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Thirteen dramatised courtroom tales of conflicting evidence, exasperating witnesses and slippery counsel, from the writer of Brothers in Law What does it feel like to be a Judge? Listen to these self-contained dramas and you can almost feel you are looking at proceedings from the lofty position...

A family came to court to discover how their daughter died. Before the inquest is over, another person will be dead. Sixteen-year-old Riya Kabir dies while detained in a mental health unit. Eighteen months later, her parents are still waiting for answers. At the inquest into her death, barrister...

From the bestselling author of The Stolen Child, a brand new gripping and emotional story of loss, family devotion and buried secrets . . . Journalist Vega Pearse arrives at the home of Anne and John Davis to interview them for a piece she is writing on the local drug crisis. The devoted couple...

Married couple Mark and Cecilia seem to have it all—looks, wealth, love. But behind closed doors, things are very different—they live in silent resentment, their marriage broken by the shattering loss of the child they so desperately wanted. Enter Alice: Mark’s idea of the perfect woman. She appears from nowhere and offers Mark the chance of a new life filled with love, passion, and, finally, the joys of parenthood—everything he’s ever dreamed of. But there’s a catch.

A tenacious, resilient female judge must find a way to work with her carefree clerk as they find themselves in danger when a fugitive sets his sights on revenge in the third book in New York Times best-selling author Chantal Fernando's sexy and thrilling Conflict of Interest series.

Inspector Joe Hardy of the San Francisco Police Department is not liked by his superiors. Thirty-eight, cynical, and devoid of prospects for a happy future, he solves cases, probably drinks too much, and gets along the best he can. So when he is given a "special assignment" to provide security for a high society wedding and the priceless necklace that is involved, he knows it's punishment. But he does not know that he will meet a woman he hasn't even dreamed existed. Perdita Barrymore, daughter of a wealthy family and not the sort of woman Joe has ever known, is perfect for him.