As he approached the bar and restaurant where Rene had asked to meet him,
Daniel slowed his pace, trying to shake off his mood. He thought about
Sebastian locked inside his terraced house on this beautiful summer
evening, with his panic button and the police officer outside. He thought
of the woman who’d carried a bag of pig’s blood to central London in the
hope of dousing a lawyer she’d never even met.
Named and shamed. Societal disapproval was no longer something it was
possible to ignore. That disapproval could cost a job, a livelihood, even
a life. Sebastian was still a young man, just twenty-one years old, yet he
was being asked to atone for the child he had once been. It felt harsh to
Daniel. He wouldn’t like to be held to account for the child he had once
been.
Daniel thought he was more or less satisfied with his life, but within a
week, his wife asks for space, and a high-profile client from before his
marriage returns. His wife’s accusations and the requests of his client have
him re-examining everything.
Official synopsis:
Ten years have passed, but everyone remembers The Angel Killer. Sebastian
Croll was just eleven years old when accused of murdering his playmate.
Criminal attorney Daniel Hunter helped prove Sebastian's innocence in a
trial that gripped the nation—and now the past is being unearthed when he
gets a call from his old client.
Or guilty?
Sebastian's university professor has been brutally murdered—and everyone
who knew her is in the frame of suspicion. As Daniel steps in to represent
Sebastian for a second time, news about the boy's past spreads like
wildfire, instantly branding Sebastian as guilty.
With tensions around the country rising, can Daniel prove once again that
Sebastian is the innocent one? Especially when he realizes that it's not
just Sebastian who is in danger, but himself . . .
Daniel worries that his past influences everything. He was a foster kid
without the advantages of his wife or others in his life now, and he wonders
if that makes him different from everyone else in a potentially very bad
way. When his wife suggests he hasn’t been emotionally there for her, he’s
devastated. He desperately wants to do better, but his life has recently
gotten quite complicated.
Sebastian is back. When Sebastian was 11 years old, he was accused of
murdering another child. Daniel and his now-wife both worked on the case,
and through their meeting, eventually married and had a child of their own.
While Daniel isn’t sure he really wants to work with Sebastian on the new
case he seems to be entangled with, a client is a client. Everyone deserves
a defense, right?
Like the author’s previous works, this was well-written and compelling -
what happens next?? Toward the end, there were a couple different directions
hinted at for the story’s conclusion. I gave this 4 out of 5 stars and would
recommend it for those who enjoy a good psychological thriller.
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Becki Bayley is a Gemini who likes feta cheese with olives, Cherry Coke with
Southern Comfort, and a good book with a warm blanket. She also posts
reviews on her own blog,
SweetlyBSquared.com.
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