No Good Deed (Leaving Earth)

By Anne Cleasby

He saves a woman's life. She accuses him of murder. No good deed ever goes unpunished. Four hundred years after Earth established its first planetary colony, resources on the home planet are limited. Earth's residents are divided into citizens, who have legal rights and a license to live, and the rest. The unlicensed have always been vulnerable, but to add to their troubles, a serial killer has begun to target them. Scarlet is unlicensed. He and his partners live a precarious life outside the London walls, making a living by manufacturing and selling illegal lifestyle drugs. Maeve is unlicensed. She's eighteen, and has survived by allowing a state guardian to exploit her. Now he's sold her to a brothel outside the protection of London's walls. When Scarlet rescues Maeve from her violent owner, he has no idea that his good deed will lead to an accusation of multiple murder. Suddenly, he's been mistaken for a serial killer, the security forces are on his tail, and he's forced to flee from Earth to a small hub-station on the edge of unexplored space. Close behind him are Maeve, the real serial killer, the killer's mother, and Scarlet's two concerned business partners. His life will never be the same.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B099BZQNLM
• ISBN13: 9798537506232
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.0"