Proof Evident

Proof Evident
John Dicke
Synergy Books
ISBN: 0976498154
Fiction, Suspense
Reviewed by Barb Radmore

John Dicke has written a realistic courtroom thriller that is heads above any others to date.
The truth is not hard to prove when the newly elected sheriff is shot to death in full view of 150 Rotarians not to mention television cameras. There are endless witnesses to the fact that the murderer was Avery Jackson, a former long time, upstanding judge, current college professor. It is hard to imagine what defense attorney would think of accepting this case in which even an insanity plea does not seem like an option.
Jack Maine is the lawyer who not only accepts the case but also leaves the DA's office to open his own law firm to do it. Young, new lawyer Yolanda Crone, Maine's wife Marci and their PI friend Joe are the only ones who join him in his new firm and believe in his endeavor. Their search for the possible reason for Jackson's actions leads them to a strange and horrifying conclusion. But will they be able to convince a jury that a man with no history of mental illness could actually not know he has killed someone.
Soon Maine must not only worry about the survival of his client and his law firm but his own personal survival as well. He quickly realizes that the bad guys and the good guys are hard to tell apart. As more murders occur, the stakes get higher.
Based on true activities in mind control by the CIA, this novel is a vivid portrayal of what the results of these experiments could have been. The experiments had various purposes such as creating multiple personalities, inducing amnesia, implanting hypnotic access codes in the subconscious of subjects' minds and creating false memories.
John Dicke has advanced degrees in both Law and Psychology. His experience in both gives this thriller its edge of authenticity. It is deeply researched and gives readers a picture of a part of history that is not well known. The well defined characters and intense plot are proof evident of his skills as a writer.