Hannah Rokeby is a third year law student, living at home with her mother. When Hannah discovers that The Innocence Project is taking on the case of rapist and murderer Michael Dandridge she decides that she has to be involved. The reason that Hannah is determined to be involved is that Dandridge murdered her father and escaped justice, she's resolved to ensure he isn't released from prison. By becoming part of the defense team Hannah hopes to steer the evidence away from exonerating Dandridge.
This is a fantastic story and I was gripped from the first page. Hannah isn't a particularly likeable character from the outset, she's premeditated, manipulative and determined. She's even willing to resort to blackmail to get what she wants.
The intriguing story slowly unfolds as we follow Hannah's efforts to get on the team involved with the Dandridge case, interwoven with her mother's diary entries from twenty-seven years ago. Those diary entries explain what is driving Hannah and you do begin to have a greater understanding of why she's behaving as she is. Hannah soon discovers that not everything is as she believed and has to resolve some moral issues.
The Murder Rule will be published by HarperCollins UK in hardack and ebook format on 12th May 2022. Many thanks to HarperCollins UK and NetGalley for an early release copy for review.
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