‘Guilty,’ says the foreperson.
Justice Mary Sutherland disagrees. So profoundly that she drags Inspector Adam Davis into her office and asks him what the hell is going on. Then she orders a new trial.
Virgil Maddox stands accused of sexually assaulting three of his students, but the evidence brought to trial was shaky . . . at best. While the judge suspects, Adam knows his friend is innocent. He's also quite sure the allegations were trumped up by someone who, as Virgil puts it, "objects to my ethnicity."
None of the above could possibly have imagined the racist, misogynist cabal that orchestrated the attempt to rid Living Skies High School of Virgil's presence . . . among other crimes so horrific, they turn even a police inspector's stomach.
Including murder.
While Adam tries to manoeuvre around his conflict in saving Virgil from a long prison term, it also becomes clear that his wedding date is being jeopardized by the legal and investigative nightmare coming at him like a freight train. And his fianc''e, reporter Grace Rampling, finds herself forced to make a very hard decision.
The sixth and final mystery/love story in the Adam and Grace Series arc.
Genre: Mystery
Justice Mary Sutherland disagrees. So profoundly that she drags Inspector Adam Davis into her office and asks him what the hell is going on. Then she orders a new trial.
Virgil Maddox stands accused of sexually assaulting three of his students, but the evidence brought to trial was shaky . . . at best. While the judge suspects, Adam knows his friend is innocent. He's also quite sure the allegations were trumped up by someone who, as Virgil puts it, "objects to my ethnicity."
None of the above could possibly have imagined the racist, misogynist cabal that orchestrated the attempt to rid Living Skies High School of Virgil's presence . . . among other crimes so horrific, they turn even a police inspector's stomach.
Including murder.
While Adam tries to manoeuvre around his conflict in saving Virgil from a long prison term, it also becomes clear that his wedding date is being jeopardized by the legal and investigative nightmare coming at him like a freight train. And his fianc''e, reporter Grace Rampling, finds herself forced to make a very hard decision.
The sixth and final mystery/love story in the Adam and Grace Series arc.
Genre: Mystery
Used availability for J C Paulson's The Maddox Verdict