called new book sitting on my bookcase along with tess gerritsons other books. I have had it about 6 years and it was published long before that. Read more
Published 3 months ago by tyr
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