Justice has its limits. People don't.

Crime fiction

Crime fiction rooted in the real world of justice, and in the complicated people who live on both sides of it.

The novels

Out of Court Settlement by Lucy Rutherford

Out of Court Settlement

Victims champion and magistrate Circe Byrne is frustrated by a criminal justice system that constantly lets victims down. She decides it is time to take justice into her own hands.

Crime falls. But it comes at a price. Detective Sergeant Lorcan O'Leary is assigned to find the vigilante. What he doesn't know is that someone else is searching for Circe too, and they intend to kill her.

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A Bunch of Lies by Lucy Rutherford

A Bunch of Lies

When Siobhan's daughter Amy is killed by a hit-and-run driver, the police have no useful leads. Local florist Nina believes her intuition may hold part of the answer. Then Amy's diary is discovered.

Secrets from the past intertwine with lies in the present, exposing the hidden lives of people in the local community.

Sometimes their perfume isn't enough to disguise the truth.

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“My overall impression is that you can really write extremely well. There are some wonderful descriptions and I am finding the pages compelling and keen to know what happens next.”
Peter JamesCrime writer

Stories about what happens
when people have had enough.

Systems can fail. Secrets have consequences. And sometimes the people who have been wronged decide to rewrite the rules.

About Lucy

As a criminologist, Lucy knows the dark and light sides of human nature. Her novels explore what happens when they collide.

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