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AUTHOR : GABRIEL BOUTROS
ISBN : 9781479277759
The Guilty, is loosely based on a
double murder that shocked Montreal
The Guilty is a story of a
successful criminal lawyer, Robert Bratt, who is inherently an honest man but
has mislaid his priorities somewhere along the course of defending criminals.
The book opens up to the turmoil and anguish
that Robert is facing in his life. Expressing his frustration and confusion
over nearly losing his only child, Jeannie, to his profession, Robert finds
himself questioning his past choices and decisions.
In the midst of all this, though
Bratt does not want to but thanks to his legal partner, finds himself defending
Marlon Small, a young man of Jamaican descent, accused of a double murder and an attempted murder. On top of
it, he finds his lady love, Nancy Morin, in the opposite camp and refusing to
have anything to do with him till at least the end of the trial. To his chagrin
he also finds his ambition of becoming a judge of Superior Court hinging on the
outcome of the Small trial.
The ironic twist comes in the story
when Bratt has everything, the trial, his relationship with his daughter and
his love life, moving in the positive direction. Robert comes across something
which shakes him up and forces him to take stock of his life. Bratt finally
takes a decision which alters his life on a monumental scale.
All this put together makes an interesting read. The story is fast paced and gripping, especially once it reaches the trial part.One can feel Bratt’s moral dilemma and it is easy to empathize with this legal eagle.
All this put together makes an interesting read. The story is fast paced and gripping, especially once it reaches the trial part.One can feel Bratt’s moral dilemma and it is easy to empathize with this legal eagle.
If you like reading court room
drama then this is your book.
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