THE NIGHT LAWYER, by Michelle Spring

(originally posted on November 5, 2006)

After a long hiatus, Spring returns with a nervy standalone set in the eerie quiet of London at night, as Ellie Porter returns to work, to sanity and to equilibrium as the titular Night Lawyer. But someone's watching, threatening to bring her shadowy past to brutal life. Spring develops all facets of Ellie's personality and moves things along so briskly that only do the pieces come fully together after the book's done - and the impact is that much more forceful.