Susan Horsnell

When a young man is found dead on the banks of Wiseman's Ferry, his best friend, Noah Mason, becomes the prime suspect. The evidence is damning-rope fibres, a heated argument, and a witness who swears he heard Noah's voice in the dark. But inside the courtroom, the Crown's tower of circumstantial evidence begins to crumble. Forensic experts question the certainty of 'consistencies, ' witnesses falter under the weight of their own memories, and a fugitive emerges from the shadows with testimony too raw to ignore.
As the defence exposes flaws in the investigation, the question becomes not just who killed Ethan Davies, but how far fear, bias, and silence can twist the truth. For fans of tense, layered courtroom dramas, Key to Purgatory is a gripping exploration of justice under fire-where every shadow hides doubt, and one man's life hangs in the balance.