Not a novel, which ... well ... some of the events described in the book would stretch credulity in fiction. It's a book about the lies we tell ourselves about the criminal justice system, and it kinda indirectly raises some of the questions some of the novels I've read the past few months have, about true crime as entertainment--I think this book is less opposed to it than some of those novels, just more skeptical about the magic of forensic science. The upshot: Judges should not be the ones deciding what scientific (or "scientific") evidence is admissible--they are, as it happens, really bad at it.
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Splinter Effect by Andrew Ludington
Clearly this looked potentially interesting when I was at the library: Neat cover art, plausibly good title. I did not make it even fifty ...

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This is early Vachss, all taut and violent, more than a little murky to my mind. It is not good to be a sexual offender in a Vachss novel....
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A neat little Horror novel (big shock on the genre, there, I'm sure) that plays some interesting games with PTSD and identity, with ma...
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Reading this novel reminded me a good deal of reading Processed Cheese . America Fantastica is more subtle, and the points it's makin...
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