Monday, November 27, 2006

The Promise of a Lie

By Howard Roughan

David Remler recently appeared as an expert witness in a murder trial. His theory, as he explained on the stand, is that even the best of us are capable of murder, given the right set of circumstances. His theory comes back to haunt him when he finds himself the victim of an elaborate attempt to frame him for murder.
It starts with a new client, a woman who is so frightened of her rich, violent husband that she fears she may end up killing him. One night Remler gets a call from his distraught client saying she has killed her husband. Remler rushes to her aid only to find himself alone with a dead man just as the police arrive. And his alibi falls to pieces when the dead man's wife has never met or seen David Remler.
I didn't care for this story. David Remler just seemed unbelievably stupid for a man of his position & education. It just didn't work for me.

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