The Trial: The No. 1 bestselling whodunit by Britain’s best-known criminal barrister

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Well, it wasn’t that simple, actually,’ he said, trying to take away her sting with neutral friendliness. ‘My client, Dale McGinn—’ Rinder, who specialised in international fraud but also took on wider cases – he represented British soldiers charged with manslaughter after the deaths of Iraqi detainees – would often be “the de facto decision-maker on an extremely important decision. Would there be moments where I’d be in that room thinking: ‘What are you asking me for?’ Of course.” What can I say? I really loved this book and whizzed through it in a couple of days. Books by celebrities can be pretty hit and miss so although I like Rob Rinder’s Tv persona and humour I wasn’t sure if this would translate into his first novel. Well it definitely did!

a matronly woman....wore a polka dot skirt" which in the next sentence is described as "gaudily patterned" It is a great read but I found the caricature style and overblown description jarring. The plot and pace would have lost nothing by reining in the lowest common denominator factor.... egAn exciting start to what promises to be an excellent series, with an appealing central character' The Guardian This is a new take on the legal thriller, through the eyes of a trainee barrister and Adam is an interesting character. Young, enthusiastic, determined and dedicated to the truth and justice, we follow Adam's journey through the courtcase and what Adam has to endure as someone who doesn't quite fit it. The press and public all seemed to agree on one thing: there was only one thing worse than the murder of a police officer, and that was the murder of a police officer who was also a minor celebrity. Maybe ‘celebrity’ was the wrong word; Cliveden hadn’t exactly courted the media’s attention – he’d turned down Strictly ‘at least four times’, according to this particular breathless Sun write-up. But he’d nevertheless found a place in the nation’s psyche, somewhere between national treasure and bastion of society. In an age of influencers and reality stars, Cliveden represented real heroism, duty and integrity; he had been, in short, everything the British thought their public servants should be. Adam had only been eleven when Cliveden had thrown himself between the Queen and that madman with a gun, but he still remembered how his own mother had wept at the grainy footage of the baby-faced officer prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice.

As the narrative progresses, it becomes evident that the “pride of the nation” might not have been the honest, hardworking member of law enforcement he was made out to be. This is a high-profile case and the first major case that Adam has been assigned. Adam is in the second six stage of his pupillage and his future at the Chambers is at stake. Is Jimmy truly innocent or is Adam being played by a career criminal? Will his pursuit of the truth end up jeopardizing Adam’s career prospects? Today he was due in court as the key police witness in another high-profile case – this one involving a nasty gang of teenage thugs. Thanks to the weapons and drugs he’d personally discovered during searches of the little shits’ residences, he knew they had them bang to rights. The trial still had some way to go, but DI Cliveden was already mentally chalking it up as another win – well, four really, if you counted each of the defendants separately. That meant his personal tally for the calendar year had already hit fifty. He felt a shiver of pride – ever since he’d hit the headlines again last year, after recovering London’s biggest ever haul of cocaine, he knew the public’s eyes were on him. And he wasn’t about to let them down.Adam felt his shoulders relax as he followed his friend into the main lobby. Easy-going and good-natured, Rupert had the ability to put anyone at ease. As Stag Court’s newest tenant, he’d become an invaluable source of guidance, particularly as he had been in Adam’s shoes a year ago. It was Rupert who’d warned Adam not to follow chambers’ official advice to ‘ask any question, no matter how silly it sounds’. Rupert’s sage riposte was: ‘Only do that, mate, if you don’t mind the KCs all saying, “He asked me a really stupid question six months ago,” and deciding not to give you tenancy because of it.’ Rupert got a vote on Adam’s tenancy too, but he just wasn’t the type to keep a running tally of follies and faux pas. As such, he was the only person Adam could speak (relatively) freely around without worrying that what he said might count against him.