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Published by SparkPress
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
This debut novel shines a light on the dark subject of infanticide when a successful female criminal defense lawyer is ordered to defend a seventeen-year-old minister’s daughter charged with murder in the drowning death of her newborn child.
In Defense of Good Women is the story of Victoria Stephens, a successful, hard-nosed criminal defense attorney appointed by the court to represent a seventeen-year-old minister’s daughter charged with murder in the drowning death of her newborn child. Victoria faces a hostile community, a salivating press, an uncooperative client, but most of all, a nagging intuition that she should not be handling this case. Forced to delve into the psychology of neonaticide as she searches for a defense, Victoria discovers a link between this case and her own past which, once uncovered, leads her beyond the boundaries of not just her profession, but the law.
In Defense of Good Women is the story of Victoria Stephens, a successful, hard-nosed criminal defense attorney appointed by the court to represent a seventeen-year-old minister’s daughter charged with murder in the drowning death of her newborn child. Victoria faces a hostile community, a salivating press, an uncooperative client, but most of all, a nagging intuition that she should not be handling this case. Forced to delve into the psychology of neonaticide as she searches for a defense, Victoria discovers a link between this case and her own past which, once uncovered, leads her beyond the boundaries of not just her profession, but the law.
Product Details
- Publisher: SparkPress (June 10, 2025)
- Length: 256 pages
- ISBN13: 9781684633197
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“Like the novel’s pervading river, one that aptly embodies risk, freedom, and even death, we are deftly swept between deeply contemplative moments in a cozy cottage and tense courtroom dramas where the stakes are nothing less than the salvation of good women. Expertly drawn characters, vivid settings, escalating suspense, and a profoundly relevant topic merge to create a tour de force. I could not put this book down.”—Dorene O’Brien, author of What It Might Feel Like to Hope
“Fiction with a thoughtful point doesn’t always kick you in the gut the way In Defense of Good Women does. A page-turning masterpiece!”—Lori B. Duff, attorney and author of Devil’s Defense and Broken Things
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