The Night Lawyer | Alex Churchill | Review

 Blurb

Sophie Angel is the night lawyer.

Once a week, she's the one who decides what the papers can and can't say. During the day, she's a barrister. She struggles for justice in a system that's close to collapse, where she confronts the most dangerous aspects of humanity. Her life changes when a wealthy Russian offers her the biggest case of her career, a rape trial with a seemingly innocent client.

But is someone manipulating Sophie from the shadows? And is it someone from her childhood in Soviet Russia or is the danger much closer to home?

With her marriage under strain and haunted by nightmares from the past, Sophie must find the answer to these questions before it's too late. This is a story about betrayal, trust, guilt, and innocence played out from the courtrooms of London to the darkest corners of Soviet-era Moscow.

Review

Gripping, suspense-filled & unputdownable debut!

I was hooked from the prologue, I had to know what happened! Which of course meant I didn't put it down until I'd turned the very last page.

Sophie is a brilliant main character, a complex, and intriguing. Her latest case is thrown into the spotlight as she pieces together the evidence we alongside her are trying to work who is telling the truth - Who is innocent? Who is guilty? It shows the devastating impact trial by media can have in this day age and difficulty of having a truly fair trial when social media influence is so far-reaching, what happened to innocence until proven guilty?

It packs a punch commentating on present-day problems within the justice system in England, thought-provoking - certain to illicit an opinion and discussion it would make an interesting book club read.

A fabulous debut, you won't want to miss. I for one hope there is a book two for Sophie in the making!

A huge thanks to Anne Cater & Red Door Press for gifting me a copy in return for an open & honest review.

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