In book two of the Camille Delaney Mystery series, a mother turns to
Camille for help investigating a top Seattle doctor after tragedy
strikes the delivery room.
Seattle attorney Camille Delaney is cash-strapped and struggling to
balance the demands of her new solo legal practice with raising her
three daughters. But when an emergency C-section goes wrong and a baby
dies in the delivery room, the mother, Helene Anderson, shows up at
Camille's office asking for help. Facing the challenge of a legal system
where child-loss verdicts are limited by the dollar value placed on a
child's life, Camille considers a quick settlement for the family. But
Helene insists: her child's life had value, and Camille needs to prove
it in court.
Camille agrees to take the case to trial. The defendants are Dr. Jessica
Kensington, one of Seattle's top doctors and beloved volunteer and
society hostess, and her medical practice partner, her father, the
glad-handing, high-profile Dr. Kip Davenport. Dr. Kensington is
respected in the community and stellar on the stand. But Camille and her
friend PI Trish Seaholm begin to uncover what happened in the delivery
room--and what lies behind Dr. Kensington's seemingly flawless facade.
Unstable behavior at work, flagrant breaches of care, and clues about a
dark family past that lead to a high-security psychiatric facility are
just some of what they unearth about Dr. Kensington. But pieces of the
picture are missing: how could the doctor treat Helene and her baby so
irresponsibly?
As the case builds toward trial, and as she grapples with the deep
inequities of the justice system, will Camille be able to uncover the
evidence she needs to convince a jury of Dr. Kensington's guilt? And can
she offer some semblance of peace to a grieving mother?
