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Learned Enemies
Benjamin Douglas Series, #1
- Book 1 -
- Benjamin Douglas Series
2021
EN
A top silk is found dead in his room on a prestigious floor of barristers. It looks like an accident until the police discover he was murdered. The news media pounce. Suspicion and paranoia run rampant. Baby barrister, Benjamin Douglas, hunts for the killer. A fast-paced comic novel about life and death at the Sydney Bar.
2016
EN
Ambitious criminal defence barrister Robyn Palmer gets her first big break when she's briefed as junior counsel in a high-profile murder trial. Unfortunately, her leader has lecherous designs and their client looks guilty as hell. However, nothing is going to stop her starring in the biggest trial of her career. A comic legal thriller set in Sydney, Australia
2016
EN
A leading silk at the Sydney Bar, Terry Riley, is murdered half-way through a personal injuries hearing. His junior counsel, Ben Kennedy, starts sleuthing. His investigation threatens to rock the legal system and topple the mighty. A fast-paced Australian legal thriller with comic touches.
Final Verdict
Brad Norton Series, #3
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- Brad Norton Series
2024
EN
Third in the Brad Norton Series. Criminal defence barrister Brad Norton is briefed to defend a wife accused of murdering her rich husband. The prosecution case looks water-tight. The trial judge is his arch-enemy. He must unmask the real killer during the trial. The final verdict could decide whether he takes silk. Another fast-paced courtroom drama set at the Sydney Bar.
Courtroom Murder
Benjamin Douglas Series, #2
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- Benjamin Douglas Series
2026
EN
The sequel to Learned Enemies. A Supreme Court judge in Sydney is murdered in his courtroom during a hearing. Justice Brian 'Gator' Kater drops dead while arguing with baby barrister Benjamin Douglas. Everyone suspects a heart attack until the police discover that he was poisoned. Benjamin and his brilliant opponent, Tanya Baker, race to find the killer before any more judges receive a death sentence.
Cut-Throat Defence
Brad Norton Series, #2
- Book 2 -
- Brad Norton Series
2018
EN
Second in the Brad Norton Series. Young Sydney defence barrister Brad Norton is desperate to appear in a high-profile murder trial. Lightning strikes twice. His first client is a woman charged with murdering a famous television star; the second, an outlaw bikie charged with killing a bikie chieftain. Saving his clients will require good advocacy and cunning detective work in the courtroom.
2025
EN
Jack Conroy and Gwen Harmon are barristers in the same set of chambers in Sydney, Australia. When she dumps him, he is devastated and wants her back. They soon face off in a murder trial. He fights to win an acquittal and win her back. However, in murder trials as in life, nothing goes according to plan. A comic novel about love, the law and horsehair wigs.
False Witness
Brad Norton Series, #1
- Book 1 -
- Brad Norton Series
2017
EN
First in the Brad Norton Series. Junior barrister Brad Norton watches helplessly as a lying cop sends his client to prison. He gets a chance for revenge when defending a client accused of murder. To save his client, he must expose the dirty cop and finger the true killer in the middle of the trial. That will require tremendous forensic cunning. Is he up to the job? He will soon find out.
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- George Cross Mysteries
2024
EN
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2012
EN
In 1980, nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain was taken by a dingo from her family's tent near Uluru in Australia's remote Northern Territory. Her body was never found. In a terrible miscarriage of justice, her mother Lindy was wrongfully convicted of her daughter's murder and sentenced to life in prison. It was seven years before the conviction was overturned. This is the true story behind a tragedy whose echoes reverberated around the world."This is the story of a little girl who liv...
Defending the Guilty
Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom
2010
EN
Accessible
NOW A MAJOR BBC COMEDY"As a criminal barrister, you work with the material you get: a junkie shoplifter with thirty-five previous convictions and four packs of Lidl's frozen chicken stuffed down his trousers is heading only one way . . ."___________________Every day, Alex McBride stands up in court and, with nothing but quick-thinking, sharp-talking and his hard-won legal expertise, attempts to save people from criminal conviction, p...
2024
EN
'George Cross is becoming one of my favourite detectives.' ELLY GRIFFITHSBristol detective George Cross doesn't rely on guesswork and he has no time for false assumptions. He is a detective who goes off the evidence in front of him, not 'hunches' or 'gut feelings'. He does not know what these are.He might be difficult to work with – but his unfailing logic and determined pursuit of the truth means he is second to none at convicting killers.M...











