Protest : A Fatal Brush With Death

A protest at a prestigious art exhibition ends with a celebrated artist dead from poisoned paint, and a barrister barely out of pupillage holding the defence brief. Rob Rinder writes courtroom fiction from the inside, and his experience at the bar keeps the legal detail plausible: how a brief lands on a junior's desk, how evidence is tested, how a case looks from the defence table rather than the press bench. Adam Green's own inquiries run alongside the trial, and the apparent certainty of the opening hours gives way as the motives behind a very public act come into view. Ambition, justice and reputation are the recurring concerns. The shape of the book: • Courtroom scenes grounded in real barrister practice • A defendant the public has already convicted • An art-world setting with its own rivalries and money • A junior lawyer learning the limits of evidence Written for readers of legal thrillers and detective fiction, and available at Boipoka.