The fifth and final episode in Aubert's prize-winning series finds once-disgraced Toronto attorney Ellis Portal readmitted to the practice of law. Within moments, a superior court justice is charged with murder, and Ellis is tricked into defending him. Then Ellis faces his own daughter who's prosecuting the case.
Rosemary Aubert was a Canadian-American author of the Ellis Portal mystery series. Publishing under her own name and as Lucy Snow, she also wrote romance novels, poetry, and nonfiction. Drawing on her criminology background and work in courts, her fiction often explored justice and marginalized lives. She lived in Toronto for over 40 years, teaching and mentoring writers.
