The Orchid Murder" Untangling a Web of Unsolved Murders and Legal Malpractice by Christine Hunt

My thoughts...

When I started reading this book I didn't realize that it was a true story. The style of writing threw me off and it wasn't until I checked the genre [non-fiction] that it began to make sense. While the author did their job with the extensive research that would have been required to write this book, I believe it could have been done better without all of the back and forth long, drawn-out court scenes, it was just too much. That being said, I also believe this would be a great candidate for, at minimum, a made-for-TV-movie to really get the point across. It is sad to think that this could/and does happen in the judicial system even today and lucky for Norm Wartnick there were a couple of attorneys that were able to finally bring this case to the true justice it deserved. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the book.

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I'm not exactly sure how to describe this fascinating book.
It wasn't what I expected, but it was riveting just the same. I thought from the title and description that it was going to be the typical murder mystery and in the end we find out who did it. Nope, this was a murder mystery but we never found out who the killer was. Why? because it was a true story and it centered around a man who was never convicted of a crime but was sued in civil court for the wrongful death of the victim. So, you think, okay, OJ was convicted of wrongful death. But this guy didn't do it and with a totally incompetent attorney, the judgment against him destroyed his life and livelihood.

That's the setup and the book takes the reader through the process of suing his attorney for legal malpractice. It was fascinating, a little dry but I learned a great deal about the legal process and what is expected from a lawyer's representation. ( )