How do you prove your innocence, when everyone believes the judgment made on your past? Prison governor Emma Harrison befriends ex-soldier Leroy Carter, convicted for killing a drug dealer on a night out, but he's always claimed his innocence. When Leroy is being transferred to an adult facility in Dartmoor, he makes a desperate bid for freedom. All he wants is for his case to be re-opened so he can prove his innocence and re-join the army. For lovers of women's detective fiction and crime fiction by Robert Dugoni, Melinda Leigh, Anne Frasier, Karin Slaughter, Camilla Lackberg, Greg Olsen, T R Ragan and Leigh Russell. The beginning of another great series from Cartmell! M A Stanley A very relevant reflection of our society E L Lindley

He's whispering at your door... do you hear him?Someone is whispering at the doors of the prisoner's cells. Goading them into suicide. As she investigates, against the wishes of the other staff, Emma soon finds herself entangled in something far darker than she could ever imagine.For if she doesn't make exactly the right moves, the man she's seeking will not only ruin more lives, he will help end them. And Emma can't have that on her conscience.Love compelling, fast-paced mysteries? Enjoy reading about feisty female sleuths? Want a touch of romance? Then the Emma Harrison mysteries are for you.Pick up a copy if you’re a reader of women's detective fiction by Robert Dugoni, Mel Comley, L J Ross and Leigh Russell.Praise for Mortal Judgement…"Compelling."Another cracking read! Wendy Cartmell can certainly write gripping crime!"An exciting read. Amazon CustomerI bought them without hesitation and I wasn't disappointed. M A StanleyTo date, Mortal Judgment is my favorite Wendy Cartmell book Jane Blanchard

It starts out as a normal day at the Reading Young Offender’s Institute in Reading, England. But it does not stay that way for long. Emma Harrison, Assistant Governor for Inmate Welfare, is sat at her desk when an alarm sounds. A new inmate is attacking the institute’s doctor. Harrison barely has time to react when a second alarm goes. There is an incident in the art room. The murder of art teacher Jack Walker. Inmate Aiden Hughes is a nice young man who hung out with the wrong crowd. Charged with murder even though he was watching Star Wars with his mother when a homeless man was killed by his friends. Aiden is appealing his sentence and trying to keep his nose clean. When art teacher is murdered in front of him he tries to save Mr. Walker, but fails. Memphis Colby is also serving time for murder. He is a bully and the other inmates are both afraid of and in awe of him. When Colby, holds a teacher as hostage and demands that no cops investigate the murder, Emma calls her boyfriend, Sgt Billy Williams, Special Investigator with the Military Police, to help. Billy arrives and knows he has to keep the boys calm, and the guilty party close. With time ticking, he enlists Aiden’s help to solve a murder, and keep anyone else from meeting the same fate.