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The Case Against Owen Williams

by Allan Donaldson
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A soldier stationed in rural Canada is accused of murder in this WWII era legal thriller by the acclaimed author of Maclean.
 
New Brunswick, Canada, 1944. Far removed from clamor of World War II, the small town of Wakefield has fallen into the sort of idleness that makes for mischief. But the whole town is shocked when, following a night at The Silver Dollar dance hall, a teenage girl turns up dead in a gravel pit. The last person reported to have seen her is Owen Williams, an introverted soldier stationed with the local garrison of “Zombies”—conscripted men unwilling to serve overseas. 
 
When Lieutenant Bernard Dorkin, a young lawyer from Saint John, volunteers to defend Williams, whom he believes is innocent, he finds himself up against a bombastic local prosecutor and a public mostly hell-bent on a foregone conclusion. The Case Against Owen Williams explores the potential for wrongful conviction and the gaps in the justice system that allow it to flourish.
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Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

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  • ISBN: 9781551098180
  • Release date: October 29, 2020

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  • ISBN: 9781551098180
  • File size: 893 KB
  • Release date: October 29, 2020

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Fiction Literature Mystery Historical Fiction

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A soldier stationed in rural Canada is accused of murder in this WWII era legal thriller by the acclaimed author of Maclean.
 
New Brunswick, Canada, 1944. Far removed from clamor of World War II, the small town of Wakefield has fallen into the sort of idleness that makes for mischief. But the whole town is shocked when, following a night at The Silver Dollar dance hall, a teenage girl turns up dead in a gravel pit. The last person reported to have seen her is Owen Williams, an introverted soldier stationed with the local garrison of “Zombies”—conscripted men unwilling to serve overseas. 
 
When Lieutenant Bernard Dorkin, a young lawyer from Saint John, volunteers to defend Williams, whom he believes is innocent, he finds himself up against a bombastic local prosecutor and a public mostly hell-bent on a foregone conclusion. The Case Against Owen Williams explores the potential for wrongful conviction and the gaps in the justice system that allow it to flourish.
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Fiction Literature Mystery Historical Fiction