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gremlin175's review
1.0
Cool subject but the writing was awwwful. He repeated facts and phrases 2-3 times throughout the book.
micrummey's review
4.0
Wendy Sewell is dying in a graveyard and Derbyshire police find a convenient perpetrator in 17 year-old Stephen Downing. He is convicted of Wendy's murder and several years later, newspaper reporter Don Hale is asked by the Downing family to investigate a miscarriage of justice.
What follows could be a work of fiction as Hale comes up against a web of corruption in the police, law and prison systems. He deliberately shows how his own life is in danger as in the first chapter he includes a harrowing car chase which comes some way into the story.
It is troubling to read how slow the appeal system is and how the establishment considers there are no 'innocent' people in jail and you have to admit your guilt to be considered for parole, even if innocent.
Various politicians from both the labour and Conservative Parties don't come out well in this. Murder in the Graveyard is an uncomfortable read but at the same time important if you want justice to prevail.
What follows could be a work of fiction as Hale comes up against a web of corruption in the police, law and prison systems. He deliberately shows how his own life is in danger as in the first chapter he includes a harrowing car chase which comes some way into the story.
It is troubling to read how slow the appeal system is and how the establishment considers there are no 'innocent' people in jail and you have to admit your guilt to be considered for parole, even if innocent.
Various politicians from both the labour and Conservative Parties don't come out well in this. Murder in the Graveyard is an uncomfortable read but at the same time important if you want justice to prevail.
kikiandarrowsfishshelf's review
1.0
The writing is good, but my personal taste does not like the fact Hale is so centered in the narrative. I know why he is, and while I don't think it is intentional, the book feels like "me, me, me". I think Hale should applauded, but the style is not one I like.
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