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Kate Wilhelm - For The Defense

Synopsis:

Teddy Wendover is a hulking twenty-eight-year-old with the mind of a child. An accident at eight left
him severely retarded. But did it turn him into a cold-blooded killer? Someone has bludgeoned Oregon
congressman Harry Knecht to death. Knecht was the man who organized the ill-fated field trip that led
to Teddy's injury. Two more murders convince defense attorney Barbara Holloway that there's a broader
circle of guilt. Before staging a dramatic courtroom performance, she must sift through dead ends,
hearsay, and veiled clues--only to discover that truth is more dangerous than speculation . . . .

PROLOGUE.

If he almost closes his eyes a certain way, the trees turn into black monsters that start to rush at him;
then they go right by-whoosh--and the sun hits his eyes and he has to close them the rest of the way.
Whoosh.

He wants to ask when they'll get there, but Gail told him grown-ups don't like it if you ask more than
once, and it's best to wait until you have to go or something. He squinches his eyes again. Whoosh.

"Smell that?" Dad asks... He sits up straight and sniffs. River, trees, the car, then he leans forward.
Skunk. He can't see anything on the road, but the smell is all around, not bad, not like it was when the
skunk got in their camp that time and they had to go away and camp somewhere else.

"Remember when we tangled with the skunk over at John Day?" Dad asks, turning to grin at him.

He nods happily. Maybe the skunk smell is really bad in Mr. Praeger's truck. He hopes it is. He hasn't
seen the red truck for a long time. Maybe he had an accident and fell in the river. He hopes that, too.

"There's a shelter around here somewhere," Dad says.

"Get your shoes on and we'll stretch our legs, have a look. That's where we'll camp tonight."

"Mr. Praeger won't stay with us, will he?"

"No way. Don't worry about him." He slows down and then pulls to the side of the road and stops.

"See? Told you."

Teddy laughs and pulls on his sneakers. He doesn't bother to tie them. Outside, with no more car noise,
the only sound is the river, and the wind making whispers in the trees.


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