The Trial
The Trial is the first book in Rob Rinder’s Adam Green legal thriller series. Adam is a trainee barrister when he is given a high-profile case at the Old Bailey: defending Jimmy Knight, a man with previous convictions who is accused of poisoning a popular police officer, Grant Cliveden. There is plenty of evidence for conviction, but Cliveden has a past that is full of people eager to want him dead. With his first ever case being almost impossible to defend, can Adam rise to the task and have his first win instead of a miserable loss? Rob Rinder draws on his background as a criminal barrister to give a pretty accurate description of the pressure of chambers and courtroom procedure, and introduces a young lawyer who is about to learn how much justice can depend on who is willing to truly investigate.
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When hero policeman Grant Cliveden dies from a poisoning in the Old Bailey, it threatens to shake the country to its core.
The evidence points to one man. Jimmy Knight has been convicted of multiple offences before and defending him will be no easy task. Not least because this is trainee barrister Adam Green’s first case.
But it will quickly become clear that Jimmy Knight is not the only person in Cliveden’s past with an axe to grind.
The only thing that’s certain is that this is a trial which will push Adam – and the justice system itself – to the limit. . .
Part of the Adam Green series – see the full reading order on the Rob Rinder Books in Order page.
