Sebastian Croll is accused of murdering Ben Stokes, one of his playmates, an eight year old boy. He is reputed to be a bully and his counselor believes he comes from an abusive home. Daniel Hunter, his solicitor wants to save eleven year old Seb from the cruel justice system. He hates Seb's family and worries about the child returning to that world of material privilege and emotional deprivation, but the thought of Seb inside, in the system, was worse. The evidence is circumstantial, but the press had already demonized him. At the same time that Daniel is engaged in Seb's trial, he is setting to rest ghosts in his past - his own drug-addicted mom, his Irish adoptive Mam - Minnie, and his own predilections to violence. A most surprising twist at the end causes the reader to gasp in disbelief.
"Fear's like pain. It's there in your life to tech you about yourself."
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