10 May 2002.
ISBN: 978-0-74900518-1 (HB)
When Nic Gabriel attends a glitzy cocktail party, the last thing he expects to witness is the murder of his friend Dylan Rees. In an effort to save his friend he hears his last words, which make no sense, although earlier that evening Dylan had said that he had a story to tell Nic that would pique his interest. The only clue he gave Nic was ‘dead lawyers’ and he chanted, ‘The rich man who burned his paradise’.The Giant who chopped himself in half’.
Although, there is no doubt of the identity of the murderer of his friend, Nic is struck by the coincidence of his friend’s murder just as he about to impart information relating to earlier deaths of lawyers, and Nic is suspicious of the circumstances behind the killing.
Nic Gabriel is a writer, well currently a one book author, and his publishers and his girlfriend are despairing of him ever writing again. Nic, however, is only keen to write when he possessed of a story.
His investigations lead to
Creed, a firm of solicitors who are the country’s leading human rights law firm,
that boast the slogan ‘Lawyers who are different’, and here he encounters
Roxanne Wake, and Roxanne has her own secrets.
The story is told from the
point of view of both Nic Gabriel and Roxanne Wake, and inexorably these
characters collide at the end of the book.
I enjoy this style of book,
where we are witness to multiple characters with secrets that slowly unfold as
we progress through the story. On the surface the murderer is unmasked but
there is a psychological twist. Recommended.
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Reviewer:
Lizzie Hayes
www.martinedwards.com.
www.doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com
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