The Cut Throat Trial

by Barrister, The Secret | Crime & mystery
Published 04/06/2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 432 pages
196 x 130 x 29mm | 300g

Full of twists you won't see coming, The Cut Throat Trial is an edge-of-your-seat courtroom drama from the No. 1 bestselling Secret Barrister. And you have a front row seat.

‘An astute, empathetic, and satisfyingly twisty read’ - Sarah Vaughan'Excellent . . . brilliantly executed. Closest I've felt to being in court since I left the bar' - Harriet Tyce‘A diamond class legal thriller . . . I loved every moment’ - Janice HallettIt is one of the biggest trials of the year. Three seventeen-year-old boys are accused of the brutal murder of an elderly teacher on New Year’s Eve. Each boy denies it. Each points the finger at the other two. But they can’t all be innocent.

The three defence barristers have only one job: to persuade the jury that their client is not guilty. But they’re up against a prosecutor who needs to win the case, no matter the cost.

Written by a criminal barrister with an expert insider’s knowledge, The Cut Throat Trial is an unputdownable legal thriller.