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* Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2022 *

'Abdullah's legal thrillers make John Grisham seem like a maiden aunt' Sunday Times Crime Club

'An enthralling, heartbreaking and thrilling courtroom drama that had me shouting out loud and gripped until the last page' Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw…

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Splendidly paced and superbly written, with surprise after surprise. In my own writing, I call this planting little bombs that go off along the way.

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