The Piano Factory

by Jonathan Davies

"Jimmy Reilly has always protested his innocence, and Jeremy Scott, his lawyer, has always believed him. He's convinced the case against Reilly will collapse, that he will leave court as a free man - not as a convicted paedophile." "But there's a loophole in the law where the Child Protection Act is concerned - and Reilly falls right through it. Even the jury is stunned by what, unwittingly, they have done to him. Yet persistently denying the offences, he is, in turn, denied any help. He remains outside the criminal justice system, a stained satellite of society." "And once you're tainted, there's no escape. Someone like Reilly is now fair game for the fury of liberal 'lites'. A pervert, a paedophile, and a prime target for the press." "Jeremy Scott, in turn, furious at the failings of his own profession, steps outside its parameters to investigate the case himself - and slides straight into a world that both mirrors and mocks the judicial system. A parallel universe populated by polic