A Place of Justice

<p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>We all like life to be fair Xander told himself. And if only sorting every situation out were as easy as one two three as easy as the maths problems I deal with every day with their clear answers.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Emily and her husband Luke face profound trauma in their personal lives in two cases of serious crime and in local social care.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The sudden reappearance of Jimmy who decades ago abandoned Emily pregnant with Lily brings huge distress. How can Lily and Emily plus Luke a loving stepfather forgive Jimmy and get closure?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Unresolved crimes-the mysterious disappearance of Luke's legal client and an historic murder case-suddenly invade their lives.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Alerted to substandard care in a local nursing home what can Emily and friend Felicity do to resolve matters ensuring what is right for its residents?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Why do things happen all at the same time?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Beautiful evocative Edinburgh plays a central role.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When he reappears thirty-five years later how can you forgive a man who abandoned you when you were pregnant with his baby?</em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>And how can one family secure justice for this smörgåsbord of heartache?</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A beautifully-crafted novel about nostalgia relationships lost and found and themes of forgiveness and justice.</strong></p>