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Reviews
of My Books
The following are just a few of the many comments
I have received about my books on Jeremy Bamber and the Barry George case. If
you would like to make comments about my books then feel free to do so. I
enjoy hearing from those who read my work. Reviews of Deadly Derbyshire ‘Completely fascinating’ A review in the Chesterfield Waterstone’s
store (written by staff members): ‘Completely fascinating with
well-researched information from nationally acclaimed author Scott.’ Reviews of Unsolved Murders in and Around
Derbyshire ‘solid original research. …
Well worth reading’ A review on Amazon: ‘it is based on solid original research and well worth reading. Lomax, who surely must be a Derbyshire local, has dug deep in the original sources, and used his good judgment to make what seems to be logical and independent deductions. The later chapters, on the Wendy Sewell, Barbara Mayo and Judith Roberts cases, were all thought-provoking. Derbyshire must have had some pretty clever murderers in those days, and some fairly mediocre detectives, who specialized in 'getting the village idiot to confess’ ***** Reviews of Jeremy Bamber: Evil, Almost Beyond
Belief? ‘fantastic reading’, ‘wonderful’ For a review by leading campaigning journalist Bob Woffinden, of my
Jeremy Bamber book, please click here Mrs F. O - I have finished your
book and it is wonderful. Congratulations once again, Scott - I think
the ***** Mr D.B. Just finished the Jeremy Bamber book-
fantastic reading ***** Mrs P. S. I
have just finished reading your book Bamber. I must say I found it
fascinating, I am a avid reader I look
forward to reading your future publications ***** Reviews of my Barry George books 'A must read ... fantastic', 'Very
good', 'Great book', 'Fascinating', 'An extraordinarily competent piece of
work', 'carefully researched ... meticulous', 'riveting reading' For
media reviews and comments please visit the 'What The Media Has Said' section
of this website Trashionista
website (a ‘chick-lit’ site reviewing books: Justice for Jill isn't simply a history of the case, its author,
Scott Lomax, also firmly believes that George is innocent and sets out the
evidence fairly and in minute detail. It's a fascinating, compelling and
deeply upsetting book. It's not a sensationalist
"true crime" style book and, as such, can get a bit dense, but it's
not a book that you'd read for entertainment, obviously. If you're interested
in the case, in law, in miscarriages of justice, it's a must-read. But expect
to have your faith in the criminal justice system shaken. ***** Graham
Ball of the Express newspaper: 'I think
the case you make for Barry George is compelling and an extraordinarily
competent piece of work from someone of your age.' *****
***** Mr J. V. ‘I have just finished reading 'Justice for Jill', and
would like to congratulate you on an extremely
well researched book. One of the few books I have read in recent history
and was reluctant to put down.’ ***** Mr T. A.: I
enjoy reading I
am coming to the end of "Justice for Jill" ...and wanted to
congratulate you on:
I enjoy detail
...your level of detail is rarely seen. Again
congratulations..and thanks *****
***** M
Kinnear from ***** C
M Macneil' from the USA: 'The case of
the Crown vs. George has been compared to the American case of the People vs.
(O.J.) Simpson, the ex-professional football player charged in the truly
gruesome murders of his ex-wife and a man who had the fatal misfortunate of
being in the wrong place at the wrong time. If there are any parallels in the
two cases, they certainly end with their verdicts: whereas Simpson was
acquitted, George wasn't. For the non-Brit unfamiliar with the case, author
Scott Lomax poses some troubling - if not fearsome - possibilities that Barry
George may be a wrongfully convicted man for more than a couple of reasons,
chief among them a "threshold" criminal investigation fuelled by a
public outcry for conviction, and a media that might have predisposed public
opinion to a presumption of George's guilt. If the chance that a wrongfully convicted
man remains imprisoned exists, its tragedy is compounded by another of Lomax'
theories: that the victim, TV personality Jill Dando, might not even have
been the intended victim and her killer presumably remains at large. Lomax
risks much - professionally and personally - in this expose that doesn't
pander to the public's presumption of guilt and instead takes a courageous
stand to challenge it. If Lomax is correct that the elements of a
"miscarriage of justice" converged to convict an innocent man,
George's case is a shameful commentary on the investigative, court and jury
systems, and it demands reversal. In an American courtroom, the evidence
against George as Lomax dismantles it would - hopefully - constitute
reasonable doubt, thereby requiring acquittal. There's plenty of reasonable
doubt about George's guilt in Lomax' book, and his work deserves not only a read by those still enthralled by
the Dando case but by the architects of a very, very possible unjustice to
her convicted killer.' *****
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