The Guilty One Lib/E (Audiobook)

from Twink

The Guilty One is Scottish author Lisa Ballantyne's debut novel. Ballantyne's premise is based on headlines we're all seen in newspapers - horrible, inexplicable crimes - children murdering children. Solicitor Daniel Hunter is called to take on the defense of eleven year old Sebastian. The charge...

from icolford

The Guilty One is an unconventional crime novel that takes its inspiration from the chilling modern phenomenon of violent crimes committed by children against other children. Daniel Hunter is a successful London lawyer in mid-career with a reputation for working with young offenders. When he is a...

from kiwifortyniner

This was a promising first novel by Lisa Ballantyne. It asks the question what makes one into the kind of person that could commit a violent crime. Is a person born with that tendancy or is it the result of environment and nurture. One of the two parallel stories in the book concerns Daniel Hunte...

from roses7184

The Guilty One When a senseless murder rocks London, Daniel Hunter is assigned to the case. Used to being a voice for troubled youth, it's easy to see why this case is so close to his heart. See, Daniel himself was a troubled youth. He navigated the system, he knows what it's like to fe...

from Dianekeenoy

After reading Lisa Ballantyne's second book, Everything She Forgot, I wanted to get her first book as well. Finished it last night and enjoyed it almost as much. A very good debut novel. Two story lines, an eleven year old boy is on trial for the murder of an eight year old boy, and the back stor...