Word: venetia
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...These days it's known as a dwarf planet, but until Venetia Phair, 90, was 11, Pluto was dubbed Planet X. When Phair suggested naming the orb after the Roman god of the underworld, her well-connected grandfather helped make it a reality...
...unusual setting, followed by categorization of the possible suspects, and detective Adam Dalgliesh's investigation into the mysterious affairs. A Certain Justice follows this recipe--but in this case, there are two murders that must be solved. The novel, strangely enough, begins with a trial--the strong, stubborn Venetia Aldridge is defending Garry Ashe on charges of brutally killing his aunt. Aldrige knows that Ashe is guilty, but she's learned over the years that winning is always the goal. There is no room in Aldrige's mind for even a semblance of a conscience. She lies, grandstands and manipulates...
...surprise then that she is murdered soon after? James makes the scenario slightly more melodramatic, however, by fooling around with the murder scene. Venetia is found in her office, stabbed through the heart--wearing a judge's wig and covered in blood that is not her own. The initial horror of the murder makes the subsequent investigation all the more fascinating...
...Certain Justice is most enjoyable because of its deliciously subversive literary flair. James' prose is eloquent and yet strikingly lucid. The opening line of the novel, "Murders do not usually give their victims notice," is the perfect segway into a haunting exploration of Venetia Aldrige's character. The well-practiced virtuoso quality in A Certain Justice draws you into its foreboding atmosphere: "Has it ever occurred to you that a woman, when she is powerful, is more powerful than a man?" asks one of the suspects. The flowing prose often reaches its own stylistic climaxes, independent of plot events...
...last night's event, four panelists. Associate Professor of English Anne Cheng, Professor of Folklore and Mythology Enrique Lamadrid, second-year. Law School student Venetia Moore and Fortune--discussed tactics for making ethnic studies a bigger part of the curriculum...