A Dead Liberty

In Catherine Aird's gripping mystery, A Dead Liberty, Lucy Durmast finds herself on trial for the murder of Kenneth Carline, who was poisoned after consuming a meal she prepared. With Lucy refusing to speak and the evidence appearing damning, the case becomes more complex when Detective Trevor Porritt suffers a serious accident, leaving C. D. Sloan to take over the investigation. As clues involving antinuclear pamphlets and a royal connection emerge, Sloan and his assistant, Constable Crosby, race against time to unravel a web of deception amidst rising panic.