Saving Grace / R. W. Jones

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, c1986Description: 231 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 312699867
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • FIC .J66 1986
Summary: Britain's criminal justice system is put on trial in this compelling story about a mother who is charged with shooting the man who raped and killed her child. Grace Yardley is an iron-willed, enigmatic, intensely private yet utterly alluring woman who wins the admiration of detective inspector Evans as he investigates her daughter's murder. When the captured killer is freed on a technicality, Grace shoots him down before TV cameras. The result is a trial that grips the conscience of the nation. It is left to Grace's advocate, Nigel Buxton who is also succumbing to her charm to defend her in a most unexpected way, even as evidence against his client mounts. Anguished mother or liar and prostitute which is she? Readers will be mesmerized by this highly authentic first novel.
Item type: Books - Fiction
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Britain's criminal justice system is put on trial in this compelling story about a mother who is charged with shooting the man who raped and killed her child. Grace Yardley is an iron-willed, enigmatic, intensely private yet utterly alluring woman who wins the admiration of detective inspector Evans as he investigates her daughter's murder. When the captured killer is freed on a technicality, Grace shoots him down before TV cameras. The result is a trial that grips the conscience of the nation. It is left to Grace's advocate, Nigel Buxton who is also succumbing to her charm to defend her in a most unexpected way, even as evidence against his client mounts. Anguished mother or liar and prostitute which is she? Readers will be mesmerized by this highly authentic first novel.

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