Presumed Guilty

By Tess Gerritsen

GuiltyUntil Proven Innocent

Miranda Wood thinks she has seen the last of Richard Tremain, her rich and married ex-loveruntil she discovers him stabbed to death in her bed. With her knife.

Miranda is the obvious suspect, and she looks even guiltier when her bail is posted by an anonymous donor. Was this an act of kindness designed to buy her time to clear her name? 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?

With her world falling around her, Miranda is determined to discover who killed Richard. But proving her innocence may become secondary to staying alive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harlequin MIRA
• Release date: Dec 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781459248946

Tess Gerritsen

Bestselling author Tess Gerritsen is also a physician. Her thrillers starring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the hit TV series Rizzoli & Isles. But Tess's interests span far more than medicine and crime. As an anthropology student at Stanford University, she catalogued centuries-old human remains and she continues to travel the world, driven by her fascination with ancient cultures and bizarre natural phenomena. She resides in Maine.

Reviews for Presumed Guilty

[carol420 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Tess Gerritsen is by far one of the best mystery/suspense authors. "Presumed Guilty" did not have the intense suspense as some of her medical thrillers but it was still enjoyable. It was well written and was an enjoyable mystery

[marjoleinl-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

That evening, Miranda gets the third phonecall by her ex . He says he'll be there in 15 minutes. Miranda panicks and goes to the beach. After an hour, she has found the courage to go back to her home, she hopes he'll be gone. When she arrives, she doesn't see him. She goes to her bedroom and there he lays on the bed, naked and stabbed. With a knive from her kitchen! What happened? Who went into her house? Who wants to make her guilty for the murder on Richard?I've read multiple books of Tess Gerritsen, also multiple that were published by Harlequin. This story has some romantic and some thrilling moments in the book. The story was okay, bit it didn't get me. I didn't find out who the killer was untill the end, but it didn't surprise me either. Sometime parts were written too long. I personally think it isn't one of Tess Gerritsens best books.

[marcella1717 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Utterly stupid, sorry to say. All characters are cardboard and the relationship between the main characters is based on nothing because he doesn't trust her until the very last moment, when it becomes clear she is innocent. I wouldn't want a partner like that. I couldn't understand why she wanted to get involved with him at all.
In the last part of the book the heroine behaves even more TSTL as she sets out to corrupt/steal evidence that is supposed to prove her innocence (personally I don't see why the author of the letters HAS to be the killer).The villain also behaves TSTL by not turning the tables on the heroine at that moment.
Grade: F

[n.w.moors-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is one of Ms. Gerritsen's early books that I grabbed on sale. While I like her later books better, I appreciate the Maine setting and her writing. The mystery was pretty good: Miranda has broken off her affair with her boss, a married man when his body is found with a knife in his chest on her bed. His brother arrives and becomes involved in finding clues about the murder. However, I didn't like the romance here. It detracts from the rest of the story, so I give this book 3 1/2 stars rounded up.