The Last Juror

It was in the early 1970s, a young man named Willie Traynor had just bought over a newspaper company in a small town. The company was on the verge of closing down, but Traynor decide to give it a new life. It was at this time that a gruesome murder had happened in the town. A young widow was raped and killed, and everyone was demanding a death penalty for the murderer. Being the owner of a newspaper, Traynor got heavily involved in the reporting of the trial, making a lot of friends and enemies in the process.

Over the next nine years, the case was slowly forgotten by the public. Traynor’s newspaper got bigger and better; life seems to reach a stand still in the town. And then the jurors for the trial nine years ago were killed one by one…

The back of the book gave a very exciting summary, and I thought the story was about the serial killer. The story began with a bang, then it starts to slow down, and down, and down…. Before I knew it, the story seems to take on another direction. By the time I finished the book, I still do not know what the focus of the story is. Is it about the serial killer, the court drama, the Traynor’s success story, or the friend who Traynor visits every Thursday (reminds me of Tuesday with Morrie)? Was kinda disappointed, especially after the high that I’d got from reading “The King of Torts”.