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Degree of Guilt by Richard North Patterson

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Also by Richard North Patterson:

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The Devil\'s Light, May 2011
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Silent Witness, February 2011
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Eclipse, January 2009
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Exile, September 2007
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Exile, January 2007
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Conviction, November 2005
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Balance of Power, July 2004
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Protect and Defend, November 2001
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Caroline Masters, December 2000
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Dark Lady, August 2000
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Degree of Guilt, December 1999
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No Safe Place, July 1999
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Silent Witness, September 1997
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Eyes of a Child, December 1995
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Private Screening, June 1986
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Escape the Night, June 1986
Paperback (reprint)
Lasko Tangent, July 1985
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Outside Man, February 1982
Paperback (reprint)

DEGREE OF GUILT
By: Richard North Patterson

Ballantine
December 1999
On Sale: December 4, 1999
Featuring: Christopher Paget; Mary Carelli
544 pages
ISBN: 034538184X
EAN: 9780345381842
Paperback (reprint)
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Mystery Police Procedural | Thriller Legal

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....