The Suspect
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Description
When the UK's favourite breakfast TV presenter dies live on air in front of millions of viewers, the nation is left devastated. More devastated still when it becomes clear that her death was not an accident. The evidence points to one culprit: celebrity chef Sebastian Brooks. But junior barrister Adam Green is about to discover that the case is not as open-and-shut as it first seemed. And although her angelic persona would suggest otherwise, she was not short of enemies in the glittery TV world!
Reviewed on 15th February 2025
Junior barrister Adam Green is back, in a second novel that manages to balance comedy and tragedy together in a really engaging read. I raced through the story in about two days - it flows really smoothly and is an easy read.
There’s a few plot lines throughout, and a decent number of references back to the first novel’s conclusion as well. Mainly Green has joined the team defending a celebrity chef who is accused of murdering a TV presenter. This provides a lot of opportunities to drop in little references to real celebrities in these fields, and the author’s clearly using his own experience of television to help paint a believable picture.
But there’s also a lot of character stuff going on as well - we see how Green relates to the women in his life, to authority figures, to people he looks up to, or has looked up to. There’s more going on than just the plot, and I’m intrigued to follow this story more as the series continues.
For the most part, a nice light legal mystery, which I enjoyed spending a couple of days with.
