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THE FIRST LEGAL THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SECRET BARRISTER WRITING AS S. J. FLEET ''An astute, empathetic, and satisfyingly twisty read'' Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation ''A diamond class legal thriller . . . I loved every moment'' Janice Hallett, author of The Twyford Code and The Examiner It is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventeen-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an elderly teacher on New Year''s Eve. Each boy denies it. Each points the finger at the other two. But they can''t all be innocent. The three defence barristers have only one job: to persuade the jury that their client is not guilty. But they''re up against a prosecutor who needs to win the case, no matter the cost. Written with an insider''s perspective, a dramatic courtroom drama unfolds. And you have a front row seat.
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The bestselling author, The Secret Barrister, writes fiction as S. J. Fleet. A junior barrister specializing in criminal law, they write for many publications and are the author of the award-winning The Secret Barrister blog. Their first book, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken, was a Sunday Times number-one bestseller and spent more than a year in the top-ten bestseller list; it won the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Award and was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and the Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies and Nothing But the Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer were instant Sunday Times top-ten bestsellers on publication. The Cut Throat Trial is their first novel.The Secret Barrister is a junior barrister specializing in criminal law. They write for many publications and are the author of the award-winning blog of the same name. Their first book, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken, was a Sunday Times number-one bestseller and spent more than a year in the top-ten bestseller list. It won the Books Are My Bag Non-Fiction Award and was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and the Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies and Nothing But the Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer were instant Sunday Times top-ten bestsellers on publication. Writing as S. J. Fleet, The Cut Throat Trial is their first novel.
