Allegation

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An evil monster exposed? Or an innocent father condemned? A young social worker hunts the truth in the light of a high-profile allegation.An evil monster exposed? Or an innocent father condemned? A young social worker hunts the truth in the light of a high-profile allegation.
There isn't going to be an easy way to say this . . .'

An evil monster exposed?

'. . . I'm afraid an allegation has been made'

Or an innocent father condemned?

A scandal will shake a small community to its very foundations.

Sandbeach, South Wales. Two women have come forward to make historical sexual allegations against a pillar of the local community, Matthew Cooper. And child-safeguarding protocol demands that Social Services remove the accused from his home and his family, while a formal assessment is carried out.

The Cooper case lands on the desk of inexperienced Social Worker, Kit Goddard. Although intrepid and intuitive, she is ill-prepared for such a high-profile case.

Kit finds herself navigating a local minefield of connections and class, reputations and rumour. Unsure whether her interference is a heroic intervention or a hurtful intrusion, she knows one thing: it will have an impact. The question is whether this impact will be to expose an iniquitous lie, or destroy an innocent life...