Anthropologist Jonathan Hugues joins forces with councilor George Gardener (an elderly woman!) in an attempt to uncover yet another miscarriage of justice in England. In the 70's, Howard Stamp, a retarded 20-year-old, committed suicide in prison after having been convicted of brutally murdering his grandmother. It's a good read and it's interesting to note how skillfully, book after book, Minette Walters is able to paint such an assortment of different characters.
(Laurence Martin Euler - bwl 23 April 2004 ) |
