The Child Who.

SIMON LELIC

Publication: Mantle, 2012, London

First edition. Signed and lined by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket. A quiet English town is left reeling when twelve-year-old Daniel Blake is discovered to have brutally murdered his schoolmate Felicity Forbes. For Leo Curtice, the case promises to be the most high profile of his career. As he begins his defence Leo is unprepared for the impact the public fury will have on his family and his teenage daughter Ellie. While Leo struggles to get Daniel to open up, hoping to unearth the reasons for the boy's terrible crime, the build-up of pressure on Leo's family intensifies. As the case nears its climax, events will take their darkest turn. For Leo, nothing will ever be the same again.

Inventory Number: 32303