Anatomy of a Scandal was a slow burning thriller filled with deeply buried secrets and deceptions
This centers around a married couple, who are at the center of a scandal that has rocked their little British community. They were once college sweethearts, later to find themselves married with children, living the dream. Only, they were about to have a rude awakening.
Sophie Whitehouse has lived happily with her handsome and successful husband, and her two adoring children for years now. Their home is gorgeous, their children want for nothing, and they are well loved. Kate believes she has everything she could ask for. Her world start to crumble on the night her husband tells her of his affair. It is soon in the papers, and then he is charged with a horrible crime against the woman he had the affair with. Then the trial takes place. I will give Sophie a lot of credit, she did stand by him, she did her best to protect her children from the scandal that was going on around them. Don’t know if I would have been able to be so understanding and supportive. But from the outside, James said all the right things. He was handsome, caring, successful and climbing his way up the ladder in the Palace of Westminister. His children loved him dearly, and so did those who knew him. But this was also a man who knew how to get what he wanted. Some would call it determination, and other’s would call it arrogance.
The slower pace worked very well with everything going on. Especially with the alternating POV’s between the past and the present being from Sophie, James and from Kate, who I will get to in just a minute. The courtroom setting was definitely intense and intimidating and the trial progressed, it revealed a lot about those involved in the case. Kate, is the Queen Court Prosecutor, the criminal barrister for sexual crimes, she does her job extremely well and gives it her undivided attention. So, it was no surprise when she was given the high profile case of James Whitehouse. As the story goes along, it becomes clear that Kate is willing to put her own job at stake to get a conviction. Why is this case so different for her? It begged the question, was there something more to this specific case that rattled her? Or was she just that sure he was guilty?
The courtroom scenes were filled with drama and suspense, and it certainly kept me wanting to know more of what happened, was he guilty? What was Sophie going to do? What about the victim when this was all over with. With so many question, I had to keep turning the pages to find out, I found the ending to be a fairly satisfying one. A few little twists here and there were revealed along the way. It was all really well done. Anatomy of a Scandal was a slow burning thriller filled with deeply buried secrets and deceptions.
Sophie Whitehouse has lived happily with her handsome and successful husband, and her two adoring children for years now. Their home is gorgeous, their children want for nothing, and they are well loved. Kate believes she has everything she could ask for. Her world start to crumble on the night her husband tells her of his affair. It is soon in the papers, and then he is charged with a horrible crime against the woman he had the affair with. Then the trial takes place. I will give Sophie a lot of credit, she did stand by him, she did her best to protect her children from the scandal that was going on around them. Don’t know if I would have been able to be so understanding and supportive. But from the outside, James said all the right things. He was handsome, caring, successful and climbing his way up the ladder in the Palace of Westminister. His children loved him dearly, and so did those who knew him. But this was also a man who knew how to get what he wanted. Some would call it determination, and other’s would call it arrogance.
The slower pace worked very well with everything going on. Especially with the alternating POV’s between the past and the present being from Sophie, James and from Kate, who I will get to in just a minute. The courtroom setting was definitely intense and intimidating and the trial progressed, it revealed a lot about those involved in the case. Kate, is the Queen Court Prosecutor, the criminal barrister for sexual crimes, she does her job extremely well and gives it her undivided attention. So, it was no surprise when she was given the high profile case of James Whitehouse. As the story goes along, it becomes clear that Kate is willing to put her own job at stake to get a conviction. Why is this case so different for her? It begged the question, was there something more to this specific case that rattled her? Or was she just that sure he was guilty?
The courtroom scenes were filled with drama and suspense, and it certainly kept me wanting to know more of what happened, was he guilty? What was Sophie going to do? What about the victim when this was all over with. With so many question, I had to keep turning the pages to find out, I found the ending to be a fairly satisfying one. A few little twists here and there were revealed along the way. It was all really well done. Anatomy of a Scandal was a slow burning thriller filled with deeply buried secrets and deceptions.