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Reviewed by Allen Hott

Starting out with a ghost ship that is docked in Oregon this Phillip Margolin story gets involved with the local police, state police, CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, and the justice system all the way up to the U. S. Supreme Court.

After a night watchman calls the local police about problems originating on the China Sea (the ship) he disappears. And as the local police begin looking into the problems on the ship Homeland Security steps in and basically tells the cops to go away and forget about it.

However one of them decides to pursue the problem. And then a local woman (who is Sarah Woodruff, a police officer) gets involved when a neighbor reports loud racket and what appears to be fighting at her neighbor’s home.

The upshot is that an overzealous attorney in the district attorney’s office charges Woodruff with murder even though he has no body. While this is going on more people are killed and missing including the two local cops who made the initial investigation. Read the rest of this entry »

Reviewed by Vickie Dailey

Philip Margolin once tried a case before the Supreme Court. Through firsthand knowledge and many interviews with court personnel, he combines real experiences with fiction to create a really good novel.

Supreme Justice reunites attorney Brad Miller, Keith Evans of the FBI and P.I. Dana Cutler in a sequel to 2008′s Executive privilege.

Brad is now clerking for Supreme Court Justice Felicia Moss. When she is almost brutally attacked, Brad saves her in the parking garage of the court. After Brad saves her he shares that he has had co-workers asking about the current cert before the court. Oregon VS. Woodruff. Becoming suspicious, she askes Brad to enlist his friend PI Dana Cutler to go to Oregon and investigate. Sarah Woodruff is on death row in Oregon for killing her lover John Finley. Read the rest of this entry »

Reviewed by Nancy Eaton

Supreme Justice is the sequel to Executive Privilege.

Supreme Justice opens with John Finley surviving an attack on a ship. The next chapter continues with Tom Oswald discovering the ship. That is not all he finds. There are several bodies and drugs aboard. The reader is then taken ahead in time.

Sarah Woodruff, a former cop, is on death row. She has been convicted of murdering her lover, John Finley. She has exhausted almost all means of trying to prove she did not commit this murder. Her last hope is a chance to be heard by the Supreme Court. To make matters worse, one of the Supreme Court justices retires and several interest groups try to get their candidate appointed to fill the vacancy. Read the rest of this entry »

Reviewed by Nancy Eaton

There are not too many books that really grab me from the very first page and will not let go until I have read the entire novel but Fugitive is one of them.

Charlie Marsh, a con man serving time, becomes a hero when he saved the life of a warden of a penitentiary during a prison riot. Once out of prison, it does not take Charlie very long to get into trouble again. This time he is accused of killing a congressman.

Charlie is now on the run and has been living in Batanga, Africa for many years. He is now a confidant of African President Jean Claude Baptiste who is known to be a little strange and power-mad. Charlie, who just cannot behave himself, is having a fling with Baptiste’s wife. He should have known that sooner or later Baptiste would find out. Sure enough Baptiste knows of the affair and Charlie soon figured that out too. Charlie knows he must be on the run again. Where does he go? He cannot stay in Africa so he heads back to the United States to face the murder charges for the congressman.

Criminal lawyer, Amanda Jaffe, has her hands full with Charlie. She has to keep him off death row, protect him from Babtiste’s police who are surely looking for him and something else. What is it? You will have to read the book to find out!

Fugitive is a terrific thriller. You almost have to laugh at Charlie because he is always getting into trouble and does not seem to know any better. I guarantee this book will keep you glued to the pages. It’s an exhilarating read that will take you on a fast, exciting ride as Charlie starts to run. There is not a dull moment within the pages. Phillip Margolin does a masterful job as a storyteller. Be sure to read this book.