The novel opens with the dramatic shooting of defence barrister Thomas Griffith-Jones on the steps of a Sydney courthouse. DS Emilia Hart had just left the courthouse where Griffith-Jones was defending a man whose two children drowned when he lost control of his car on a cliffside road. That he had long been abusing and intimidating his wife and the car crash was no accident was evident to the police, but Griffith-Jones was doing his utmost to convince the jury otherwise. When an outbreak of further shootings of men occur in Sydney and in other towns and cities the police are puzzled. The only connection between the victims is that they have committed domestic or sexual abuse of women or children.
This thrilling tale of revenge against male violence tackles a very topical issue of why women and children continue to be on the receiving end of male aggression and why our judicial system can't do more to protect them. Having worked previously with victims of domestic or sexual abuse and having adopted two abused children, Emilia is the perfect defender of women and children. Emilia is also surrounded by some good men in the police force, including her partner Robbo and Matt, a Melbourne detective who becomes involved in the case as the shootings spread across Australia. The author cleverly makes her point that more than fifty women are killed by abusive men in Australia every year and not much is done to address this, but when abusive men become targeted, a national task force is immediately set up to find the killer. An impressive and thought provoking debut!
Genre: Mystery
This thrilling tale of revenge against male violence tackles a very topical issue of why women and children continue to be on the receiving end of male aggression and why our judicial system can't do more to protect them. Having worked previously with victims of domestic or sexual abuse and having adopted two abused children, Emilia is the perfect defender of women and children. Emilia is also surrounded by some good men in the police force, including her partner Robbo and Matt, a Melbourne detective who becomes involved in the case as the shootings spread across Australia. The author cleverly makes her point that more than fifty women are killed by abusive men in Australia every year and not much is done to address this, but when abusive men become targeted, a national task force is immediately set up to find the killer. An impressive and thought provoking debut!
Genre: Mystery
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