TITLE - Calling Down The Storm
AUTHOR - Peter Murphy
PUBLISHER - No Exit Press
PUBLISHER - No Exit Press
BUY LINK - Amazon UK
SYNOPSIS -
Calling Down the Storm is the story of two separate but
strangely parallel lives: the life of a defendant on trial for murder,
and the life of the judge who presides over his trial.
April 1971. When DI Webb and DS Raymond receive an
emergency call, a horrific scene awaits them. Susan Lang is lying on
the ground, bleeding to death. Her husband Henry is sitting
nearby, holding a large, blood-stained knife. In shock, Henry claims
to have no memory of the events that led to his wife's death, leaving
his barrister, Ben Schroeder, little to defend a potential charge of
murder.
Unknown to his strict Baptist wife, Deborah, Mr
Justice Conrad Rainer has a secret life as a highstakes gambler. In his
desperation for money, he has already raided his own and Deborah's
resources, and now he has crossed another line - one from which there
is no return.
To his horror, as the trial of Henry Lang starts,
Conrad discovers a sinister connection between it and his gambling
debts, one that will cause his world to unravel.
ABOUT THE AUTHORPeter Murphy was born in 1946. After graduating from Cambridge University he spent a career in the law, as an advocate and teacher, both in England and the United States. His legal work included a number of years in The Hague as defence counsel at the Yugoslavian War Crimes Tribunal. He lives with his wife, Chris, in Cambridgeshire.
Check out his website as it's an interesting read and he's had an interesting life! www.petermurphyauthor.co.uk.
