Elisabeth Sharman has a secret.
As a senior solicitor with the Australian Capital Territory Legal Aid Office she's defending a 19 year old with amnesia. He can't remember committing the murder for which he's on trial. Or says he can't.
Robert Murphy has a problem: Elisabeth.
He's her instructing solicitor and she's not playing by the legal rules. She's new to the office. No-one knows her modus operandi. But it's more, much more, than an unusual methodology.
She's using her feminine wiles with him - to good effect - and he's afraid her motives aren't pure.
Will the secret, when revealed, explain everything? Or will the result be catastrophic?
#mild sex, 13+
'A legal affair' is created by Alana Woods, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

A Legal Affair

Elisabeth took a step back. 'So, let's summarise what we have ascertained this afternoon. We have fifteen minutes, possibly longer, for which the only witness to the crime and her eldest son cannot account. We have some discrepancy over the locking of the doors. We also have the accused who, the Crown will attempt to prove, intended robbery and bodily harm, but who - inconsistently - allegedly panicked after completing these intended tasks. We have no evidence of the foiled robbery, except for a statement from the only witness - an hysterical witness - to the police. And finally we have a killer who the only witness' - the hysterical witness' - statement says is both calm and panic stricken - fleeing the scene, leaving behind damning evidence of his guilt. Would you say that's a fair account?'


His reply was slow to come and grudging. 'Yes.'


Chapter 42: A summary of discrepancies