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When a little girl explains to her two best friends what her Great Uncle has been doing to her - they wrestle with what to do. In the end, they convince her to tell an adult and it goes to the police.
But the result - in their eyes - isn't justice.
This is the basis of a debut novel called Three Little Vikings from Queenstown-based lawyer DeAnne Nicoloso.
Later in life the trio of friends use their various expertise to form a group called Practical Justice - tracking down and punishing sex offenders.
Then one hit goes very badly wrong.
DeAnne's drawn heavily on her own experiences as a defence barrister for the novel - something that had sat with her for a while, but couldn't be written until raising her eight children got a little calmer.
