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 Conviction by Jack Jordan

Published by Simon & Schuster

Publication Date: 22nd June 2023

Book Description:

TO STEAL A MAN'S FREEDOM ALL IT TAKES IS . . . CONVICTION

Wade Darling stands accused of killing his wife and teenage children as they slept before burning the family home to the ground. 

 

When the case lands on barrister Neve Harper’s desk, she knows it could be the career making case she’s been waiting for. But only if she can prove Wade’s innocence. 

A matter of days before the case, as Neve is travelling home for the night, she is approached by a man. He tells her she must lose this case or the secret about her own husband’s disappearance will be revealed.

 

Failing that, he will kill everyone she cares about until she follows orders.

 

Neve must make a choice – betray every principle she has ever had by putting a potentially innocent man in prison, or risk putting those she loves in mortal danger.

My Thoughts:

Anyone who knows me, or has been reading my ramblings on this blog page, will know that I love a good legal thriller so I had this book on my radar long before publication and was gutted to have my request declined for a NetGalley copy earlier in the year. Never mind, this gave me an excuse to buy myself a shiny, signed copy during my trip to London in the summer (as if I need a reason!). 

The book is set in London (hence it being an ideal choice as a memento of my trip), with barrister Neve Harper thrilled at the opportunity to defend one of the nation's most prominent accused, Wade Darling. The case had initially been allocated to someone else, however an unfortunate incident on the Northern Line had led to the case needing a new defence barrister. It's not long before Neve realises that maybe there was more to that incident than people realised.

If you've read Jack's earlier book Do No Harm you will know how good he is at penning a decent blackmail thriller. If not, can I recommend that you grab yourselves a copy of both books? Once again the author puts the main character in an impossible situation - the tension levels crank up even higher in this book than in previous novels, which I wouldn't have said would be possible if you'd asked me before. I love how we follow Neve's thought processes on how she could potentially side-step the blackmailers' demands without any of the consequences - and how this works out for her. The writing is top notch, as we expect from Mr Jordan, and the final chapters are very, very clever.

Keep 'em coming Jack Jordan. I will be buying every one of them!

About The Author:

Jack Jordan is the global number one bestselling author of Anything for Her (2015), My Girl (2016), A Woman Scorned (2018), Before Her Eyes (2018) and Night by Night (2019).

His latest thriller, Do No Harm, was an instant Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Most Recommended Book in the DeadGood Reader Awards. Coined the thriller of the summer for 2022, it was described as “relentlessly tense” by Sunday Times Bestseller Lesley Kara, and “Chilling and perfectly paced” by New York Times Bestseller Sarah Pearse.

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