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The ninety-year-old Chicago woman levels public accusations against Henryks by spray-painting \"Coward,\" \"Traitor,\" \"Collaborator,\" and \"War Criminal\" on the walls of his restaurant. Mrs. Stein is ultimately taken into custody and charged with criminal defacement of property. She also becomes the target of a bitter lawsuit filed by Henryks and his son, accusing her of defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAttorney Catherine Lockhart, though hesitant at first, agrees to take up Mrs. Stein's defence. With the help of her investigator husband, Liam Taggart, Lockhart must reach back into wartime Denmark and locate evidence that proves Mrs. Stein's innocence. \u003cem\u003eDefending Britta Stein\u003c\/em\u003e is critically-acclaimed author Ronald H. 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