Joint Judgement

It starts out as a normal day at the Reading Young Offender’s Institute in Reading, England. But it does not stay that way for long.

Emma Harrison, Assistant Governor for Inmate Welfare, is sat at her desk when an alarm sounds.

A new inmate is attacking the institute’s doctor.

Harrison barely has time to react when a second alarm goes. There is an incident in the art room.

That incident is the murder of art teacher Jack Walker.

Inmate Aiden Hughes is a nice young man who hung out with the wrong crowd. Charged with murder even though he was watching Star Wars with his mother when a homeless man was killed by his friends.

Aiden is appealing his sentence and trying to keep his nose clean.

When art teacher is murdered in front of him he tries to save Mr. Walker, but fails.

Memphis Colby is also serving time for murder. He is a bully and the other inmates are both afraid of and in awe of him.

When Colby, holds a teacher as hostage and demands that no cops investigate the murder, Emma calls her boyfriend, Sgt Billy Williams, Special Investigator with the Military Police, to help.

Billy arrives and knows he has to keep the boys calm, and the guilty party close.

With time ticking, he enlists Aiden’s help to solve a murder, and keep anyone else from meeting the same fate.

Praise for Wendy Carmell.

'It makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up' - John Paul Davis Author and Broadcaster.

'This was an excellent read and I can honestly recommend this. It is different, exciting and I enjoyed every minute spent reading this novel.' - Faith Mortimer, Author

'Wendy Cartmell's brilliant writing had me completely engrossed and fact and artistic licence blended perfectly' - Sharon Joan-Figurola

'A page turning read' - Keith Thomas, TV Broadcaster

'Powerful, gut-wrenching story' - Treebeard

'She is on a par with the literary giants of the genre' - Zen Cherry author and reviewer

'Superbly written military mystery' - The Kindle Book Review

‘The beginning of another great series from Cartmell!' - M A Stanley

'A very relevant reflection of our society' - E L Lindley