Take Murder — John William Wainwright

"A form of theft, perhaps? The theft of a life? But if that life is valueless...anything without value is not able to be stolen...basic Criminal Law. No value, not theft - no theft, no murder."

'Take Murder' is an absorbing take of murder, investigation, and detection. Three prostitutes have been murdered, one after the other, and all in an identical manner. The police suspect one of their own number, an officer with dubious tastes who was on the scene very early after the first two bodies had been discovered. He is convicted and locked up. But then comes the third murder, and with it the thought that obviously the condemned man must be innocent. Thus is presented the legal quandary; the law is never wrong - but are law and justice the same thing?

As always with John Wainwright, this compelling story proceeds at a great pace. And once again the narration is subtle, giving away only as much as the author chooses. There is excitement on every page, surprise and irony at the end. Book Dust Jacket