![]() It is Dunbar's task to find out the facts of this case. ![]() The latter has already served eight years of a life sentence while protesting his innocence. It was also good to show that science is infallible, but the humans behind it aren't, and a nasty frame of mind can make the science say whatever you like.ĭr Stephen Dunbar is investigating the deathbed confession of a convicted psychopath for the brutal rape and murder of a 13 year old for whom another man has been convicted on 100% certain forensic evidence. a sordid sequence of events ruins a number of lives and working out why or how doesn't change that - it made a change for an author to stick to that and show that the consequences linger. I did like the fact that the story didn't have a pat, perfectly happy ending. ![]() but things really don't add up and more and more about the case rings alarm bells as the investigation continues. Believing the man to be lying, although not sure why, an investigation takes place to show that the police were right. ![]() The story is a good one - a serial killer confesses to one more murder on his death bed, but the police have already put away someone for life on the basis of identical DNA matches from the scene. Yes, a suspension of belief is needed in places, but this one was better than most and at least there wasn't a lot of running around shooting off guns. It's been a while since I've read a crime thriller and I'd forgotten just how much I liked them. ![]()
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