Unsafe Convictions

When someone in the town of Haughton batters Trisha Stanton Smith into oblivion, drenches her house in petrol, and drops a match, the obvious suspect is her ex-husband. Despite his claim of an alibi, Piers Stanton Smith goes to prison for life.Two years later, when the alibi evidence is unexpectedly confirmed and Stanton Smith's own conviction quashed, Detective Inspector Barry Dugdale and two colleagues are accused of curruption, and suspended from duty.Superintendent Michael McKenna, charged with investigating whether or not Dugdale deliberately suppressed vital evidence, moves with his team from North Wales to the bleak Pennine landscape around Haughton. Unravelling lies, mischief and the patterns of love and hatred, McKenna finally uncovers the truth behind a cloak of shameful secrets.