'Ingenious . . . humane and thought-provoking' Observer

Life would seem to have gone well for George Mason. His days as a criminal defence lawyer are long behind him. At fifty-nine, he has sat as a judge on the Court of Appeals in Kindle County for nearly a decade. Yet, when a disturbing rape case is brought before him, the judge begins to question the very nature of the law and his role within it.

But what is troubling George Mason so deeply? Is it his wife's recent diagnosis? Or the strange and threatening emails he has started to receive? And what is it about this horrific case of sexual assault, now on trial in his courtroom, that has led him to question his fitness to judge?

'Scott Turow does legal thrillers better than anyone else' Irish Independent

'Turow sets up the story with consummate expertise. The characters are skilfully portrayed, the plotting is deft and the writing a cut above Grisham's' Sunday Times