Right the Wrong
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Publisher Description
For an ex-con, no prison visit is routine. When the gate in the perimeter fence slams shut behind Nora Dockson, her gut churns.
She hates the concertina wire topping the chainlinks. The black-uniformed guard eyeing her suspiciously. The petty rules dictating when and where she can stand. Sit. Breathe.
But Nora pulled herself out of the gutter and became an appeals lawyer. Her clients are behind bars and that's where she meets them.
All are convicted felons but not all are guilty of murder. Struggling to make a broken system free the innocent, she forces herself to go back inside. Though she knows that a prison can crush the soul of anyone who enters . . . .
Right the Wrong is "an engaging legal thriller . . . in what I hope will be a long-running series." (Stephen Campbell, CrimeFiction.FM).
A Macavity Award-nominee acclaimed for "sharp storytelling" (Publishers Weekly), Diana Deverell brings you an intriguing heroine and an ongoing cast of entertaining characters in her gripping legal thrillers. Buy Right the Wrong today and enjoy the series.
Customer Reviews
Nora Dockson is Back, and Better than Ever
Diana Deverell's new book, "Right the Wrong," continues the story of Nora Dockson, ex-con turned attorney for a Spokane legal assistance center. Still haunted by the abusive childhood that led to her prison term, Nora takes on two appeals cases that could potentially free two people unjustly serving life sentences. Meanwhile, her lover, State Trooper Kent Harper, faces his own career challenges when he's tapped to head up a new crime-fighting task force in Spokane. As Nora navigates the tricky legal and political issues in her appeals, her old cell-mate Winnie, now out of prison, reappears in her life, along with a dangerous figure from Nora's past. The suspense builds as Nora pursues justice while confronting her own demons.
Nora is an engaging, relatable heroine - she's not a superwoman, in fact she's not even, at this point, a highly experienced lawyer. But she's tenacious and a quick learner, and in this book she continues to build her legal skills and her re-entry into the world outside of prison. What I liked about this book is that the characters continue to develop from the first book in the series in believable ways. Nora learns to argue a case before a judge; Kent learns to work as part of a team. There's plenty of legal maneuvering and cop action, but it all grows naturally out of the plot and the characters.
The author grew up in the Pacific Northwest and it vividly shows in her descriptions of the various locations in the story. You can see and feel the eastern Washington area around Spokane, the small towns, the prison where Nora visits one of her clients - and Kent's romantic cabin in the forest. I was ready to make a trip to Washington, the state, by the time I finished the book!
If you haven't read "Help Me, Nora," the first book in this series, you should definitely read it to start at the beginning of Nora's legal adventures.