The Candidate : Le Villain Press : 9781916348363 : 191634836X : 23 Nov 2021 : A Murdered Judge. A Dark Secret Silenced. Rookie reporter James Lalonde is bored. And he isn't a journalist. He's an all-round dogs-body to editor-in-chief Rhys Kelly. But his luck has finally changed. After eavesdropping in on the morning editorial meeting, James learns he has his first-ever story. There's one catch. If the story gets too complicated, it will be taken away from him and given to another journalist with more experience. Sure, it's a boring interview with the soon-to-be sworn-in magistrate, Albert Harrington, but it finally gets him out of his six-month slump as an editorial research assistant. He finally has a chance to prove himself. The following day, James turns up to his interview with Albert to discover a trail of blood smeared through Albert's house, an empty safe, the murder weapon on the floor, but no body. Detective Anwar Khan turns up to the crime scene