Dark Justice

In the fifth installment of the acclaimed Portia of the Pacific series, attorney Clara Foltz and her partner, Laura Gordon, navigate the complexities of two entwined trials in 1887 San Francisco. As Clara defends an abortifacient merchant accused in a tragic case involving his daughter, the legal system targets a midwife, a Chinese-American woman, for her role in the girl’s death. The investigation deepens with the involvement of witnesses from various backgrounds, including a Navajo Medicine Man and suffragists from England, leading Clara and Laura into a web of supernatural elements and historical injustices. This compelling mystery explores themes of truth and societal challenges within a richly woven narrative.