Is it possible in this day of enlightened justice for a man to be
punished twice for the same crime?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY answers this question, at the same time
uncovering the greatest of the many loopholes in our modern
jurisprudence. In this very human but striking novel are portrayed
the calamities that can be visited upon any ordinary citizen by the
cold, dispassionate judgment of our courts and our unimaginative and
often stupid juries. Through the eyes of the victim, Peter Thatcher,
this tense revelation unfolds, growing to ugly and utterly ridiculous
proportions.
"Peter Thatcher has murdered his wife," people said. "I heard them
quarreling," announced one. "And I," added another, "saw the blood."
To make matters worse, Thatcher himself could not be quite sure of his
own innocence!
Not a problem novel, not a mystery novel, but rather a cross between
the two, this thrilling story will be appreciated by those who read
"The Postman Always Rings Twice."