Barry Finlay - Author
Kilimanjaro and Beyond (A Life-Changing Journey)
"Fighting the Devil"
I am a big fan of the
detective novel. I often read James
Patterson, Jeffrey Deaver, Michael Connelly and others of the same genre and
good always triumphs over evil. That’s just the way it is. Right?
Well, Jeannie Walker dispels that notion and gives us a healthy dose of
reality in her true crime novel, Fighting
the Devil.
Jeannie tells her story of
her fight for justice after her ex husband dies of arsenic poisoning, which has
apparently been administered by his new wife and the secretary of his business. Jeannie very capably describes in a
journal-like manner everything she has gone through to give her late ex husband
a voice. She describes incredible
resolve and determination in spite of the fact that her ex husband was much
less than perfect in life. And she
describes how the justice system can let down those it is supposed to serve.
I was with Jeannie throughout
the book, happy when her determination to find justice seemed to be paying off
and disappointed when things turned against her, as they often did. Still she
persevered! You can’t help but feel
empathy for this determined woman as she describes her journey. And I think you will find yourself asking the
same question I did when I finished reading the book. Given the same circumstances, would I have
what it takes to do the same thing that Jeannie Walker has done and continues
to do? I think very few would be able to
answer “yes” to that question.
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