On Behalf of my Client

Many crime novels end with the guilty party arrested – but what happens next? We ask four lawyers-turned-novelists to plead the case for some well known fictional villains. Can they make the best possible defence for the worst possible people?

In Dugald Bruce-Lockhart’s immersive new espionage novel Second Skin, deadly secrets emerge on a high-stakes chase across the Mediterranean. Imran Mahmood‘s gripping yet profoundly moving Finding Sophie dives deep into parents’ grief and their search for the truth. The Death of Us is the breathtaking new release from Abigail Dean, a heartbreaking novel of murder, of survival, of love. A Trial in Three Acts is a whip-smart, multi-layered legal mystery by Guy Morpuss that will have you engrossed till the final verdict.

Chaired by Nicola Williams.