Reviews for Rodney

The average rating for Rodney based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-01-28 00:00:00 Zully Tapia Duncan MacLaughlin traces Lord Lucan to Goa almost 20 years after the murder of his nanny and the attack on his wife. A chance call from a former associate, who has an incriminating photograph, leads him to India and then some startling identifications are revealed from various people who knew a character by the name of 'Jungle Barry' who had arrived unannounced in the Indian resort in early 1975. Some of Barry's features have a distinct likeness to Lord Lucan, who had subsequently died in Goa in January 1996. As to whether it was the missing Lucan, the words of Lord Denning, one time Master of the Rolls, should be considered. He said, "Proof beyond reasonable doubt does not mean proof beyond the shadow of doubt. It need not reach certainty, but it must carry a high degree of probability. The law would fail to protect the community if it admitted fanciful possibilities to deflect the course of justice." Is there a high degree of probability in this story? Is there proof beyond reasonable doubt? The author feels strongly that the answers to both questions are 'Yes' but naturally he leaves it up to the reader and he ends with "You, the jury, will make up your own minds. I know I have." And I have, too - or I think I have - but then, perhaps not? Whatever, it is a fascinating and un-putdownable read.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-24 00:00:00 Lillian Gracia Wasted a few hours on this. He should of ended the book after the first paragraph by saying Lucan topped himself after mistakenly murdering the nanny but there's no actual proof.