A review by cmbohn
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers by Sharyn McCrumb

2.0

This one just didn't work for me. The story of a murder trial of an Appalachian girl arrested for killing her father. That story showed promise, but it seemed to be mostly a chance for the writer to editorialize about journalism and their search for an angle to every story, never mind the truth, and how the poor are victimized by Big City Journalists. Plus, what was that whole Japan subplot about? That had nothing at all to do with the story. I almost didn't finish it, but I felt I needed to give it a chance. If you want to read a really good book on the same subject, check out Scoop by Evelyn Waugh.