Judith C Handschuh

No Justice! Judith C Handschuh

What is justice? Who makes the ultimate determination, and are there ever extenuating circumstances for apparently unjust actions? No Justice! is a legal thriller that explores questions of guilt or innocence, and -- once those facts are known -- asks the reader to decide again, what would be the "just" outcome in this situation? David Berman is Nazi war crimes prosecutor for the Justice Department. He and his friend, Chris Gordon, with whom he shares a possibly compromising secret from the past, become involved together in the case of Benjamin Petrovich, a Latvian émigré who may or may not be the same person as a notorious former concentration camp guard. Complicating the case is the fact that Benjamin is Jewish. How could this be the same person? And, in their tussle over determining the proper fate of this man, might the secret buried in David and Chris's past come out and destroy their own lives as well? Ranging between modern-day Chicago, Riga, Latvia, and a former Nazi concentration camp, No Justice! examines questions of identity, and guilt or innocence. Ultimately, it asks what actions are explained or exonerated by unimaginable circumstances, and whether justice can ever be served in such a morally complicated world. No Justice! was written by Judith C. Handschuh, who passed away tragically in 2014 from complications following minor surgery. A mother of two and grandmother of four, Judy worked more than thirty years for Chicago-area law firms. No Justice! was complete at the time of her death, enabling this posthumous publication of Judy's thrilling first novel.