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This is an incredibly gripping and sad tale about a man who is falsely accused of a rape murder offence and sentenced to death.
The writer spins the tale in a way that makes you fully sympathise with the accused and really place yourself in his shoes. How utterly awful it is that injustices like this do occur and all too frequently. Incredibly sad, reading this, although it’s fictional, made me question and think a lot about the death penalty and how we treat who we judge as ‘criminals’.
The main story of the book is based around one of the chaplains and his search for the true killer. His determination to find the true killer and his trust in God is truly inspiring.
Written so that you just want to keep on reading more and more, it didn’t take me long to finish.
This is a real page turner of a crime novel with just a touch of the supernatural and picks it out the period details excelently. Anyone who has any interest in either 1950s London or crime stories in general should enjoy this. I am looking forward to the next novel in the series.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2018
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Another book I found hard to put down very well written I thought digby the unlikely hero helped by an in likely trio I found it very touching also it covered the violence that exists around us