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When the justice system fails, someone else delivers the sentence.
What happens when criminals walk free, victims are left shattered, and the punishment never seems to fit the crime?
Deep within the police force operates a secret department that officially does not exist. Its members are experienced officers, investigators, and specialists who have witnessed the devastating consequences of crime-and the failures of the system meant to protect the innocent.
They have one mission: to deliver justice when the law cannot.
Operating in the shadows, this extraordinary team uses intelligence, technology, secrecy, and ruthless determination to track down those responsible for unimaginable suffering. Their methods are unconventional, their punishments unforgiving, and their existence known only to a select few.
From heartbreaking family tragedies and violent assaults to child exploitation, corruption, drug dealing, and devastating acts of betrayal, every case reveals another life changed forever by crime.
But this is no ordinary police investigation.
For the mysterious individuals behind Justice Is Served, arrest and imprisonment are not always enough. They believe that those who inflict suffering should be forced to confront the consequences of their actions.
As each case unfolds, the boundaries between justice, vengeance, morality, and punishment become increasingly blurred.
Who decides what justice truly means? And how far is too far when the law has failed?
Inspired by real-life experiences and fictionalised through the author's imagination, Justice Is Served by John Richardson is a dark, uncompromising collection of interconnected crime stories exploring loss, anger, revenge, and the desperate human desire for justice.
Featuring a secretive team of unforgettable characters, emotionally charged stories, and disturbing moral dilemmas, this gritty crime thriller challenges readers to question the difference between doing what is lawful and doing what feels right.
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In a world where the guilty sometimes escape the punishment they deserve, one secret department ensures that justice is never forgotten.
Because when the law falls short, justice must still be served.
John Richardson is Professor of Art History, Musicology and Media Studies at University of Turku, Finland. He is the author of Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten (1999) and An Eye for Music: Popular Music and the Audiovisual Surreal (2012). He co-edited several collections, including Essays on Sound and Vision (2007), The Oxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aesthetics (2013), and The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media (2013).
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