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The Closing

by Ken Oder

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When two men meet in the Virginia state penitentiary in a maximum security visitation room on May 5, 1968, they have only one thing in common: they both want their lives back. On one side of a glass divider sits Kenneth Deatherage, who was sentenced to death for the brutal rape and murder of a young woman. The jury agreed with the prosecutor's closing argument: that all evidence points to Deatherage as the killer. But Deatherage says the evidence was fabricated. He claims that the judge and his own lawyer rigged the trial against him. On the other side of the divider sits Nate Abbitt, who was a successful prosecutor until he tried to drink his way through a midlife crisis. When he finally sobered up, he had lost his career, his marriage of thirty years, and his self-respect. He turned to criminal defense because it was the only work he could get. When the court appoints Nate to represent Deatherage on appeal, Nate doesn't believe there's a grand conspiracy to send Deatherage to the electric chair. But when his investigation uncovers hints of corruption in the county justice system, he finds himself accused of murder by the same forces that convicted his client. To save himself, Nate risks his life and the lives of others, and in the process, discovers that he and Deatherage have much more in common than he wants to admit.

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The story held me enough to continue reading, but the writing and plot were disappointing. It is a first novel and it was pretty good considering, but I don't understand the awards and high average rating. I suppose part of my dislike was the tragic story of people making bad choices and suffering along with some terrible people doing terrible things. Even so, I would have rated it higher if the story had been told better. It seemed fragmented and the pieces didn't fit together realistically for me. ( )
  ajlewis2 | Jul 11, 2018 |
The story is about Nate Abbit, a washed out prosecutor, turned defense attorney. His fear of aging, depression- heck, due to his mid-life crisis, he made mistakes that cost him his job and reputation. Add the constant beckoning of alcohol and you have his life in a nutshell. Later he's dropped into a murder case that has so many twists and turns, his head spins! But Nate's known for making his own rules; can he come up with a legal plan to save himself as well as a possibly innocent man?

The Closing is a suspense-filled novel that will leave you guessing on every character you meet. You wonder if the mother, the ex-wife or the dirty cop had anything to do with it- but which it? There's so much dirt and reasons for people to kill that you won't know who to suspect.

*For the full book review:http://tinyurl.com/zh4x9v4
**Audiobook provided by Ken Oder and Audible.com, for an honest review. ( )
  AReneeHunt | Jun 30, 2016 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

When two men meet in the Virginia state penitentiary in a maximum security visitation room on May 5, 1968, they have only one thing in common: they both want their lives back. On one side of a glass divider sits Kenneth Deatherage, who was sentenced to death for the brutal rape and murder of a young woman. The jury agreed with the prosecutor's closing argument: that all evidence points to Deatherage as the killer. But Deatherage says the evidence was fabricated. He claims that the judge and his own lawyer rigged the trial against him. On the other side of the divider sits Nate Abbitt, who was a successful prosecutor until he tried to drink his way through a midlife crisis. When he finally sobered up, he had lost his career, his marriage of thirty years, and his self-respect. He turned to criminal defense because it was the only work he could get. When the court appoints Nate to represent Deatherage on appeal, Nate doesn't believe there's a grand conspiracy to send Deatherage to the electric chair. But when his investigation uncovers hints of corruption in the county justice system, he finds himself accused of murder by the same forces that convicted his client. To save himself, Nate risks his life and the lives of others, and in the process, discovers that he and Deatherage have much more in common than he wants to admit.

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