Villain - E-book - ePub

If pushed far enough, are we all capable of committing murder?When accused murderer, Peter 'Grudge' Grudgefield is acquitted, he's free to continue where he left off. Court reporter, Mercy Baines is outraged. With years of experience recording court cases, she knows he's guilty. But when her son, Flynn, goes missing, her anger is stifled by a desperation that threatens to bring her undone.  Vincent Stonestreet, Crown prosecutor, has never lost a case .
until now. His sense of failing the victim cuts deep, and he vows to reverse this travesty of justice, no matter what it takes. And then there's Leonard Lemass. What part does an elderly gentleman play in this story, with its unrequited love, a missing teenager, and a quest to right a wrong? Villain is a thought-provoking look at love in all its forms - romantic, motherly, fatally obsessive - and the lengths that we may go to because of it.
Is taking a life always the wrong thing even when the reason is so undeniably right? Karen Element writes with deep insight about good and evil, and what happens in between. In this mystery story with its supernatural themes and provocative questions, she invites you to open your mind to anything being possible.