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Reviews
of My Books
The following are just a few of the many comments I have received
about my books on Jeremy Bamber and the Barry George case. If you would like
to make comments about my books then feel free to do so. I enjoy hearing from
those who read my work. Reviews of Jeremy Bamber: Evil, Almost Beyond
Belief? ‘fantastic reading’, ‘wonderful’, ‘By far and away the best book I
have read this year’ For a review by leading campaigning journalist
Bob Woffinden, of my Jeremy Bamber book, please click
here Mrs F. O - I
have finished your book and it is wonderful. Congratulations once again,
Scott - I think the ***** Mrs
D. M. ‘compulsive reading.’
***** Ms K. H. ‘Very
interesting, helped answer a lot of questions but also showed me how
ridiculous our system is.’ ***** Ms S. M. ‘Your Book is
clear and to the point. Only sleep yesterday detached me from the book.’ ***** Mr
D.B. Just finished the Jeremy Bamber
book- fantastic reading ***** Mrs P. S. I have just finished reading your book
Bamber. I must say I found it fascinating, I am a avid reader I look forward to reading your future
publications ***** This
book discusses the Bamber case in a way I wasn’t expecting. Many true
crime writers offer a simplified, coloured and non-linear presentation of
events based on secondary sources from the case. However, Lomax writes a
compelling account of events in a fresh way that doesn’t preclude the
evidence from speaking for itself. There is a continuous flow of
clarity and structure for often complex subject matter. The
writer has blown away many of the needless myths surrounding the case and
allows the reader to make decisions based on the large amount of new evidence
which was unavailable at the Bamber trial. His careful handling and
assessment of the facts slowly unravels The White House Farm tragedy and
makes compelling reading. I
just could not put the book down until I had turned the last page. By far and
away the best book I have read this year: no-one could read this book and
feel cheated of the facts. The reader will have a chilling sense of doubt
over the safety of Jeremy Bamber’s conviction. ***** Reviews of my Barry George books 'A must read ... fantastic', 'Very
good', 'Great book', 'Fascinating', 'An extraordinarily competent piece of
work', 'carefully researched ... meticulous', 'riveting reading' For
media reviews and comments please visit the 'What The Media Has Said' section
of this website Trashionista website (a ‘chick-lit’ site
reviewing books: Justice for Jill isn't
simply a history of the case, its author, Scott Lomax, also firmly believes
that George is innocent and sets out the evidence fairly and in minute
detail. It's a fascinating, compelling and deeply upsetting book. It's not a sensationalist
"true crime" style book and, as such, can get a bit dense, but it's
not a book that you'd read for entertainment, obviously. If you're interested
in the case, in law, in miscarriages of justice, it's a must-read. But expect
to have your faith in the criminal justice system shaken. ***** Graham
Ball of the Express newspaper: 'I think
the case you make for Barry George is compelling and an extraordinarily
competent piece of work from someone of your age.' *****
***** Mr J. V. ‘I have just finished reading 'Justice for Jill', and
would like to congratulate you on an extremely
well researched book. One of the few books I have read in recent history
and was reluctant to put down.’ ***** Mr T. A.: I
enjoy reading I
am coming to the end of "Justice for Jill" ...and wanted to
congratulate you on:
I enjoy detail
...your level of detail is rarely seen. Again congratulations..and thanks *****
***** M
Kinnear from ***** C
M Macneil' from the USA: 'The case of the Crown vs. George has been compared to the American
case of the People vs. (O.J.) Simpson, the ex-professional football player
charged in the truly gruesome murders of his ex-wife and a man who had the
fatal misfortunate of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. If there
are any parallels in the two cases, they certainly end with their verdicts:
whereas Simpson was acquitted, George wasn't. For the non-Brit unfamiliar
with the case, author Scott Lomax poses some troubling - if not fearsome -
possibilities that Barry George may be a wrongfully convicted man for more
than a couple of reasons, chief among them a "threshold" criminal
investigation fuelled by a public outcry for conviction, and a media that
might have predisposed public opinion to a presumption of George's guilt. If
the chance that a wrongfully convicted man remains imprisoned exists, its
tragedy is compounded by another of Lomax' theories: that the victim, TV
personality Jill Dando, might not even have been the intended victim and her
killer presumably remains at large. Lomax risks much - professionally and
personally - in this expose that doesn't pander to the public's presumption
of guilt and instead takes a courageous stand to challenge it. If Lomax is
correct that the elements of a "miscarriage of justice" converged
to convict an innocent man, George's case is a shameful commentary on the
investigative, court and jury systems, and it demands reversal. In an
American courtroom, the evidence against George as Lomax dismantles it would
- hopefully - constitute reasonable doubt, thereby requiring acquittal.
There's plenty of reasonable doubt about George's guilt in Lomax' book, and his work deserves not only a read by
those still enthralled by the Dando case but by the architects of a very,
very possible unjustice to her convicted killer.'
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***** Mr
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