Gary Bell

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Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Beschreibung

Elliot Rook QC is one of the greatest barristers of his generation.He is also a complete fraud.Elliot Rook is the epitome of a highly successful, old Etonian QC. Or so everyone believes. In fact, he is an ex-petty criminal with a past that he has spent decades keeping secret. Until now.An unidentified young woman of Middle Eastern origin has been found murdered on the outskirts of Rook's home town. Billy Barber - a violent football hooligan and white-supremacist - is accused of her murder. Barber insists that Rook must defend him. If Rook refuses, Barber will expose him, bringing crashing to the ground the life and career that Rook has spent his life building.The truth is there for the finding. But at what cost?The start of a thrilling new legal series, perfect for fans of Robert Galbraith and The Secret Barrister, written by an acclaimed QC

Autor

Born the son of a coal miner, Gary Bell QC left school without any qualifications and drifted in and out of a number of jobs before being convicted of fraud aged eighteen. He then spent two years penniless and homeless in Europe, before returning to his studies aged twenty-one and, after seven years, became a barrister. He has spent the last thirty years at the Bar, becoming a QC in 2012. He specialises in defending major fraud and murder trials.

Produktdetails

• Elliot Rook 1
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade / Raven Books
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 422628
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 132mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781526606150
• ISBN-10: 1526606151
• Artikelnr.: 57926984

Rezensionen

[A] thriller I found hard to put down – a seemingly respected barrister who has it all is, in fact, an utter fraud