Blind Defence

Benson and De Vere, Book 2

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Blind Defence

By: John Fairfax

Narrated by: Daniel Weyman

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She was found hanging in a dingy London bedsit with a blood orange in her mouth. Diane Heybridge, a young woman without a past or much of a future, has captured in death the compassion denied her in life.

For the prosecution, this seeming suicide is nothing more than a bungled killing, and a disgusted public looks to Court 2 of the Old Bailey for justice. Her callous, jilted partner, Brent Stainsby, stands accused of her murder, and he's turned to the maverick legal team William Benson and Tess de Vere to defend him.

However, as the trial unfolds, it soon becomes clear that there is far more to Diane Heybridge than meets the eye. She wasn't the weak and downtrodden victim now being presented to the jury. She was capable of a sophisticated form of vengeance. By the same token, Brent Stainsby isn't who he seems to be either. He's hiding a motive for murder unknown to the police and may well be playing a deadly game of poker with the judicial process. What began as a simple trial rapidly turns into a complex search for the truth beyond the confines of the courtroom....

Thriller & Suspense

Law

Thriller

Crime

Exciting

Fiction

Suspense

Murder

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Critic reviews

"An all-action court drama." ( The Sunday Times on Summary Justice)

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Strong follow-up to last year’s Summary Justice, fleshing our the characters and dropping hints about new and as yet undisclosed secrets.
The prison scenes are a fascinating insight into confined living and the courtroom drama is gripping.
The main female characters are not as strongly drawn as the males (and their descriptions seem a little laboured and repetitious), but it’s a great story with excellent narration.