law & disorder.(Exposure)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Byline: Florence Kane

Talitha Stevenson's first novel, An Empty Room, was short-listed for a 2003 Whitbread award. Her stirring second effort, Exposure (Harcourt), confirms the young English author's uncanny flair for psychological plots. Providing an authentic sense of London's social complexity, the book centers on Alistair Langford, a well-to-do barrister who until now has played it safe:

"He had cultivated interests rather than passions. . . . " But his impulsive dalliance with ...