Calling down the Storm |
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| Author:
| Murphy, Peter |
| Series title: | Ben Schroeder Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84344-675-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2017 |
| Publisher: | Oldcastle Books, Limited
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| Imprint: | No Exit Press |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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April 1971. When DI Webb and DS Raymond arrive at Harpur's Mews in Bloomsbury in response to a call, a horrific scene awaits them. Susan Lang is lying on the ground, bleeding to death. Her husband Henry is sitting nearby, holding a blood-stained knife. Henry claims to have no memory of the events that led to his wife's death leaving his barrister, Ben Schroeder, little to defend a potential charge of murder. Unknown to his strict Baptist wife Deborah, Mr. Justice Conrad Rainer has a...
More DescriptionApril 1971. When DI Webb and DS Raymond arrive at Harpur's Mews in Bloomsbury in response to a call, a horrific scene awaits them. Susan Lang is lying on the ground, bleeding to death. Her husband Henry is sitting nearby, holding a blood-stained knife. Henry claims to have no memory of the events that led to his wife's death leaving his barrister, Ben Schroeder, little to defend a potential charge of murder. Unknown to his strict Baptist wife Deborah, Mr. Justice Conrad Rainer has a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. In his desperation, he has already raided his own and Deborah's resources, and now he has crossed another line--one from which there is no return. To his horror, as the trial of Henry Lang starts, Conrad discovers a sinister connection between the trial and his gambling debts, a connection that could cause his world to unravel. In a rare case in which the judge is in greater peril than the defendant on trial in his court, both Henry and Conrad have called down the storm on to their heads. Their lives are on the line, and time is running out.