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Title: Presumption of Death by PERRI O'SHAUGHNESSY ISBN: 0-440-24087-5 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.71 (21 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: SOLID DELIVERY OF A CONTEMPORARY THRILLER
Comment: Listeners have come to expect exemplary readings from voice performer Laural Merlington and she delivers again with "Presumption of Death," the ninth in the Nina Reilly series by the sister duo who write under the pen name of Perri O'SHAUGHNESSY.
After battling for some of Lake Tahoe's most challenging clients attorney Nina Reilly deserves a breather. But, we don't always get what we deserve, do we?
Nina is found in Carmel Valley with her steadfast boyfriend, Paul van Wagoner. He wants to tie the knot - she's not sure she's ready. Any thoughts of matrimony are put on hold when arson rears its deadly head. There have been two suspicious fires to date. A third inferno results in loss of life.
Regrettably, the suspect earmarked by the police is Wish, the son of Nina's former assistant. Not only that but the fatality was Wish's good friend, an auto mechanic who resented the changes taking place in his hometown.
As Nina and Paul begin their investigation it's not too long before they learn that those fires aren't the only burning issues in this picturesque community.
- Gail Cooke
Rating: 4
Summary: a good read, but not the best in the "Nina Reilly" series
Comment: Many things about this book, I liked. Nina is one of the more interesting female protagonists in the legal thriller arena, with a good cast of supporting characters in teenage son Bob, P.I./love interest Paul, Legal Secretary/Native-American activist Sandy Whitefeather, etc. (too bad the the evil lawyer Jeff Reisner is gone by now . . . .)
I liked the undercurrents of the complex relationships of the six neighbors in this book, who live near where a fire occurs that provides the story's setting. And Nina's feelings of restlessness and transition after leaving Lake Tahoe come across as authentic.
But I had a hard time with the ultimate resolution of the crime in this one. Without giving away the ending, the "perp" struck me as a bit implausible, as I feel the criminal plot would have unraveled on it's own much earlier in the story, the way the author has set it up (I can't say more without giving away the ending).
Overall, an entertaining & well-written book; not the best in the series, but not the worst either.
Rating: 1
Summary: Read the Reviews - FIRST
Comment: 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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Title: Unfit to Practice by Perri O'Shaughnessy ISBN: 0440236061 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Unlucky in Law (O'Shaughnessy, Perri) by PERRI O'SHAUGHNESSY ISBN: 0385336462 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 13 July, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Writ of Execution by Perri O'Shaughnessy ISBN: 0440236053 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 25 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Move to Strike by Perri O'Shaughnessy ISBN: 0440225825 Publisher: Island Pub. Date: 05 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Obstruction of Justice by Perry O'Shaughnessy ISBN: 0440224721 Publisher: Island Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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