At first it started out with the bounty hunter searching for an heir to a fortune wanted for being a serial rapist, and then they merged it with the Jayson Blair story.
I thought the twist was very interesting, but this “ripped from the headlines” bit does give the story away. I knew right away when they introduced Kellogg that he must have been involved in the murder of Bobcat.
I loved the attorney, Dorkin (sp?). It really tickled me how over the top he was.
So, to ask a rather delicate question, is there some sort of stigma amongst the black community when a black man dates a white woman? I thought the big thing was that she was married, but when McCoy said to Dorkin, “I’m barely white enough to live in Greenwich,” I got it.
Not too shabby, except again, ripping from the headlines gives the ending away.
Oh, c’mon, you always know who did it. You just never know if they’re going to get a conviction or not. Knowing Kellogg was the killer wasn’t exactly unheard of. For me, it’s never about the big surprise of whodunnit, but rather what gives the killer away, and how the trial plays out.
Also, I didn’t get the feeling that he gave up and pled out because of stigma within the black community, really. More that dating a white woman, a wealthy, married white woman, would have seriously crippled his defense, which hinged on whites viewing black people as stupid and incompetent and him being all caught up in the black community.
The attorney’s name was Dworkin. IIRC that is also the same name as the guy who authored some of the articles in my judicial process book. He wrote about the effects of affirmitive action or something along those lines.
I just figured Kellogg took the deal to protect Denise. It’s probably more scandelous for a white married woman to be having an affair with a black man, especially in Greenwich than it would be for Kellogg in his community.
So anyone else getting sick of these “ripped from the headlines” plots? It’s like the writers don’t want to take the effort to create their own stories.