A relic of war

"In this haunting and evocative novel, a tragic wartime love story and a dark family secret combine with the author's mastery of courtroom drama to make this a story that will grip the reader to the very last page."@en
"Mordecai spends a night in the old family house, in the morning a masked intruder lies dead. Mordecai admits to firing the shot, so is he guilty of murder or was it an accident?"
"Mordecai Ledbury, the most famous advocate of his day and a man with many enemies, spends a night in a dilapidated old family house, hoping to discover what event in her early life had turned his mother into such an embittered woman. By morning, a masked intruder lies dead, shot with a pistol which is a relic of Mordecai's eccentric uncle. Mordecai admits to firing the shot, so is he guilty of murder or was it a tragic accident? A dark family secret and a courtroom drama combine to make this a gripping legal cliffhanger."@en