It details Lee's experiences as a judge's associate in Brisbane's District Court of Queensland, where she oversees many cases, including those involving sexual harassment and assault.

Bri Lee, a law graduate from Queensland, begins her job as a judge's associate in Brisbane at the Supreme and District Court.

Her long-term boyfriend, Vincent, and a tight-knit family (consisting of a policeman father and an artist mother) make up her support network.

Despite these solid personal relationships, Lee is plagued by her past: being a witness daily to the injustices in Queensland's District Court force her to confront her own traumatic childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her brother's teenage friend Samuel.

The Eggshell Skull is named after the legal doctrine which stipulates that a defendant in a criminal case must "take their victim as they find them".