In the novels of this author, love is work; it is faithful service; it is the joy of making loved ones happy; it is devotion to one’s profession. And all that is real—deep, heartfelt, human.
The trial is underway. As it happens, both the lay judges and the judge are women. And the defendant is a maniac who killed six beautiful women. There should be no mercy or sympathy for him, and senior leadership strongly insists that the guilty verdict not be delayed. But something holds these three women—those who hold the thread of fate—back from reaching a final decision. The judge, the school director, and the pampered daughter of an academic were never meant to meet in life, yet, bound by a common responsibility, they went against the usual template and did the not what’s expected of them.