Presumed Guilty

Richard Tremain’s flame of the month, Miranda Wood has just been accused of stabbing her married lover to death.  Miranda is presumed guilty by the small island residents that view the Tremain’s as royalty.  Proving her innocence is harder then she anticipated, especially since she is in a battle of her life at every turn.

I enjoy Tess Gerritsen’s, Rizzoli and Isles Series but it is nice to listen to a title of hers that is not part of a series.  Presumed Guilty combines what I personally love, a murder mystery, a trial, a blackmail list of the cities elite, a scorned widow, a secret will and forbidden lust!

Presumed Guilty is performed by Jennifer Van Dyck, who is in my opinion, an exceptional narrator.  She has narrated other popular audiobooks such as Iris Johansen’s Even Duncan Series.  She did a great job distinguishing difference between the all the characters.  It can be tricky performing male, female and elderly voices, but it was flawless. 

Iit is clear that someone wants Miranda dead.  Will the brother of her ex-lover help prove her innocence or send Miranda to the gas chamber?  Why does someone want Miranda dead? Is it to avenge the death of a respected man, or to keep the real killer hidden from the public?  Was Richard Tremain killed in a lovers rage, or to keep a secret buried?

E. D.