The Secret Barrister
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Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers as S.J. Fleet. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers as S.J. Fleet. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Waterstones has #TheCutThroatTrial too. And here’s what some lovely Waterstones folk have said about the book.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-cut...
www.waterstones.com/book/the-cut...
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Waterstones has #TheCutThroatTrial too. And here’s what some lovely Waterstones folk have said about the book.
www.waterstones.com/book/the-cut...
www.waterstones.com/book/the-cut...
It’s nearly Christmas! Do you have a person in your life who has, at one time or another, expressed a passing interest in authentic, gritty legal thrillers by bestselling anonymous rabbits?
If so, fill their stockings and underwear with this bad boy.
Available in links below👇
#TheCutThroatTrial
If so, fill their stockings and underwear with this bad boy.
Available in links below👇
#TheCutThroatTrial
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It’s nearly Christmas! Do you have a person in your life who has, at one time or another, expressed a passing interest in authentic, gritty legal thrillers by bestselling anonymous rabbits?
If so, fill their stockings and underwear with this bad boy.
Available in links below👇
#TheCutThroatTrial
If so, fill their stockings and underwear with this bad boy.
Available in links below👇
#TheCutThroatTrial
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
When I depart this profession - and I think we all know it’s only a matter of time - let this please be my epitaph.
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When I depart this profession - and I think we all know it’s only a matter of time - let this please be my epitaph.
A big thank you to everyone who propelled us to the top of the Legal Thrillers chart.
If you have anything positive to say about #TheCutThroatTrial once you’ve read it, I would be hugely grateful if you could leave a few words in review.
“Nice cover” or “plenty of law stuff” will do.
If you have anything positive to say about #TheCutThroatTrial once you’ve read it, I would be hugely grateful if you could leave a few words in review.
“Nice cover” or “plenty of law stuff” will do.
October 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A big thank you to everyone who propelled us to the top of the Legal Thrillers chart.
If you have anything positive to say about #TheCutThroatTrial once you’ve read it, I would be hugely grateful if you could leave a few words in review.
“Nice cover” or “plenty of law stuff” will do.
If you have anything positive to say about #TheCutThroatTrial once you’ve read it, I would be hugely grateful if you could leave a few words in review.
“Nice cover” or “plenty of law stuff” will do.
What’s that, you say?
You enjoy critically acclaimed gritty, authentic crime and legal thrillers?
You enjoy reading such thrillers on an electronic medium, such as e-book?
You enjoy ridonculous bargains?
#TheCutThroatTrial is a crazy £1.99 today.
Go nuts.
www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
You enjoy critically acclaimed gritty, authentic crime and legal thrillers?
You enjoy reading such thrillers on an electronic medium, such as e-book?
You enjoy ridonculous bargains?
#TheCutThroatTrial is a crazy £1.99 today.
Go nuts.
www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
What’s that, you say?
You enjoy critically acclaimed gritty, authentic crime and legal thrillers?
You enjoy reading such thrillers on an electronic medium, such as e-book?
You enjoy ridonculous bargains?
#TheCutThroatTrial is a crazy £1.99 today.
Go nuts.
www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
You enjoy critically acclaimed gritty, authentic crime and legal thrillers?
You enjoy reading such thrillers on an electronic medium, such as e-book?
You enjoy ridonculous bargains?
#TheCutThroatTrial is a crazy £1.99 today.
Go nuts.
www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
This woman is everything to me
September 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This woman is everything to me
#TheCutThroatTrial
Fancy a gritty legal thriller with addictive characters and a fucking awful (in a good way) twist?
Course you do, flower.
(Oh, and still inexplicably half price here www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...)
Fancy a gritty legal thriller with addictive characters and a fucking awful (in a good way) twist?
Course you do, flower.
(Oh, and still inexplicably half price here www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...)
September 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#TheCutThroatTrial
Fancy a gritty legal thriller with addictive characters and a fucking awful (in a good way) twist?
Course you do, flower.
(Oh, and still inexplicably half price here www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...)
Fancy a gritty legal thriller with addictive characters and a fucking awful (in a good way) twist?
Course you do, flower.
(Oh, and still inexplicably half price here www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...)
If you have been in touch to congratulate me for my Booker Prize nomination, you may also be impressed by this endorsement I received for my third book:
September 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If you have been in touch to congratulate me for my Booker Prize nomination, you may also be impressed by this endorsement I received for my third book:
Well this is enormously flattering I really must say
September 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Well this is enormously flattering I really must say
Thank you! I too am enjoying my current book.
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Thank you! I too am enjoying my current book.
For those of you who have enjoyed the audiobook - with its stupendously glittering cast - here’s a video snippet from Kenton Thomas, who plays Arron.
Enjoy.
Oh also, the paper version is still unforgivably half price. If you haven’t yet exploited me.
#TheCutThroatTrial
Enjoy.
Oh also, the paper version is still unforgivably half price. If you haven’t yet exploited me.
#TheCutThroatTrial
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
For those of you who have enjoyed the audiobook - with its stupendously glittering cast - here’s a video snippet from Kenton Thomas, who plays Arron.
Enjoy.
Oh also, the paper version is still unforgivably half price. If you haven’t yet exploited me.
#TheCutThroatTrial
Enjoy.
Oh also, the paper version is still unforgivably half price. If you haven’t yet exploited me.
#TheCutThroatTrial
For those of you who have enjoyed the audiobook - with its monstrously glittering cast - here’s a video snippet from Wesley Ruthven, who plays Craig.
Enjoy.
Oh also, the paper version is still outrageously half price. If you haven’t yet exploited me.
#TheCutThroatTrial
Enjoy.
Oh also, the paper version is still outrageously half price. If you haven’t yet exploited me.
#TheCutThroatTrial
September 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
For those of you who have enjoyed the audiobook - with its monstrously glittering cast - here’s a video snippet from Wesley Ruthven, who plays Craig.
Enjoy.
Oh also, the paper version is still outrageously half price. If you haven’t yet exploited me.
#TheCutThroatTrial
Enjoy.
Oh also, the paper version is still outrageously half price. If you haven’t yet exploited me.
#TheCutThroatTrial
What time is it?
It’s 08:57! The perfect time for your daily dose of unashamed book promotion! Have some reviews.
There’s an easy way to stop this - just buy enough books so that we can outsell this Grisham character and retire. The power is in your hands.
Oh, and it’s still half price today…
It’s 08:57! The perfect time for your daily dose of unashamed book promotion! Have some reviews.
There’s an easy way to stop this - just buy enough books so that we can outsell this Grisham character and retire. The power is in your hands.
Oh, and it’s still half price today…
September 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What time is it?
It’s 08:57! The perfect time for your daily dose of unashamed book promotion! Have some reviews.
There’s an easy way to stop this - just buy enough books so that we can outsell this Grisham character and retire. The power is in your hands.
Oh, and it’s still half price today…
It’s 08:57! The perfect time for your daily dose of unashamed book promotion! Have some reviews.
There’s an easy way to stop this - just buy enough books so that we can outsell this Grisham character and retire. The power is in your hands.
Oh, and it’s still half price today…
Thank you to everyone who responded to my plea with a review. You are all wonderful.
With a special mention to whichever cherub left this one (Mum? Dad?), which I’m not too modest to share.
Oh, and the damn book is still half price. If you fancy seeing what the fuss is about…
#TheCutThroatTrial
With a special mention to whichever cherub left this one (Mum? Dad?), which I’m not too modest to share.
Oh, and the damn book is still half price. If you fancy seeing what the fuss is about…
#TheCutThroatTrial
September 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thank you to everyone who responded to my plea with a review. You are all wonderful.
With a special mention to whichever cherub left this one (Mum? Dad?), which I’m not too modest to share.
Oh, and the damn book is still half price. If you fancy seeing what the fuss is about…
#TheCutThroatTrial
With a special mention to whichever cherub left this one (Mum? Dad?), which I’m not too modest to share.
Oh, and the damn book is still half price. If you fancy seeing what the fuss is about…
#TheCutThroatTrial
Hello gorgeous scamps who bought #TheCutThroatTrial and haven’t yet blocked my orgy of promotion. May I ask a favour?
If you enjoyed it, would you mind leaving a short review on Amazon or wherever you got it? I’m told (by those making me post this) that reviews make a big difference…
Thank you ❤️
If you enjoyed it, would you mind leaving a short review on Amazon or wherever you got it? I’m told (by those making me post this) that reviews make a big difference…
Thank you ❤️
September 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hello gorgeous scamps who bought #TheCutThroatTrial and haven’t yet blocked my orgy of promotion. May I ask a favour?
If you enjoyed it, would you mind leaving a short review on Amazon or wherever you got it? I’m told (by those making me post this) that reviews make a big difference…
Thank you ❤️
If you enjoyed it, would you mind leaving a short review on Amazon or wherever you got it? I’m told (by those making me post this) that reviews make a big difference…
Thank you ❤️
I’m sorry to do this.
But this Grisham character seems to have overtaken me in the Legal Thriller charts.
He seems to think he’s some sort of big cheese.
If you, like me, seethe at this injustice, #TheCutThroatTrial is currently *half price*.
Together we can get him.
But this Grisham character seems to have overtaken me in the Legal Thriller charts.
He seems to think he’s some sort of big cheese.
If you, like me, seethe at this injustice, #TheCutThroatTrial is currently *half price*.
Together we can get him.
September 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I’m sorry to do this.
But this Grisham character seems to have overtaken me in the Legal Thriller charts.
He seems to think he’s some sort of big cheese.
If you, like me, seethe at this injustice, #TheCutThroatTrial is currently *half price*.
Together we can get him.
But this Grisham character seems to have overtaken me in the Legal Thriller charts.
He seems to think he’s some sort of big cheese.
If you, like me, seethe at this injustice, #TheCutThroatTrial is currently *half price*.
Together we can get him.
September 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At the very real risk of becoming the legal equivalent of the DFS Sale*, this brutal half-price offer allegedly ends soon. So if you fancy #TheCutThroatTrial 50% off - either for you or as an unwanted stocking-filler - fill your boots.
*As in, lawyer equivalent. Not suggesting DFS acted illegally
*As in, lawyer equivalent. Not suggesting DFS acted illegally
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
At the very real risk of becoming the legal equivalent of the DFS Sale*, this brutal half-price offer allegedly ends soon. So if you fancy #TheCutThroatTrial 50% off - either for you or as an unwanted stocking-filler - fill your boots.
*As in, lawyer equivalent. Not suggesting DFS acted illegally
*As in, lawyer equivalent. Not suggesting DFS acted illegally
(I fully appreciate that this is the most limited & specific of rankings. But if you’d told Teenage Me that I would write a legal thriller which would, even in the most limited way imaginable, be above John Grisham in a chart - any chart - I would have bitten your nose in hysteria)
September 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
(I fully appreciate that this is the most limited & specific of rankings. But if you’d told Teenage Me that I would write a legal thriller which would, even in the most limited way imaginable, be above John Grisham in a chart - any chart - I would have bitten your nose in hysteria)
So apparently #TheCutThroatTrial is currently Amazon’s bestselling legal thriller, ahead of John somebody.
Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.
No siree Bob.
Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.
No siree Bob.
Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
September 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
So apparently #TheCutThroatTrial is currently Amazon’s bestselling legal thriller, ahead of John somebody.
Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.
No siree Bob.
Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
Nothing at all to do with #TheCutThroatTrial being half price today as part of some crazed promotion.
No siree Bob.
Anyway, exploit it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Cut-Throat-T...
(Fully appreciate that this is the most limited & specific of rankings. But if you’d told Teenage Me that I would write a legal thriller which would, even in the most limited way imaginable, be above John Grisham in a chart - any chart - I would have bitten your nose in hysteria)
September 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
(Fully appreciate that this is the most limited & specific of rankings. But if you’d told Teenage Me that I would write a legal thriller which would, even in the most limited way imaginable, be above John Grisham in a chart - any chart - I would have bitten your nose in hysteria)