Ben Schroeder, a talented young man from an East End Jewish family, has been accepted as a pupil into the Chambers of Bernard Wesley QC. But Schroeder is an outsider, not part of this privileged society, where wealth and an Oxbridge education are essentials. He encounters prejudice, intrigue and scandal.Kenneth Gaskell, a rising star of Wesley's Chambers has become involved in an affair with a high-profile client and the relationship, if known, could ruin his career, and the career...

When Charlie Walden took on the job of Resident Judge of the Bermondsey Crown Court, he was hoping for a quiet life. But he soon finds himself struggling to keep the peace between three feisty fellow judges who have very different views about how to do their job, and about how Charlie should do his.And as if that's not enough, there's the endless battle against the 'Grey Smoothies', the humourless grey-suited civil servants who seem determined to drown Charlie in paperwork and stri...

"Murphy is a natural storyteller." – Examiner.com   The Life & Times Trilogy is a stirring ode to life's resiience and possibilities. Following Danny Boyle from his youth in Ireland to his tumultuous adulthood in Canada, this story is one man's odyssey through the multitude of challenges life has to offer.     BORN & BRED: In the turmoil of 1970’s Ireland, ...

They have been coming to their grandmother Gloria's lake cottage since they were babies. Now Johnnie and Buddy have families of their own and C.C. has a life full of adult drama and adventure. And this trip – the only stated purpose of which is to bring the family together for the last weekend of the summer – seems full of portent. Gloria has been hinting that there's more on the agenda than grilling and swimming, and when the three siblings learn that their estranged father will also be i...

United States president Steve Wade believes his latest affair, with the beautiful Lucia Benoni, is a secret. When Lucia is murdered under mysterious circumstances, FBI agent Kelly Smith is called to investigate. As he dives deeper into the case, he uncovers links between Lucia, a hostile foreign power, a group of vicious white supremacists, and a shadowy high-placed Washington figure known only as “Fox.”As Wade continues to deny the affair, the press gets on the trail and latches on...

Bullied and assaulted, despised by officers and crew alike.Unable to work without abuse and criticism.Caught up in the vicious maelstrom of the British Class system and all because he came from 'posh' school.And with seasickness his constant companion.This is the true story of how after joining a British Tramp Ship in 1961 in the North of England, Peter travels the world from South America to the Far East and China, the USA to India and Ceyl...

The Second Ben Schroeder NovelIt is 1964 and Ben Schroeder, first introduced in A Higher Duty, is building his career at the Bar; juggling the demands of different challenging cases, while trying to allow a little romance into his life.Ben is already defending a vicar, accused of indecent assault on a choir boy, when he is plunged into a capital murder case.The accused is Billy Cottage, charged with murder after a frenzied attack on a young...

"Murphy's darkly gorgeous debut . . . is an Irish coming-of-age novel. It's also a meditation on why we tell stories." — The Plain DealerThis is the story of John Devine—stuck in a small town in the otherworldly landscape of southeastern Ireland, worried over by his single, chain-smoking, Bible-quoting mother, Lily, and spied on by the "neighborly" Mrs. Nagle. When Jamey Corboy, a self-styled Rimbaudian boy wonder, arrives in town, John's life suddenly see...

Readers rave about the Ben Schroeder series:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Another fantastic Ben Schroeder book'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Marvellous'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I would award 6 stars for this story'1985, Cambridgeshire. An MPs wife is involved in a fatal car crash, and may be over the alcohol limit.Ben Schroeder QC returns to defend her but nothing is straightforward as he gets tangled in a web of political ambition and intrigue.

'A good police force is one that catches more crooks than it employs' - Sir Robert Mark'A good police force is one that catches more crooks than it employs' - Sir Robert MarkA clever, accomplished Cambridge graduate with a good job and an attentive lover, Imogen Lester seems to have the world at her feet. But when her parents are murdered abroad while working for the Diplomatic Service, she is suddenly thrown headlong into a murky world of espionage and org...

Charlie Walden is the Resident Judge of the Bermondsey Crown Court, where he had hoped for a quiet life, but has found it to be anything but. With the job of balancing the needs of prosecutors, judges, 'Grey Smoothies', the humourless grey-suited civil servants, and the overall needs of a Crown Court he soon finds himself struggling to keep the peace and his own delightful humour.Charlie is confronted by a number of topical issues he hadn't anticipated; invited to join the Court of...

The Third Ben Schroeder NovelThe British Establishment is reeling after a series of defections and acts of treachery by high- ranking intelligence officers.When Francis Hollander, an American academic, accuses Sir James Digby QC, a baronet and leader of the Bar, of being a Soviet spy, Digby retains Ben Schroeder and his head of Chambers to represent him.At first, it seems to be a simple case of libel, but as evidence starts...