Fugitive

This book has some real problems. First, it's supposed to be an Amande Jaffe book but she is mainly absent from the first half of the book. Second, the defendant that she is working with is such a scum that you don't really care if he gets off or not. Third, the book is full of plot cliches. Fourth,......more

This book starts out with some very gruesome scenes, but gradually evolves into a very average story. It doesn't quite deserve 3 stars, but isn't a 2 star book either. Just average. Amanda Jaffe deals with an accused murderer who returns on his own to the U.S. to stand trial. It is the lesser of the......more

This is a great yarn. A scary, irrational dictator. A daring escape. A writer/hack who has no idea what he's getting into. Great character portrayal. This sets the right bar for the novel I'm working on. Fugitive is Margolin's best novel.......more

Truyện lôi cuốn với tình tiết li kì, tiết tấu nhanh, liên quan nhiều lĩnh vực. Các tuyến nhân vật chồng chéo tạo ra nội dung phức hợp và những điểm thắt-mở nút liên tục, bất ngờ. Cú twist cuối khá thú vị nhưng hơi nhẹ và đoạn kết truyện nhanh, có thể tạo cảm giác hẫng nhẹ. Truyện theo tinh thần nhân......more

I really enjoyed the characters in this installment of the Amanda Jaffa series. While you wanted some of them to be innocent, both of murder and other transgressions, you soon learned they had some very negative character traits, along with their positive ones. That made them much more realistic and......more