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The just and the unjust Vaughan Kester 9781178172201 Books
In 1912, the number seven book on the bestseller's list was Vaughan Kester's The Just and the Unjust. Since few have heard of either the book or author nowadays, it is an indication of the fleeting nature of popularity. Will people in 2112 be wondering who John Grisham or James Patterson were?In fact, all the top ten authors of 1912 are practically unknown nowadays, which led me on a minor quest to read these books and get a feel for what was popular a century ago. Of course, popularity does not equal quality. The Just and the Unjust was the third of these bestsellers I read, and easily the best of the three.
The story is centered on John North, a young man who has gambled away his inherited money and has decided to leave his small town of Mount Hope, Ohio to seek his fortune and be able to marry the woman he loves (and who loves him). Meanwhile, his friend, the drunken lawyer, Marshall Langham is facing ruin at the hands of the shady gambler, Andy Gilmore. To get out of debt, Langham will kill and rob the town's wealthiest man.
Circumstances and acts of deceit will leave North accused of the crime. Gilmore knows better, but he doesn't like North and likes controlling Langham. Soon, North will face a trial and hanging if found guilty. His alibi involves Langham's wife, but North doesn't want to potentially dishonor her, so he relies on his faith that an innocent man would never be convicted. Gilmore, however, will do whatever's necessary to make sure the frame sticks.
Like many works of this period, the narrative and dialogue are sometimes a little over-the-top, but overall, this book has strong writing. This is a story of good and evil (or, to use the title, just and unjust), but there are shades of gray that are not always found in books of this time. Even Langham is not wholly bad; in fact, the true villain is actually Gilmore. And the supposed good guys have flaws of their own that make them more solid characters.
Kester lived a relatively short life, dying when he was just forty-one in 1911. Sadly, this was right when his career was really taking off: both this book and the 1911 book The Prodigal Judge were bestsellers. Is this book a classic worthy of the immortality that description should bestow? No, but this is a good crime novel with a nice level of suspense.
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A man is murdered in Mount Hope, and a variety of characters see this as a means to an end, even if it costs an innocent man his life.
John North thought he had already hit rock bottom after frittering away his fortune. Then he's accused of a crime he didn't commit. With circumstantial evidence against him and no money to hire a decent lawyer, John may be looking at a short drop and a sudden stop.
With one word Evelyn Langham could prove John's innocence, but that would be revealing that she had been spending time with a man NOT her husband.
Gambler Andy Gilmore knows more about the case than he's telling the authorities, but he sees this as an opportunity to blackmail his way into polite society.
Lawyer Marshall Langham used to be John's friend, but when he learns about John and Evelyn's secret, he manipulates the situation to exact revenge.
Drunkard Joe Montgomery owes a lot to his cousin, Andy Gilmore. With what he knows about the murder, Montgomery thinks this is the way to pay Gilmore back, by lying on the witness stand. But will enough whisky loosen Joe's tongue at the wrong place and time?
Judge Langham knows that North is innocent, but when the crime hits too close to his own home, the judge betrays the very law he's sworn to uphold.
This is a very good book. I read it in two days. More people need to know about this book. It's a real page-turner that will keep your interest all the way through. (Fans of CSI will cringe in horror, though, as multitudes off the street trample around the crime scene and get their fingerprints all over the murder weapon. Ah, the days before forensic evidence.) Seriously, though, read the book.
In 1912, the number seven book on the bestseller's list was Vaughan Kester's The Just and the Unjust. Since few have heard of either the book or author nowadays, it is an indication of the fleeting nature of popularity. Will people in 2112 be wondering who John Grisham or James Patterson were?
In fact, all the top ten authors of 1912 are practically unknown nowadays, which led me on a minor quest to read these books and get a feel for what was popular a century ago. Of course, popularity does not equal quality. The Just and the Unjust was the third of these bestsellers I read, and easily the best of the three.
The story is centered on John North, a young man who has gambled away his inherited money and has decided to leave his small town of Mount Hope, Ohio to seek his fortune and be able to marry the woman he loves (and who loves him). Meanwhile, his friend, the drunken lawyer, Marshall Langham is facing ruin at the hands of the shady gambler, Andy Gilmore. To get out of debt, Langham will kill and rob the town's wealthiest man.
Circumstances and acts of deceit will leave North accused of the crime. Gilmore knows better, but he doesn't like North and likes controlling Langham. Soon, North will face a trial and hanging if found guilty. His alibi involves Langham's wife, but North doesn't want to potentially dishonor her, so he relies on his faith that an innocent man would never be convicted. Gilmore, however, will do whatever's necessary to make sure the frame sticks.
Like many works of this period, the narrative and dialogue are sometimes a little over-the-top, but overall, this book has strong writing. This is a story of good and evil (or, to use the title, just and unjust), but there are shades of gray that are not always found in books of this time. Even Langham is not wholly bad; in fact, the true villain is actually Gilmore. And the supposed good guys have flaws of their own that make them more solid characters.
Kester lived a relatively short life, dying when he was just forty-one in 1911. Sadly, this was right when his career was really taking off both this book and the 1911 book The Prodigal Judge were bestsellers. Is this book a classic worthy of the immortality that description should bestow? No, but this is a good crime novel with a nice level of suspense.
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