A little boy was found dead in a children’s playground…
Daniel Hunter has spent years defending lost causes as a solicitor in London. But his life changes when he is introduced to Sebastian, an eleven-year-old accused of murdering an innocent young boy.
As he plunges into the muddy depths of Sebastian’s troubled home life, Daniel thinks back to his own childhood in foster care – and to Minnie, the woman whose love saved him, until she, too, betrayed him so badly that he cut her out of his life.
But what crime did Minnie commit that made Daniel disregard her for fifteen years? And will Daniel’s identification with a child on trial for murder make him question everything he ever believed in?
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Summary
This psychological thriller really kept me reading late into the night. It has two story lines, one about Daniel and his young years in foster care and the other about Sebastian, a young boy accused of murdering a younger child. Although their upbringing was totally different, the author manages to subtly parallel the two, and gives us a greater understanding into the minds of both children. The subsequent trial was nail biting and both sad and exhilarating. The story was a real page-turner turner and I will be looking forward to reading more by this British author.