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  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson, Alexander Adams, Books on Tape

    Audible Audiobook (Books on Tape, March 24, 2004)
    Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past. As a young investigator he brought down a president. It cost him his relationship with Mary Carelli. Fifteen years have passed while Paget raises their son, seeking privacy. Until a murder changes everything. Now a television journalist, Mary is charged in an eminent novelist's death. Her defense is attempted rape, and she wants Paget to defend her. But a fateful question remains: was it self-defense...or murder?
  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    eBook (St. Martin's Paperbacks, Feb. 2, 2010)
    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…
  • Degree Of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    Hardcover (Alfred A. Knopf, Jan. 4, 1993)
    As the trial of a well-known TV journalist--accused of the murder of a world-famous novelist--unfolds, the defendant's claim to innocence becomes increasingly undermined and the shocking truth is slowly revealed. A first novel. 250,000 first printing. $250,000 ad/promo. BOMC Main.
  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    Paperback (Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House, Jan. 7, 2000)
    Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past: as a young investigator in Washington he unearthed a scandal that brought ruin to the President - and an abrupt end to his affair with journalist Mary Carelli. Now, fifteen years later, Carelli is a famous TV journalist in New York and Paget is leading a relatively tranquil life raising their son in San Francisco. Until a charge of murder changes everything. The victim - a world famous (and infamous) novelist. The accused - Mary Carelli. When Paget agrees to defend her, largely for the sake of their son, her claims of attempted rape and self-defence seem water-tight. But gradually secrets from her past come to light and Paget is suddenly facing an explosive mix of public trial and personal conflict leaving his own and his son's fates vulnerable and exposed.
  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    Mass Market Paperback (St. Martin's Paperbacks, Feb. 2, 2010)
    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…
  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    Mass Market Paperback (Ballantine Books, Dec. 4, 1993)
    Mary Carelli, one of the most powerful women in TV journalism, is charged with the murder of Mark Ransom, America's most eminent novelist. Her attorney, Christopher Paget, sets out to shock the courtroom with revelations about Ransom as a twisted sexual predator. But as the trial unfolds, it is Paget who will be surprised...by Mary's secret motive for murder...by evidence that Mary is lying...by a woman prosecutor who believes Mary invented the story of rape...and by an enigmatic judge with an agenda of her own....
  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    Hardcover (Random House Large Print, Feb. 9, 1993)
    Mary Carelli, one of the most powerful women in TV journalism, is charged with the murder of Mark Ransom, America's most eminent novelist. Her attorney, Christopher Paget, sets out to shock the courtroom with revelations about Ransom as a twisted sexual predator. But as the trial unfolds, it is Paget who will be surprised...by Mary's secret motive for murder...by evidence that Mary is lying...by a woman prosecutor who believes Mary invented the story of rape...and by an enigmatic judge with an agenda of her own....From the Paperback edition.
  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    Paperback (Ballantine Books, June 23, 1997)
    Mary Carelli, one of the most powerful women in TV journalism, is charged with the murder of Mark Ransom, America's most eminent novelist. Her attorney, Christopher Paget, sets out to shock the courtroom with revelations about Ransom as a twisted sexual predator. But as the trial unfolds, it is Paget who will be surprised...by Mary's secret motive for murder...by evidence that Mary is lying...by a woman prosecutor who believes Mary invented the story of rape...and by an enigmatic judge with an agenda of her own....From the Paperback edition.
  • Degree Of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson, Alexander Adams

    Audio Cassette (Books on Tape, Inc., Jan. 1, 1994)
    Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past. As a young investigator he brought down a president. It cost him his relationship with Mary Carelli. Fifteen years have passed while Paget raises their son, seeking privacy. Until a murder changes everything. Now a television journalist, Mary is charged in an eminent novelist's death. Her defense is attempted rape and she wants Paget to defend her. But a fateful question remains: was it self-defense. . .or murder?
  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    Paperback (Ballantine Books, Nov. 13, 1992)
    Has dust cover. Ships within 48 hours.
  • DEGREE OF GUILT

    RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON

    Mass Market Paperback (BALLANTINE BOOKS, March 15, 1992)
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  • Degree of Guilt

    Richard North Patterson

    Audio Cassette (Random House Audio, Jan. 4, 1993)
    Mary Carelli, one of the most powerful women in TV journalism, is charged with the murder of Mark Ransom, America's most eminent novelist. Her attorney, Christopher Paget, sets out to shock the courtroom with revelations about Ransom as a twisted sexual predator. But as the trial unfolds, it is Paget who will be surprised...by Mary's secret motive for murder...by evidence that Mary is lying...by a woman prosecutor who believes Mary invented the story of rape...and by an enigmatic judge with an agenda of her own....From the Paperback edition.