Never Leave Me by John Glatt
Never Leave Me by John Glatt offers a very indepth view of the case of Johnathan Nyce who was convicted of passion provocation murder in the death of his wife, Michelle, a Filipino native.
The author does not sugar coat the life of the victim (as is often the case in true crime books) as he exposes the truth about how she came to marry Nyce in a mail-order bride type meeting, her affair with deJesus, and her vainess by seeking eternal youth.
On the other hand, almost ironically, you read the good aspects of Dr. Nyce with his cures for asthma and other medical discoveries that, for a short while, made him a millionaire…a blessing that would soon be a curse; at least according to Nyce.
Unfortunately, I found the latter part of the book seems to focus on the defense attorney Robin Lord, who the author proclaims as one of the best attorneys in that area; specifically, touting her representation of Jesse Timmendequas, whose conviction led to the passing of Megan’s Law.
While focusing on Lord, the reader is introduced to her ridiculous courtroom theatrics and temper tantrums; and, unfortunately, they seem to take up a great portion of the second half of the book.
If you skip over the bowing to Lord (pun intended), then you’ll find a quick-paced, interesting true crime.
The following is one of my infamous personal rants on material that may or may not be contained within the book; and, as such, should be considered a SPOILER ALERT!
Lastly, I must disagree with a another review that I read.
This reviewer proclaimed this to a be complex case.
What??!!
It’s not really a case of “Who done it?” as Nyce, an alleged medical genius, didn’t even have enough sense to clean up all the blood from his garage; neither did he take the time to put the car seat back into a position, after driving his 6′ 4″ frame atop his deceased wife’s 5′ 2″ body, that would have made it appear more likely that she was driving.
Duh! I guess medical geniuses don’t have much time to watch Law & Order or CSI?!
