Review: Clever
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2013
Sophie is accused of stealing a diamond necklace at a political fundraiser and she swears she didn't do it! Dragged away from the party, quivering with humiliation, Sophie swears she is innocent.In this clever and well written short mystery, the assumption of guilt is given a good airing by Amanda Tru. As Sophie endures hours of interrogation and waiting for the police to decide whether to charge her or let her go free, the reader is asked to debate a question of reality: is the suspect innocent until proved guilty or guilty until proven innocent?As is so often the case in modern life, one see the suspect dragged away for questioning and I am sure we all, in our heart of hearts, assume that the person is guilty. Why would we think that? Because we believe that the police must have lots of information to be sure enough to take the suspect in.But what about the law that says a person is innocent until proven guilty by a court of law? Many months later, if the person is tried in court and released, how many of us are sorry that we thought he or she was guilty in the first place? Not many, I am sure, because by this time, the same scenario has been enacted so many times in the media, that we are too cynical and battle-scarred by the nightly news to care.This is a clever novella with a twist, and well worth reading!