A Stain Upon the Robe
by Terry Devane
Berkley Pub Group
Mystery
August 1, 2004
ISBN-13: 0425197425
Available in: Paperback (reprint)
The Honorable Barbara Quincy Pitt is presiding over an explosive new trialthat of a priest who stands accused of a shocking transgression. But the judge's own problems are disturbing her as well. The young law clerk assigned to assist her in the casewho also happens to be her illicit loverhas disappeared. Enlisting the help of Boston lawyers Mairead O'Clare and Sheldon Gold is her last hope for preventing a scandal that could destroy her career. But with each new revelation in the case, O'Clare becomes more deeply ensnared in a conflict between defending her client and pursuing justiceand it's not at all clear which will prevail.