The Scientist Who Wasn't There - A true story of staggering deception

A forensic, propulsive book about the line between fact and fiction. Renowned scientist Professor Michael Briggs was many things:A Space expert at NASAAn adviser to the World Health OrganisationA successful Big Pharma executive But Michael Briggs had a secret.

About the author

Joanne has worked in the law for nearly four decades. She was called to the Bar in 1993 and practised mainly in family law and crime, representing clients as diverse as the Clifton suspension bridge and Buckingham Palace "Superhero" Fathers 4 Justice protesters, members of the Exclusive Brethren Christian separatist sect, and Angela Cannings, whose convictions for the murders of her infant children were quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Joanne was appointed as a part-time judge in 2002, and has been a full-time judge in Health, Education and Social Care since 2009, specialising in mental health. Joanne is sixty, and lives near the sea in East Sussex.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Briggs
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2025
• EAN: 9781804189726
• ISBN: 978-1-80418-972-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 488 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Medical research, TRUE CRIME / General, MEDICAL / Physician & Patient, Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Criminal investigation & detection, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs