Member Review

This fun series of cosy legal mysteries is written by Rob Rinder and unlike some books written by tv celebrities, it is actually very good.
Adam Green is a junior barrister who is given two crime cases after a series of less interesting jobs. One is high profile, an ex MP who runs a wellness hotel for celebrities, is poisoned in front of a room full of guests whilst demonstrating “Well Water” ! His assistant Julia is accused of the crime with a lot of evidence against her- Adam and his team must try and find a defence which proves difficult. If she has been framed which is possible, Adam must find a plausible alternative perpetrator.
The other is a case of a homophobic hate crime, resulting in death. Adam has to defend the culprit, a man who claims he is a reformed character, not a bigot. It is up to Adam as to whether he is credible and whether he can defend him.
As ever Adam gets involved with investigating, in this case the wellness murder and visits the facility which is in Hadley Wood- an area very near where I live! I was trying to work out if Mr Rinder had based it on our local hotel!
I liked Adam’s conversations with his mother which served to lighten the mood of the book and were very funny. In this book she even has a friend who works at the hotel which gives Adam easier access to investigate.
There is even a possible love interest for Adam in the plot but the reader has to wait till the end to see if it works out.
I really like these books as they are light reads but well written and obviously conceived by someone with a legal background. I definitely recommend “The Defence” and am now awaiting the next one in the series.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my advance copy.