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Emery adds the conventions of crime fiction to her knowledge of the legal process, enhancing these with her gift for creating character and atmosphere.
Jaded lawyer Monty Collins, who is tired of defending small-time crooks and provincial career criminals, yearns for a client who is interesting, substantial and intelligent. But when a client who is all those things and more is sent his way, he remembers something his mother used to say: "Be careful what you wish for."
Father Brennan Burke, a charismatic and gifted priest with his wild irish youth behind him and now accused of murder, proves to be more difficult than any of Collins's less savoury clients.
This excellent crime novel by Canadian crime lawyer Anne Emery covers a lot of ground – the legal profession, the culture of the Catholic church and the many ways in which the past can come back to haunt you – and has several wonderful characters, which are drawn with an odd authorial combination of empathy and detachment.
Emery adds the conventions of crime fiction to her knowledge of the legal process, enhancing these with her gift for creating character and atmosphere.
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