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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	:	Special 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 started this book in March. It started off with a lot of promise. Unfortunately, about 1/3 of the way through I realized I simply didn't like any of the characters so it was hard to care what became of them. At that point Degree of Guilt became my back up book, to be read when nothing better was on my night stand. After a couple months I started skipping through. I probably read the first third, a few short middle sections and the final 5% so maybe I inadvertently skipped over some great parts

The problem I have with Richard North Patterson's novels is that once I start one, I seem to be completely unable to do anything but finish it. They are all-consuming. This one I found particularly remarkable. A legal thriller of the highest order. As always, great character development, but the plotting of this one - weaving a murder, a trial, celebrity scandal, and personal conflict into a frenzy - was remarkable. Unlike most other "series" authors, Patterson weaves together a world where the

chris is a lawyer made famous by a financial trial that led to the downfall of the president. with the assistance of mary, his now ex lover and the mother of his child then she suddenly contacts him. she has called the police after the murder of a leading author and mary is now a well known journalist and tv figure it has it all -- fame, sex, blackmail, political corruption. long buried secrets, hidden shameful motives .... she asks chris to represent her and against his better judgement he

This is the second book, chronologically, featuring Christopher Paget. Having met him and Mary Carelli in The Lasko Tangent, I was interested in seeing what the future held for them.It is many years later. We learn that a child was born from the brief intimacy shared by Chris and Mary. Mary is accused of murder and Chris is fathering Carlos, a child he never met until he was 7 years old. The dynamics of the relationship between his parents and the ongoing investigation and trial are well written

The 2nd of the Cristopher Paget series...The woman from the Lasko Tangent and mother of Paget's son is accused of murder and the ensuing trial opens many wounds...okay read only

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.

A legal thriller with a lawyer representing his former lover (mother of his son who lives with him) charged with killing an author who has just uncovered a major political scandal, although she claims self-defence due to his attempt to rape her. This is a fairly intense narrative with characters more believable than usual in this genre although some of the twists could be seen coming.