READER'S SUBJECTIVE REVIEW FOLLOWS:All in all, not a bad read. If I had to grumble, I'd say the plot behind the US intelligence operation is so masqueraded that the reader doesn't even know it's there until the last 50 pages of the book. The constant juxtaposition of the Clarence Little serial ki...
I was very surprised by this book. Having read other Margolin books, I anticipated a story with a modern setting, some dark crime, and the thriller sense of writing for which Margolin is so well known. I was pleasantly surprised, however; this book is actually set in the 1860s. It is a story o...
Lupe's Review:"I've been here too long, Mr. Penny. If someone sees us talking, it could go bad for me." He started to walk away. "Wait. If I decide to help you how can I get in touch?" "Don't worry about that. If you gonna help me, I'll find you." -------------------------------------------------...
This is the first book, and apparently the only one, written by mystery writer Philip Margolin and his daughter Ami Margolin Rome. It's also his first (and only?) one written for children. I liked it a lot. It contains two mysteries. The solution to one of them could have been stronger but hey, t...
I read a very brief blurb about Woman with a Gun in USA Today. Because USA Today doesn’t often tout mysteries, the blurb made me think its author was a new writer who managed to turn out a very clever whodunit. By golly, I wanted to read that! So I did. While the story was compelling and whi...
I love a good courtroom drama. I am always a sucker for the subject of law. This book started off really good. The suspense built gradually, just at the right pace. The suspect you come to know just oozes sleaziness right off the pages. I really thought this had good potential for a great end...
Phillip Margolin, a former criminal justice attorney, brings his readers Wild Justice, where justice is never straight forward in and outside of the courtroom.A haunting massacre awaits investigators near a cabin in the woods, the "works" of a mad man, a serial killer that has taken meticulous ca...
This is a book review about pleasant surprises, cherished longtime friends, and new genres. See, a couple weeks ago, I got together with one of my oldest good friends, Leah Beil. Leah and I went to high school together and I could write a book, let alone a blog entry, on our friendship and the co...
Judge Richard Quinn ascended to the bench at a fairly young age and has spent his career following in his father's cherished footsteps and trying to live up to his own strong moral code. His marriage to an ambitious attorney has hit a bit of a rough patch and, instead of a romantic island getawa...
Complex plot pleases with suspense-filled twists and turns...Margolin is not as well known as Grisham or Scott Turow, but he can write a legal thriller with equal suspense. Here is his eighth novel to date; its complex plot had just the right number of characters so we could keep track, unlike hi...
Do you like that show CSI? All that forensic science keep you glued to the tube? If you do, then you'll like this book. It's CSI in book form.The plot of the book is pretty simple, a forensic scientist fakes evidence. If we are still on the CSI theme, it would be like an episode called 'Grissom G...
Het verhaal begint met een man die wakker wordt in een auto. Hij wordt op de plek waar hij zit verhoord en daar begint het verhaal. De man is Alan Parks. Hij is advocaat in Laurel County. Daar verdedigde hij Paul McCann, een man die beschuldigd wordt van moord op de vrouw van een plaatselijke ond...
This was the last story in a book of Readers Digest Condensed stories I received. I think that the condensed version cheats theauthor and the reader. I thought that reading a condensed book would allow me to read something that I otherwise would never read, but Idon't think it's worth it. This bo...
Tenacious investigator Dana Cutler must take down a charismatic and diabolical lawyer before he can pull off the perfect crime in this powerhouse thriller from New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin. Charles Benedict—magnetic criminal defense lawyer, amateur illusionist, and professi...
After a big breakfast, she headed back to the Portland airport in a driving rain to try to find out if Senator Carson had flown in or out on a private or commercial flight when he claimed he had been in Oregon. After striking out, when she inquired at the commercial carriers, she drove over to th...
It was a beautiful summer night, and the illuminated Seattle landmark stood out against the starry sky, but Gary was not thinking about the beauty of the moment. He was daydreaming about the carnage that would result if the Space Needle were toppled by a set of carefully placed explosives. The Ru...
The outlet malls, motels, and gas stations that passed for scenery on the interstate gave way to farmland then forest in almost no time. The pace of work at Reed, Briggs had been so intense that Brad hadn’t had a chance to explore Oregon, and he was surprised by the rapid disappearance of anythin...
Billie flashed her badge and told her that they wanted to speak to the lady of the house. While they waited, Billie looked around the Masterson property. She spotted three gardeners. One was pruning hedges, one was mowing the lawn, and one was on his knees, working in a flower garden. Billie thou...
On either side of the street were friendly white houses that were once residences but now served as offices for the staff. Looming over the charming houses and their neatly trimmed lawns was the squat, square bulk of the prison with its thick eggyolk-yellow walls, barbed-w...
Garrett,” Sarah Woodruff said as soon as they were alone in Mary Garrett’s corner office on the top floor of the priciest office building in downtown Portland. The large picture windows gave clients spectacular views of the river, three snow-capped mountains, and the West Hills. The decorations w...