In a real trial in the 16th century a husband is convicted of murder, having killed his daughter with a poisoned apple intended for his wife. By the legal doctrine of transferred malice, the intent to kill the wife is transferred to the daughter and he is executed whilst the judges decide that his accomplice who provided the poison goes free.


This is a modern-day story of a lawyer’s obsession with a high-end call girl; a senior detective, a rotten apple in his force, who poisons the minds of those around him; and how the detective and the call girl exploit the lawyer’s weaknesses to extort money from him, resulting in a death and the lawyer’s trial for murder.


Can his trial barrister defend her client using the precedent of the accomplice escaping the gallows in the historical trial? Can a jury be manipulated so that they ignore the evidence and the judge’s indications and reach a verdict based on information they obtain from outside the courtroom? Meanwhile, in a scandal hit criminal justice system, barristers and judges systematically gamble on the outcomes of their trials.



Format Häftad Omfång 344 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Troubador Publishing Utgivningsdatum 2025-01-28 ISBN 9781836281153