A Trial in Three Acts

Rather splendid - FINANCIAL TIMES

Admirably ingenious - THE TIMES

A delicious mystery - DAILY MAIL

A trial is rather like a play. We wear our costumes. We perform to the audience. And on a good day, no-one gets murdered.

Six nights a week, the cast of the smash-hit play Daughter of the Revolution performs to a sold-out audience. A thrilling story of forbidden marriage and a secret love child, the critics say it'll run for years. That is until one night when the third act ends not in applause but in death, as leading lady Alexandra Dyce is beheaded live on stage.

Every cast member has a motive, but it is the dead woman's co-star - and ex-husband – Hollywood legend Leo Lusk who is charged with the crime. When defence barrister Charles Konig is brought in at the last minute, he knows this ought to be the case of a lifetime. But Charles would rather be on his holiday trekking up K2, and he isn't interested in celebrities, especially ones that seem to be mysteriously trying to derail their own defence.

As he and his co-counsel, New York lawyer Yara Ortiz, sift through the evidence, it becomes clear that clues may lie in the play itself. And Charles's only chance of victory is to identify the real murderer...

A delightfully clever legal mystery with as many layers as an onion. Perfect for readers of Janice Hallett, Tom Hindle, Rob Rinder, and Richard Osman.