The trials of Lila Dalton Author Forename:Shepherd, L. it's the day of her

it's the day of her 50th birthday when she discovers that she's been assigned lead on an investigation into corruption on a global scale

Like his readers

Her island is not tropical

In the winter of 1937

The trials of Lila Dalton Author Forename:Shepherd, L. it's the day of herLila Dalton has no memory of how she got to this courtroom. The man in the docks is accused of mass murder, and she's his barrister but she can't remember anything about the case. She can't remember anything at all. Lila is stranded on an island hundreds of miles from the UK, where the most serious crimes go to trial. The next plane out doesn't leave for days. And she's being watched. Someone keeps breaking into her hotel room to leave cryptic notes,