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Original Title:	Degree of Guilt
ISBN:	034538184X (ISBN13: 9780345381842)
Edition Language:	English URL http://richardnorthpattersonbooks.com/
Series:	Christopher Paget #2
Literary Awards:	Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for Romans étrangers (1995)

Degree of Guilt (Christopher Paget #2) Paperback | Pages: 534 pages

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TV journalist Mary Carelli admits that she shot and killed Mark Ransom, one of the world’s most famous authors. She claims it was self-defense. She swears he tried to rape her. Now she has to prove it in a court of law—with her former lover acting as her attorney…

Christopher Paget is one of the top lawyers in the country. But defending the mother of his son in the trial of the decade, he begins to have doubts. Is Mary telling the truth? Did she invent her story about the rape? What is she hiding? With each shocking revelation, Paget is forced to question his defense, his ethics, and the whole legal system. Because no one, not even the judge, is completely innocent. And guilt is a matter of degree…

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Title	:	Degree of Guilt (Christopher Paget #2)
Author	:	Richard North Patterson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 534 pages
Published	:	December 4th 1993 by Ballantine Books (first published 1992)
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Legal Thriller. Crime

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I picked this up in a holiday house and wished I hadn't. The plot was contrived and repetitive, the writing mediocre and the characters unattractive. Eventually I gave up and skipped to the end which was completely predictable.

This book was interesting so long as the author kept to the crux of the story, the crime and the trial, but he likes to go off on his personal relationships and gives us TMI. Also, in my opinion, he goes a bit overboard with the sexual aspects surrounding the crime....it got a bit gaggy at times. However, that being said, I am stubborn enough to finish out the series and will now go on to read "Eyes of a Child," the last of three in this crime/courtroom drama series.

It took me forever to finish this book, I didn't give one little bit of crap about any of the characters. I forced myself to finish it because of the other good reviews and the promise of a great twist at the end. Well, there was a bit of a twist but I had already figured out Carlo was not Paget's son and who the hell knows if Mary ever told the truth about what happened in that room. She was such a bitchy flake.The overprotecting of Carlo was beyond ridiculous! He was 15 not 8. I really found

This was a bit of a windy affair, I thought, although there were some unsettling accounts of rape and female degradation. No need to describe the plot as the synopsis tells you the facts you need to know about this 700-page monster that ambles back and forth between legal and domestic drama. The legal stuff is all right, though extremely repetitive, and would probably go over well in a movie. I know plenty of people love courtroom drama and there is some meat here, though it takes about 400

Synopsis: Paget is a top criminal lawyer; he must defend his former lover, journalist Mary Carelli, on a murder charge.

I read this book years ago, and identified quite strongly -- for reasons of my own -- with the young attorney Terri Peralta. Now that I'm more removed from my own situation I can see the sometimes glaring flaws in the plot, at least from a trial lawyer's perspective. The thinly-veiled characters of Mark Ransom, Laura Chase and James Colt are a little too obvious, at least to readers of my generation. Still, Patterson writes an intelligent legal thriller and one that keeps the reader engaged

This is a good legal case study, well-written and with good characters. I really want to say I enjoyed the book, but it became ponderous. One of those "am I really STILL reading this book?" I haven't read a Patterson in a while and I did not read the first novel in this series. I don't think I'll run out and buy the next one, either. A good author, a decent book, but perhaps too overdone.