DS Kate Miskin and DCI Adam Dalgliesh find out that life is rough justice.
Garry Ashe is an arrogant young man who is accused of murdering his aunt. He was spotted leaving the house.
At his trial he is successfully defended by Venetia Aldridge. She proves that the witness's eyesight was so bad, that she could not had seen anything with her old prescription glasses.
Venetia later has a showdown with the partners in her barristers chambers. Accusing them of running it like an old boy's club and that she plans to become the head of chambers.
She is later found dead and her body had blood poured over her after she died.
Miskin discovers that Ashe is engaged to Venetia's daughter.
Dalgliesh thinks that the murderer could be connected with someone that Venetia successfully defended. She took on unpopular clients such as terrorists.
Another atmospheric episode. There are a lot of suspects with a question mark hanging over Ashe. Once again the story is very atmospheric.
I did groan when Venetia humiliated the witness at trial. I know your prescription can change over time but really so rapidly from one prescription to the next. The scene might have worked better if she had to take her glasses off entirely rather then wear her old one.
Garry Ashe is an arrogant young man who is accused of murdering his aunt. He was spotted leaving the house.
At his trial he is successfully defended by Venetia Aldridge. She proves that the witness's eyesight was so bad, that she could not had seen anything with her old prescription glasses.
Venetia later has a showdown with the partners in her barristers chambers. Accusing them of running it like an old boy's club and that she plans to become the head of chambers.
She is later found dead and her body had blood poured over her after she died.
Miskin discovers that Ashe is engaged to Venetia's daughter.
Dalgliesh thinks that the murderer could be connected with someone that Venetia successfully defended. She took on unpopular clients such as terrorists.
Another atmospheric episode. There are a lot of suspects with a question mark hanging over Ashe. Once again the story is very atmospheric.
I did groan when Venetia humiliated the witness at trial. I know your prescription can change over time but really so rapidly from one prescription to the next. The scene might have worked better if she had to take her glasses off entirely rather then wear her old one.