'Page turner' is always an overused phrase these days, but there is no better way to describe this book. 'Presumed Guilty' is the fifth book of Gerritsen's released under the genre of Romantic Suspense, however 'Suspense' seriously undersells this book.

Set in a small hamlet in Maine, the book follows Miranda Wood on her quest to prove her innocence. Having returned home to find her ex-lover lying naked in a pool of blood there is only one suspect. Her task is made even harder with the fact that the victim is a high profile married man in this small town. With the odds stacked against her, Miranda sets out to discover the truth but stumbles upon far more than she ever intended on finding out. The book holds more twists than an Italian mountain road and if finding out who the true villain is doesn't keep you on the edge of the bed, there is the added incentive to know if Miranda will find love and happiness with the new man in town or does it just add to an already complicated life for her.

A very good read, which is of a satisfyingly different intensity of Gerritsen's recent work.