This Mortal Boy

Historical fiction. Auckland, October 1955. Less than two years after sailing across the globe in search of a better life, Paddy Black stands in a prison cell awaiting trial for murder. He pulled a knife at the jukebox that night, but should his actions lead him to the gallows? As his desperate mother waits back home in Belfast, Paddy must face a judge and jury unlikely to favour an outsider, as a wave of moral panic sweeps the island. Inspired by true events.