The Supper of Ashes

In the damp suburbs of Aldermere, a bureaucratic denial of disability benefits unravels a husband’s cold method of psychological annihilation. Attorney Lydia Carver believes the law is a shield. Detective Ronan Voss believes justice requires a sword. When a meticulously crafted web of procedural motions allows a monster to walk free, the two allies are torn apart by the chasm between what is legal and what is right. Beneath the rhythmic clink of silverware at the perfect family dinner, a poison far deadlier than violence festers in silence.