Meet barrister Maggie Bainbridge. Forty-two and with her dreams of taking silk long gone up in smoke, she's facing a depressing future defending low-lifes, pimps and petty thieves. Then out of the blue she's appointed to defend the teenage terrorist accused of carrying out a horrific attack on a London primary school. Facial recognition technology has proved beyond doubt that Maggie's client is guilty - until at the last minute, new evidence appears which blows the prosecution case out of the water. But just as Maggie seems to be cruising to victory, she is accused of lying to the judge. Within days her life is shattered as she loses her marriage, her career and access to her beloved son Ollie. As she tries to make sense of what has happened to her, she realises that she has been the victim of an outrageous frame-up. With the help of damaged ex-bomb squad officer Jimmy Stewart and his dissolute DI brother Frank, she begins to unravel the terrible truth, a truth that leads to the highest echelons of power. If you love Ian Rankin, Ann Cleeves and LJ Ross, you'll love this powerful character-driven mystery.
Meet barrister Maggie Bainbridge. Forty-two and with her dreams of taking silk long gone up in smoke, she's facing a depressing future defending low-lifes, pimps and petty thieves. Then out of the blue she's appointed to defend the teenage terrorist accused of carrying out a horrific attack on a London primary school. Facial recognition technology has proved beyond doubt that Maggie's client is guilty - until at the last minute, new evidence appears which blows the prosecution case out of the water. But just as Maggie seems to be cruising to victory, she is accused of lying to the judge. Within days her life is shattered as she loses her marriage, her career and access to her beloved son Ollie. As she tries to make sense of what has happened to her, she realises that she has been the victim of an outrageous frame-up. With the help of damaged ex-bomb squad officer Jimmy Stewart and his dissolute DI brother Frank, she begins to unravel the terrible truth, a truth that leads to the highest echelons of power. If you love Ian Rankin, Ann Cleeves and LJ Ross, you'll love this powerful character-driven mystery.