A Certain Justice: An Adam Dalgliesh Novel

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And it was now, in the second week and seventh day of the trial, that they had reached what, for Venetia, was the critical cross-examination of a prosecution witness: Mrs. The court would, however, hear evidence from the neighbour living next door that she had seen Garry Ashe leaving 397 Westway at eleven-fifteen on the night of the murder. He had walked swiftly down the short garden path and had turned left on Westway, walking quickly away from her. For Aldridge the trial is mainly a test of her courtroom skills, one more opportunity to succeed--and she does. Justice Moorcroft's forte, a part which he had played for so many years that it had become instinctive, was a courteous reasonableness occasionally enlivened with shafts of mordant wit.

Neville Saunders, a little surprised but setting his features into the gravity appropriate to taking a more active part in the proceedings, got up from his seat and began his slow game of grandmother's footsteps. Sadly, the most interesting character gets stabbed to death in her chambers and there's the usual heavy-handed laying out of motives for everyone. Very well written with the plot well thought out although I thought the ending was a bit tame compared to rest of the novel. He is one of the reasons that I continued with the series even when some of the books sorely disappointed me.It had been suggested that Ashe had killed his aunt naked and had showered before leaving the house to take a walk designed to provide an alibi. The novels in which he appears are peopled by fully rounded characters, who are civilized, genteel, and motivated. However, during cross-examination by my learned friend you have said--and I quote--"I suppose it could have been someone like him. To many outsiders, China has an image as a realm of Oriental despotism where law is at best window dressing and at worst an instrument of coercion and tyranny. I hate it because of the way it ends, the unresolved subplots, the unsatisfactory way some just went scotfree and my appreciation for this book comes exactly from these very facts.

had tried to make it easy for her by occasionally repeating a question before she replied, but Venetia thought that his witness had found this more confusing than helpful.As Dalgliesh narr Now fires burn in the night, helicopters throb through the air, and politicians, lawyers and cops vie for the remnants of power.

I’ve not read all the Adam Dalgliesh (a name I never can spell without checking) series but find him a character whom I admire without really liking. The result, she suggests, is an intertwining of law and politics animated by a logic quite unlike that of Western jurisprudence, but no less important for informing conceptions of morality and governance. Her expansive investigation ranges from prewar texts to literature in postwar spy novels, to animal-themed novels in the twenty-first century. The scene might have worked better if she had to take her glasses off entirely rather then wear her old one.I have a friend who along with his books adds a recommended beverage to be enjoyed along side - this would have to be tea. was the money for the compulsory sale of her house, when it came through, and that was insufficient to cover her debts. Enter Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team, whose struggle to investigate and understand the shocking events cannot halt the spiral into more horrors, more murders.