'Spectacular! British crime fiction has a dazzling new voice in Nicola Williams' Tony
ParsonsThe gripping new courtroom thriller following barrister Lee Mitchell in her most
controversial case yetLee Mitchell is a young barrister from a working-class Caribbean
background: in the cut-throat environment of the courtroom everything is stacked against
her.On her doorstep in South London the 15-year-old son of the pastor at the local Black church
is shot and the local community is shattered. All evidence is pointing to infamously corrupt
racist police officer Sergeant Jack Lambert as the irredeemable suspect. His own boss -
rebel-turned-copper Danny Wallace - is certain he is guilty.Against her will Lee is
strong-armed into defending him. With cries of 'Black Lives Matter!' echoing in the streets
Lee is at the centre of the turmoil as lies anger and mistrust spiral out of control.With the
line between her personal and professional life becoming increasingly blurred Lee keeps asking
herself the same question: How can she defend the indefensible?
