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Plea of Insanity - Jilliane Hoffman

Description: ISBN 0141024593 / Author: Jilliane Hoffman / Genre: Fiction / Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd / The prosecutor - Julia Valenciano. Young, ... more

Plea of Insanity - Jilliane Hoffman ... ambitious and facing a case that could launch her career. The defendant - David Marquette. A successful Miami surgeon and devoted family man. The victims - Marquette's own wife and three small children. The plea - Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. The perfect father and model husband, David Marquette seemingly just snapped. His experienced defence team claims paranoid delusions caused by schizophrenia drove him to slaughter his entire family. But the state suspects Marquette's insanity defence is being fabricated to disguise murders that were cold-blooded and calculated. Worse, Julia believes Marquette could be responsible for a string of unsolved, brutal homicides.The distraught survivor could just be one of the most prolific and elusive serial killers in the country's history. To bring him to justice, Julia must embark on a terrifying personal journey back into her own past - something she has struggled for fifteen years to forget. And this will lead her to confront a future so chilling, she's not sure she will ever be able to face it..."

Newest Review: ... have been behind a number of similar unsolved murders in the past, only this time one of his victims called police before ... more

... they were killed and he didn't have time to escape so he turned the knife on himself, using his medical knowledge to ensure that he is not seriously injured. Young prosecutor Julia Valenciano is flattered and thrilled to be asked to act as second seat in the states case against Marquette, and also into the bed of the chief prosecutor Rick Bellido. When Marquette enters a plea of not guilty due to insanity, Julia must fight to determine whether Marquette is truly insane or a cold-blooded psychopath who will use his med...more

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Plea of Insanity - Jilliane Hoffman: Plea of Insanity (464 words)
by - written on 18/09/09 (Very useful, 20 readings)
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Plea of Insanity is written by Jilliane Hoffman, the bestselling author of 'Retribution.' I hadn't read any of her other novels, and to be honest I think this was one of those library books that you get home, re-read the back and aren't too sure why you picked it up, but I decided to give it a shot anyway and see what I thought. When star surgeon David Marquette's wife and three children and found viciously murdered and he himself with life threatening injuries, the evidence all points to the crime being committed by Marquette himself and worse, that he may have been behind a number of similar unsolved murders in the past, only this time one of his victims ... Read the complete review

A thriller that lacks thrill (660 words)
by - written on 07/11/08 (Very useful, 102 readings)
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A while ago I read Retribution by Jillianne Hoffman and thoroughly enjoyed it so I stored her name in my memory banks with the intention of reading more of her work. A couple of months ago while browsing in a discount store I saw Plea Of Insanity selling for a £1. I snapped it up feeling immensely pleased with myself, took it home and immediately started to read it. That's probably the only good point about this book. The cheap price. The main character in the book is Julia Valenciano who is a prosecutor, a relatively new one so not top notch. The crime is a family murder, the wife and three children have been stabbed and the husband, David Marquette, is ... Read the complete review

Plea of Insanity - Jilliane Hoffman: Hoffman loses the plot (923 words)
by - written on 29/05/08 (Very useful, 153 readings)
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Alerted by a telephone call from a young child in the early hours of the morning the police arrive at a family home in an affluent suburb to find an horrific scene - a mother and three children stabbed to death while the husband, a well respected local surgeon, is alive but injured. The murder enquiry soon points to the man as the chief suspect and in court David Arquette pleads not guilty by reason of insanity. Junior prosecutor Julia Valenciano finds herself offered the chance of a lifetime when chief prosecutor Rick Bellido asks her to "second seat" the case alongside him but her delight at being given the opportunity other junior prosecutors dream of soon ... Read the complete review