A Peculiar Innocence illuminates our world and its sweeping issues of truthfulness, mental health, conflicting diagnoses, and the efficacy of the legal system. Lily Jacobs, a public defender in Colorado, has a new client, Ted Logan, who faces charges of murder and rape. Though Lily is dedicated to her job, she has set aside her personal life and feels adrift. As she and her co-counsel, seasoned public defender Pete Lincoln, scramble to prepare a defense for Ted and try to piece together the puzzle of his mind, Lily discovers love in unexpected places and wrestles with difficult ethical choices in the case and her life. Ronna Wineberg has written a powerful, surprising novel about justice, loss, and intimacy.