Publisher's Synopsis
Sarah Newby left school at 15, a teenage single parent on a Leeds council estate who worked her way up to a career as a criminal barrister. When her son, Simon, is arrested and charged with a series of brutal rapes and murders around the city of York, the evidence against him appears so strong that his QC advises a guilty plea, whereupon Simon begs his mother to defend him. There is no ruling that says a mother cannot defend her own son, and so Sarah feels morally bound to represent him. The only other obvious suspect, however, for these murders, is a man who has already been acquitted once - with Sarah acting as his defence lawyer...
Has Sarah, in her single-minded determination to create a career for herself, neglected her son so much that she no longer knows him? Since he has often lied to her in the past, how can she trust him when he says he is innocent this time? And what should she do when she herself uncovers evidence that seems to suggest his guilt? In this tense courtroom drama telling the whole truth seems an impossible option.
