The Cut Throat Trial
28 August 2025Synopsis
Fast-paced. Immersive. Written by THE SECRET BARRISTER and brought to life by a full-cast, starring Toby Jones OBE (The Hunger Games, Harry Potter), Ben Miles (The Crown, Wolf Hall), and AudioFile Golden Voice Simon Vance.
THE FIRST LEGAL THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SECRET BARRISTER WRITING AS S. J. FLEET
'An astute, empathetic, and satisfyingly twisty read' - Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal and Reputation
'A diamond class legal thriller . . . I loved every moment. Five stars' - Janice Hallett, author of The Twyford Code and The Examiner
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It 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.
Because when the game is murder, the competition is deadly.
Cast:
“The Narrator” - Toby Jones OBE
Baxter Wyatt KC - Ben Miles
HHJ Jeremy Letts - Simon Vance
Craig Mervyn-Scott - Wesley Ruthven
Arron Freeman - Kenton Thomas
Jamal Lowton - Tyreke Leslie
Aliyah Arshad - Maya Sondhi
Jennifer Rennie - Nathalie Buscombe
Bob Evans KC - Rupert Farley
Rita Hooper - Annie Aldington
Jared Grimes - Eddie Toll
Launching a brilliant new voice in crime fiction, a criminal barrister with an incomparable insider’s knowledge, The Cut Throat Trial is the most gripping thriller of the year.
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28 August 2025
9781035046720Reviews
This book is phenomenal!
Not so much a front row seat in a murder trial as a journey inside the minds of the necessarily unreliable defendants, judge and counsel, The Cut Throat Trial is both scathing examination of the criminal justice system and an astute, empathetic, and satisfyingly twisty read. . . I’ll be thinking about this one for quite some time.
If you want to know how the law takes its course with people’s lives, you won’t get a more accurate picture than this. It’s truly fascinating to see it turned into a page-turning story.
'Gripping and often poignant, The Cut Throat Trial carefully paints a stark picture of what a murder trial is like and how dramatic, and unexpected, its conclusions can be.
