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The Undertaker's Widow (Mass Market Paperback)

de Phillip Margolin (Author)
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In this legal thriller, a young judge in Portland, Oregon, struggles to save his marriage and his career after he becomes personally involved in the murder case he's adjudicating. The judge, Richard Quinn, is a deeply principled man who has proven himself an honorable and fair-minded public servant. When an extremely wealthy undertaker is murdered in his mansion in the West Hills of town, Quinn is chosen to preside over the case. The dead man's widow, Ellen Crease, is a driven state congressional representative who is running for a seat in the United States Senate. She's a shapely, pistol-packing Republican and a former cop. She's also a suspect, as is the dead man's underachieving son. Crease's political enemies also appear to be involved in the intrigue, but it's difficult to tell. After someone connected to the case tries to blackmail the judge for an extramarital misstep, Quinn decides to take matters into his own hands. He does some investigating, shares his discoveries with people who seem to be trustworthy (but aren't), and puts himself in harm's way.

It's interesting to follow Quinn as he grapples with the ethical issues of the case. When the blackmailers want him to tip the scales of justice one way, he considers tipping them the other direction. There is also something inherently diverting about observing a basically good man who is helplessly mired in a whole heap of trouble. Throughout the book, Quinn keeps stumbling into mortal danger and confiding in all the wrong people, digging himself deeper and deeper in trouble. --Jill Marquis --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.



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Best known for his stunning thriller Gone but Not Forgotten (LJ 8/1/93), Margolin disappoints in this new novel. Wealthy Portland, OR, businessman Lamar Hoyt Sr. is shot to death in his bed. His wife, Ellen Crease, fires upon and kills the shooter. When the forensic scientist studies the photographs of the crime scene, he sees a discrepancy in the blood spatters, which points to Crease's lying about what happened. Her arraignment and bail hearing is before Richard Quinn, an honest, by-the-book judge who is being blackmailed into ruling against Crease. Despite Margolin's storytelling ability, the novel features unadorned prose and is thin on characterization and shallow in plot. The one bright spot here is Mary Garrett, an attorney with a great deal of aplomb and courtroom savvy who should be considered for her own novel soon. For most fiction collections because of demand for the author's books.
-?Jo Ann Vicarel, Cleveland Heights-Univ. Heights P.L., OH
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Judge Quinn chooses right, Fév 15 2008
Par Pierre Lapointe "www.maclap.biz" (Vancouver, BC) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Undertaker's Widow (Paperback)
Blackmailed because of a brief error of judgment, Judge Quinn finds the inner strength to make the right choices. This is a fun legal thriller with good characters and interesting twists. This will especially please those who enjoy the tribulations of criminal trials. A fun read, the story twists and turns and keeps you interested.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 An Honest Judge is Blackmailed and Framed, Fév 15 2004
Par Kesha Dylan (Washington, DC) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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An intruder breaks in to the house of wealthy Portland, Oregon businessman Lamar Hoyt and shoots him to death, but before he can bring his gun to bear on his wife, Ellen Crease, ex-policewoman, current state senator and candidate for the United States Senate, she grabs her own pistol and kills the assailant.

Later homicide detective Lou Anthony finds just under ten thousand dollars in the killer's closet. Was the killer paid? If so by who? Was he hired to assassinate a candidate for the US Senate? But then the evidence points to the candidate herself and she is arrested.

Judge Richard Quinn is an honest man and this is his first death penalty case. He meets a girl while on a speaking engagement in the Caribbean, goes snorkeling with her. She is abducted, apparently murdered. Quinn leaves the island without telling the authorities, because he thinks the crime was drug related and that the island's politicians are corrupt.

Back home someone blackmails him to go hard on Crease. He rebels, does the opposite and lets her off on a technicality. The blackmailer is furious, commits murder, frames Quinn and now Quinn is in a race for his life to prove his innocence and who does he turn to for help? You guessed it, the candidate who was almost a convict, Ellen Crease. However, maybe she isn't the best possible choice for an ally.

As usual Mr. Margolin has written a book that is very hard to put down. His characters are well drawn, believable and fun to spend time with, but I have to say I was a little disappointed with the ending. A little too much help for our hero, I thought. But other than that, I enjoyed the book very much.

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3.0étoiles sur 5 TILL DEATH DO THEY PART, Janv. 15 2003
Par Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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In reading several of Margolin's novels, I find one consistency: his characters/heroes really do dumb/stupid things, and then expect the world to either forgive them or help them out. In "The Undertaker's Widow," Judge Richard Quinn is said hero. He has what he thinks is the perfect marriage with a career-driven wife, Laura, who doesn't find his sexual demands as worthwhile as he does. This obviously leads to Quinn's involvement with a mysterious young woman on a trip to an island called St. Jerome's. If Quinn is as moral as the book makes him out to be, his rendezvous with Amanda only shows the shallow side of this hero.
Other than that, he does some more stupid things and winds up in the middle or a really nasty murder case.
The titular widow of this book is one Ellen Crease, who is running for the senate, and kills a man who comes into her mansion to kill her wealthy husband. He does kill him, and from there on, we have a chaotic investigation, with several possible suspects, and Judge Quinn smack dab in the middle of it.
Laura's turnaround near the end of the book, while not totallyl credible, at least is pleasant for our hero. The identity of the murderer in this one is, I admit, a surprise, but it's hasty resolution and it's "cute" little epilogue involving the lady's housekeeper is rather trite.
Not a great read, and certainly not one of Margolin's best, but it's not a waste of time.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 !!~Awesome Read~!! A really good suspense mystery story.
I really liked this book this was my first Philip Margolin book but i have added him to my mental list of a must read author. Read more
Publié le Jui 8 2002 par Patrick A. Huber

4.0étoiles sur 5 I enjoyed this book
This book keeps you second-guessing on who the suspect was till the end.
Publié le Avril 9 2002 par M. Steffen

4.0étoiles sur 5 LAWYERS & JUDGES--WHAT TANGLED WEBS WE WEAVE!!!!
Wham, right off the bat, Lamar Hoyt is killed. Now to find out who did him in. His widow is Ellen Crease, she is arrested and has a hearing. Did she kill him? Read more
Publié le Déc 11 2001 par Mac Blair

4.0étoiles sur 5 Who killed Lamar Hoyt
Ellen Crease, Oregon State Senator, former crack shot and policewoman, is found holding her dead husband's body in her arms while an intruder lies dead on the floor nearby. Read more
Publié le Mars 13 2001 par Suzanne Vitale

3.0étoiles sur 5 The Undertaker's Wido
It is about a woman whose husband gets killed in the middle of her campaign. She has the gun in her hand when the detective comes in. Read more
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3.0étoiles sur 5 The Undertakers Widow
It is about a woman whose husband gets killed in the middle of her campaign. She has the gun in her hand when the detective comes in. Read more
Publié le Nov. 16 2000 par Audrey Lopez

2.0étoiles sur 5 First Margolin and Probably My Last
I read this book because it is set in Portland, OR, where I am living. It felt like a book that was intended to be sold for movie rights -- lots of excitement and gratuitous sex... Read more
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3.0étoiles sur 5 A Fairly Good Legal Suspense Novel!
To be exact, I would give this novel 3 1/2 stars. I liked the whole novel a lot. Good characters, great suspense, good action scenes and events. Read more
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Gripping and interesting, but some major flaws
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