Perfect Match

Jodi Picoult

In many ways a standard legal detective story - easy to read, lots of twists and turns of plot. But the story also explores uncomfortable issues concerning justice and the law, the place of vengeance, and how society can deal with child abuse without putting children through more pain. Gripping and thought-provoking.

Extract

What I want to do at that moment is walk over to this prosecutor and tug on his sleeve. Don't judge me, I'd say, until you've seen the view from here. You are only as invincible as your smallest weakness, and those are tiny indeed - the length of a sleeping baby's eyelash, the span of a child's hand. Life turns on a dime, and - it turns out - so does one's conscience.

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