The Washington Post, March 6th, 2005
CONVICTION By Richard North Patterson. Random House. 465 pp. $25.95 Richard North Patterson is a pop novelist who wants to change the world. In 12 previous novels, Patterson has taken on date rape (he's opposed), Watergate-style corruption (also opposed), child abuse (ditto), gun control (he's in favor), late-term abortion (see Protect and Defend for his stance on that) and an evil that Washington knows intimately -- the publicly financed sports stadium. One can hardly blame him for trying to slay society's dragons. One can, however, fault him for trying too hard. In Conviction, Patterson, a ...
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