Rockford Labor News -- December 6-7, 2007 -  Page 3 HARRIETT RETURNS TO BARNES & NOBLE FOR SECOND BOOK SIGNING

Harriett Ford, author of the tantalizing suspense-romance novel, Shadow In the Rain, is returning to Barnes and Noble book store by request for a second time to sign books on Friday, December 14 at the new Cherry- Vale Mall location.       The book is a fictionalized story based on the Rockford trial and conviction of Ted Kuhl, without forensic evidence, no weapon, no motive and a single witness who changed his story 16 times as a matter of court record.  It includes a romantic and suspenseful story line (fiction) but all fats of the investigation are accurate.

Shadow iIn the Rain is selling out wherever Ford signs copies.       She recently traveled to Eastern State College in Wilburton, Oklahoma to speak on the topic, Journalism and its impact on the Crimial Justice System.        Area bookstore spokesmen say requests are being made for the book on a regular basis, and suggest that signed copies are a unique holiday gift and a slice of local history.            Want a personalized copy?  Stop by the store at CherryVale on Friday and speak to the author who is pleased to answer questions about the tantalizing case.

MidWest Book Review\

Shirley Johnson/Senior Reviewer
MidWest Book Review

I want to begin this review with one word, DISTURBING! The further I read this book the more I shook my head and thought, how could this be happening in the land of the free?

The story you will find between the pages of this work will keep you absorbed from beginning to end. Part fictional story aided by the truth, our author takes us into the world of murder, one that hangs in my opinion as unsolved and very disturbing.

In 1999 a young woman was shot in the parking lot of a local Bar & Grill, seemingly for no other reason than a jealous ex-boyfriend. He is arrested, tried and put in prison for her murder; but the question that has not been answered without considerable doubt is this - did he really pull the trigger? Is he truly a cold-blooded killer? Many say yes, others no and as far as I can see by the evidence shown within this read; the proof is definitely not in the pudding that he is guilty.

This entire story is wrapped around the true case of Ted Kuhl who has been imprisoned for the murder of his ex-girlfriend. However according to the evidence presented something is definitely amiss in this entire investigation. From the beginning it is running over with Police blunders, no DNA testing, alibis not checked, suspects let go; the entire working of this case was like that done by the Keystone Cops of yesteryear, and should be an embarrassment to our justice system. How can this be ignored? Someone in authority must step up to the plate and reopen this case for further investigation. If they don't, it certainly would seem a solid question to ask, why not? Cases have been reopened for less than what you have here.

Listen, I'm all for putting the bad guy behind bars or worse, but when the evidence in a case is so lacking and so many questions are left unanswered as in this one you just have to wonder, who doesn't want this uncovered? And who has the power to make sure it isn't?

We have the best Justice System in the world, and the best country as far as I am concerned, but even at that there are always times when something just doesn't add up. This is definitely one of those times. I am but one small voice, but this voice is yelling, "what are you thinking?" If the man is truly guilty, prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt, reopen the case and answer the unanswered.

Read this book, it may scare you because we all can only pray this type of nightmare never darkens our door or those we love.

America is justice for all, remember, for all; let her bell ring.