There are many surprising twists to this story, and the characterisation is wonderful. As was Harleigh who, although facing a major moral dilemma, put both her daughter’s and her sister’s welfare first. And although she could not resist the siren song of heroin, she was incredibly strong in other ways. I didn’t like Callie, although by the time I had finished, I had a sneaking admiration for her. It made me feel dirty, like I wanted to go stand under a hot shower until the water ran out. I will say, however, that I didn’t much like False Witness to start with, thanks to Ms Slaughter’s realistic and graphic portrayals of drug addicts their habits, of Buddy Waleski and his proclivities. I am not going to talk about the plot, because I don’t want to give anything away. Paedophilia, alcohol, drug, and parental abuse are all a part of False Witness, as is the Covid-19 pandemic. False Witness is a complicated (I mean that in a positive way) story of abuse on many levels. Where do I start with this review? Slaughter never fails to surprise me. MY THOUGHTS: A definite thriller that kept me guessing! The only person who can help her is her younger, estranged sister Callie, the last person Leigh would ever want to ask for help. If she can’t get him acquitted, she’ll lose much more than the case. More to the point, he knows what happened twenty years ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades running. But when she meets the accused, she realises that it’s no coincidence that he’s chosen her as his attorney. It’s the highest profile case she’s ever been given – a case which could transform her career, if she wins. Then a case lands on her desk – defending a wealthy man accused of rape. She has a good job as a defence attorney, a daughter doing well in school, and even her divorce is relatively civilised – her life is just as unremarkable as she’d always hoped it would be.īut Leigh’s ordinary life masks a childhood which was far from average… a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and finally torn apart by a devastating act of violence. Leigh Coulton has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. Then the two of them had gone back into the kitchen to finish murdering his father. She had watched her sister gently kiss the top of his head. The last time Leigh had seen him, he had been drugged into oblivion. Only one person in her life still called her by that name.Īndrew said, ‘I thought you’d forgotten all about me.’ He said, ‘It’s been a long time, Harleigh.’ His smile softened, the upward curve of his lips slowly smoothing out. At the time, all of it had made sense.Īndrew seemed to feed off her dawning recognition. That’s what Leigh and Callie made it look like. We both thought it would be good to change things up after what happened with dad.’īuddy Waleski had disappeared. She had been his babysitter, and then, when she was old enough to find real work, she had passed the job on to her baby sister. Leigh felt a tingle of goosebumps prickle her skin. The way Andrew’s lips curved up to the left was so chillingly familiar. Her teenage voice came out of her mouth when she asked, ‘Trevor?’ The familiar smell of the dank house, the cigars and scotch and blood – so much blood. The clenched fist kept moving up her throat, every horrific detail she had suppressed over the last twenty three years threatening to choke her.Ĭallie’s terrifying phone call. EXCERPT: She looked down at the label on the file.
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