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Seven years ago, Phillip Margolin seized the imagination of thriller readers everywhere with his chilling breakout bestseller, Gone, but Not Forgotten. After five subsequent New York Times bestsellers, Margolin now returns to the haunting terrain of Gone, but Not Forgotten with a mesmerizing tour de force of psychological suspense, an electrifying tale of revenge and retribution that shows a master storyteller at the very peak of show more his craft.
Thursday: Subject is still combative after four days of applied pain, sleep deprivation and minimal food.
Vice squad detective Bobby Vasquez, for months on the trail of a slippery underworld figure, receives an anonymous tip that directs him to a mountain cabin. He races through the idyllic Oregon woods, expecting to close the book on a long-standing vendetta. What he finds instead opens a Pandora's box of horror that will haunt him to his dying day.
8:10: Subject bound and gaffed and placed in upstairs closet at end of hall. Turned out lights in house, drove off, then parked and doubled back. Watched from woods.
Within hours, Vincent Cordoni — a brilliant surgeon with a history of violence and drug abuse — is arrested for a heinous crime. Facing a seemingly insurmountable wall of evidence, he turns to Portland's top criminal defense attorney, Frank Jaffe-who, along with his ambitious daughter, Amanda, must put on an inspired defense. Amanda's first taste of criminal defense work is as intoxicating as it is chilling, but it raises moral questions she's loath to address. Is she defending an innocent man? Or is she using her considerable skills to set a monster free? Then Cardoni disappears under bizarre circumstances. Four years later, a second set of murders has begun ....
8:55: Subject exits house, naked and barefoot, armed with kitchen knife. Remarkable strength of character. Breaking her will be a challenge.
Has Cardoni resurfaced to ply his deadly trade anew? Is there a copycat killer? Or has the real killer been someone else all along? The police will do everything they can to stop Cardoni — but they have to find him first.
Following a twisting trail of clues, including a harrowing diary that clinically records the killer's horrible deeds, Amanda Jaffe and Bobby Vasquez join the hunt-and themselves become targets of the twenty-first century's first genuinely monstrous psychopath.
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I have enjoyed Margolin's previous books but I don't think I've liked any as much as I did this one. Surgeon's selling body parts on the black market, torture for revenge, legal wranglings to get obviously guilty guys off… this story has it all and it's really laid out well. An excellent read.
I read Gone but Not Forgotten a few years ago and loved it but for some reason never picked up any more of this author's books. I recently picked up Wild Justice and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was an easy read with great characters and a good storyline. Although the ending is not totally unpredictable you do need to follow the clues to figure it out. I definitely recommend this book.
I had to knock off a star because I guessed the identity of the killer far in advance of it being revealed as even a possibility. That being said, this was a quite entertaining murder mystery thriller that was well worth reading. I enjoyed reading it, and while I wouldn't be likely to read it again, I would recommend it to others.
This one I had figured half way through.
Amanda was a weird one. I think her character was forced. Very obvious thoughts had to be written down instead of letting her actions show her character. Margolin had to come right out and have an internal monologue from Amanda say that she didn’t need a man for identity, but that one would be nice to have around for companionship. If he had given more care to her character, he wouldn’t have had to spell it out.
Amanda was a weird one. I think her character was forced. Very obvious thoughts had to be written down instead of letting her actions show her character. Margolin had to come right out and have an internal monologue from Amanda say that she didn’t need a man for identity, but that one would be nice to have around for companionship. If he had given more care to her character, he wouldn’t have had to spell it out.
A good page turner, a mass market crime novel. Not a great book, but good for the beach or anytime you want something unimportant to read for fun.
Amanda Jaffe is a great character and I definitely plan on reading the entire series. I loved the twists and thrills.
I liked this thriller a lot. It was indeed 'thrilling', very good story with unexpected thwists.
Kept me reading, turning pages like I like to do. On the other hand: I needed a (partial) re-read to refresh my memory and remeber exactly what the book was all about.
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Kept me reading, turning pages like I like to do. On the other hand: I needed a (partial) re-read to refresh my memory and remeber exactly what the book was all about.
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Philip Margolin was born in New York City in 1944. He received a bachelor's degree in government from The American University in 1965. From 1965 to 1967, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 1970. From 1972 until 1996, he was in private practice in Portland, Oregon, specializing in show more criminal defense. He has tried many high profile cases and has argued in the Supreme Court. He was the first attorney to use the battered woman's syndrome defense in a homicide case in Oregon. His first novel, Heartstone, was published in 1978. He has been a full-time author since 1996. His other works include The Last Innocent Man; Gone, But Not Forgotten; After Dark; The Burning Man; The Undertaker's Widow; Wild Justice; The Associate; Sleeping Beauty; Capitol Murder and Sleight of Hand. He also writes short stories and non-fiction articles in magazines and law journals. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Wild Justice
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- 2000
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- Amanda Jaffe; Frank Jaffe; Vincent Cardoni; Mary Sandowski; Anthony Fiori; Justine Castle (show all 13); Martin Breach; Clifford Grant; Bobby Vasquez; Carleton Swindoll; Sean McCarthy; Andrew Volkov; Art Prochaska
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- Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Palmer, Michael; King, Larry; Penzler, Otto; DeMille, Nelson
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