There's a peculiar itch for justice in this debut collection. In the opening story, Lyle Margoulis is prompted to resume the search for his missing grandson after finding a body in a ravine. A young woman who likes to punch people on the nose learns the man she admires spends time with her only because they live in isolated Labrador. A Christian Brother on trial for sex abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage begins to accept his guilt once he understands the jury is going to send him to prison. These stories are alive with fear, humour, contradiction.