Presumed Guilty

by Junius Podrug

Book Overview

Lara Patrick, a young American attorney, has traveled to Moscow looking for clues to her mother's mysterious death over twenty years ago. She uncovers more questions than answers, and soon becomes a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312862423
• ISBN13: 9780312862428
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 415 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

am I the only one who found it hilarious?

All right...so it wasn't a GREAT novel. There were a good number of parts where the writer's 'jokes' were ill-timed and ill-fitting. Meaning, some parts were extremely corny and stupid. I was laughing throughout the entire book. Junius Podrug is a decent writer, and his depiction of Russia and Russian jurisprudence makes shivers run down my spine, and makes me feel very, very lucky to live in America. I suppose the fact that I read the ending when I was still around page 5 made me want to finish it. However, the book was not especially understandable at certain parts, especially at the end. Perhaps I am too immature and young to understand a novel of its uh...caliber. Haha, sure. Well, Presumed Guilty is not a book I'd recommend, but I certainly like it. It kept me focused throughout the entire book, even throughout all the corny and sexist and explicit parts of it. "Little Kosca"...hahaha!

Presumed Guilty, What a great read!

I normally take an hour 0f the day to settle back and read. But with Presumed Guilty I found myself not wanting to put the book down. I would take the book with me everywhere at a chance to read just a little more.If I was a reviewer I would extol the character, the mystery, the setting, the pace and the darkness of the Russian justice system. Did I leave anything out? I'm jst glad I live in the U.S.A. where we are presumed innocent.I hope this book gets lots of promotion; it deserves the recgnition.Rachel LewisPrescott, Arizona

Great movie material.

Very entertaining. Could not put it down, needed to know who would live.

gripping, poignant and a must read

This is one of the tautest, tightly written novels I have read. It grips from the first page. It's setting of modern day Russia makes for a poignant setting. I especially found the comparison between American and Russian jurisprudence fascinating. As a psyco-therapist I found its characterizations of Laura accurate and gripping.