Summary justice
Fairfax, John2017
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The last time Tess de Vere saw William Benson she was a law student on work experience. He was a twenty-one year old, led from the dock of the Old Bailey to begin a life sentence for murder. He'd said he was innocent. She'd believed him. Sixteen years later Tess overhears a couple of hacks mocking a newcomer to the London Bar. That night she walks back into Benson's life. A desperate woman has turned to him for help: Sarah Collingstone, mother of a child with special needs, accused of slaying her wealthy lover. It's a hopeless case and the murder trial, Benson's first, starts in four days. The evidence is overwhelming but like Benson long ago, she swears she's innocent. Tess joins the defence team, determined to help Benson survive. But as Benson follows the twists and turns in the courtroom, Tess embarks upon a secret investigation of her own, determined to uncover the truth behind the death of Paul Harbeton on a lonely night in Soho.
Main title:
Summary justice / John Fairfax.
Author:
Fairfax, John, author
Imprint:
London : Little, Brown, 2017.
Collation:
296 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781408708729 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6102.R63
Local class:
FT
Language:
English
BRN:
1863234