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The Holdout: A Novel (2020)

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"It's the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American man, is the prime suspect after illicit text messages are discovered between them--and Jessica's blood is found in his car. The subsequent trial taps straight into America's most pressing preoccupations: race, class, sex, law enforcement, and the lurid sins of the rich and famous. It's an open and shut case for the prosecution, and a quick conviction seems all but guaranteed. Until Maya Seale, a young woman on the jury, convinced of Nock's innocence, persuades the rest of the jurors to return the verdict of not guilty, a controversial decision that will change all of their lives forever. Flash forward ten years. A true-crime docuseries reassembles the jurors, with particular focus on Maya, now a defense attorney herself. When one of the jurors is found dead in Maya's hotel room, all evidence points to her as the killer. Now, she must prove her own innocence--by getting to the bottom of a case that is far from closed. As the present-day murder investigation weaves together with the story of what really happened during their deliberation, told by each of the jurors in turn, the secrets they have all been keeping threaten to come out--with drastic consequences for all involved"--… (más)
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The Holdout por Graham Moore (2020)

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"The Holdout," by Graham Moore, is set in Los Angeles, and it illustrates how difficult it is to mete out impartial justice. The disappearance of fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, the daughter of a billionaire, culminates in the murder trial of her English teacher, a twenty-four-year-old African-American, Bobby Nock. The prosecutor alleges that Nock killed Jessica and then hid her body. After the two sides conclude their arguments, the jurors begin deliberations. Only one of them, Maya Seale, believes that the prosecution did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. The arguments grow increasingly heated, and ultimately, factors unrelated to Nock's guilt or innocence influence the jury's verdict. Ten years later, ten of the jurors meet for a reunion that is supposed to be the centerpiece of an eight-hour documentary series.

Although this novel is engrossing at times and has some wryly humorous dialogue, it is marred by numerous improbable twists and turns and far-fetched plot contrivances. After Bobby's trial, Maya attends UC Berkeley and becomes a successful criminal defense attorney. Unfortunately, her career, her freedom, and even her life may be at risk when she is arrested for a crime that she did not commit. Moore uses the well-worn device of moving back and forth in time between the present and Nock's trial a decade earlier. In addition, the author devotes a number of chapters to the backstories of the jurors who served with Maya.

"The Holdout" involves romantic entanglements; sexual assault; an obsessed juror who cannot let go of the past; a fugitive who will never be allowed to live in peace; an impoverished single mother; and Maya, who belatedly realizes that the truth does not always set you free. There are heavy-handed passages about the evils of racism, the mistreatment of women, and the imperfections of America's legal system. Moore implies that since life is often messy and unfair to those who lack wealth and power, adhering to the letter of the law may have unintended and tragic consequences. ( )
  booklover1801 | Aug 9, 2024 |
Didn’t finish. ( )
  kimwalsh814 | May 24, 2024 |
I loved this book, it had me guessing to just about the end and although I somewhat guessed the truth reading how and why was just great. I would definitely recommend this to any of my book reading friends. ( )
  Enid007 | May 3, 2024 |
Last book I read during my isolation in Shanghai. Well-written and portraying our legal system
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The view of a juror that would later become a defense lawyer, The Holdout is not only entertaining but also informative. In short, a very recommendable legal thriller. ( )
  nitrolpost | Mar 19, 2024 |
In 2009, Maya is a juror in a murder trial. When the jury goes in for deliberations, she is the sole juror believing that the defendant is innocent.

Ten years later, a TV production crew wants to have a "reunion" of the jurors and gets all but one together in the same hotel they had been sequestered in ten years earlier. Maya decides to go at the last minute and runs into fellow juror, Rick, with whom she had been involved during the trial and shortly afterward. Rick also wrote a book about Maya after the trial which did not put her in a favorable light. When Rick is found dead in Maya's hotel room, she becomes the prime suspect but she claims she was out for a walk at the time.

The book is written alternating between then and now. The "then" chapters tell a version of events from a different juror's perspective while the "now" chapters describe what happens before, during and after the reunion.

I really enjoyed this book. I heard that Hulu is going to make this one into a series. Will most likely watch. ( )
  Cathie_Dyer | Feb 29, 2024 |
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"It's the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American man, is the prime suspect after illicit text messages are discovered between them--and Jessica's blood is found in his car. The subsequent trial taps straight into America's most pressing preoccupations: race, class, sex, law enforcement, and the lurid sins of the rich and famous. It's an open and shut case for the prosecution, and a quick conviction seems all but guaranteed. Until Maya Seale, a young woman on the jury, convinced of Nock's innocence, persuades the rest of the jurors to return the verdict of not guilty, a controversial decision that will change all of their lives forever. Flash forward ten years. A true-crime docuseries reassembles the jurors, with particular focus on Maya, now a defense attorney herself. When one of the jurors is found dead in Maya's hotel room, all evidence points to her as the killer. Now, she must prove her own innocence--by getting to the bottom of a case that is far from closed. As the present-day murder investigation weaves together with the story of what really happened during their deliberation, told by each of the jurors in turn, the secrets they have all been keeping threaten to come out--with drastic consequences for all involved"--

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