The Burton & Lamb series

Abi Silver

Six page-turning courtroom dramas

‘Abi Silver writes her years of legal experience into each of her courtroom thrillers’ The Big Issue

The Pinocchio Brief

Shortlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award

A 15-year-old schoolboy is accused of the brutal murder of one of his teachers. A new lie-detecting device, nicknamed Pinocchio, will be used during the trial. Is the accused, a troubled boy who loves challenges, trying to help his legal team or not?

‘A first-rate courtroom drama’ Daily Mail

The Aladdin Trial

A Sunday Times Crime Club pick

When an elderly artist plunges one hundred feet to her death at a London hospital, the police sense foul play. The hospital cleaner, a Syrian refugee, is arrested for her murder. He protests his innocence, but why has he given the woman the story of Aladdin to read, and why does he shake uncontrollably in times of stress?

‘An intense and compelling legal drama – quite wonderful’ Geoffrey Wansell

The Cinderella Plan

When the only thing worse than being found guilty...is being found not guilty

James Salisbury, the owner of a British car manufacturer, ploughs his ‘self-drive’ car into a young family, with deadly consequences. Will the car’s ‘black box’ reveal what really happened or will the industry, poised to launch these products to an eager public, close ranks to cover things up?

‘Tense thriller wrought from a cutting-edge subject’ The Times

The Rapunzel Act

Can you find justice…when the world is watching?

When breakfast TV host and nation’s darling Rosie Harper is found brutally murdered at home, suspicion falls on her spouse, formerly international football star, Danny ‘walks on water’ Mallard, now living out of the public eye as trans woman, Debbie. Judith Burton and Constance Lamb feel the pressure of public scrutiny as they strive to defend their most famous client yet.

‘A gripping mystery sensitively told’ The Times

The Midas Game

Was virtual killing just the beginning?

When eminent psychiatrist Dr Liz Sullivan is found dead in her bed, suspicion falls on online gamer and YouTube celebrity Jaden ‘JD’ Dodds. Did he target her because of her work to expose the dangers of gaming? Judith Burton and Constance Lamb team up to defend JD when no one else is on his side. Just because he makes a living killing people on screen doesn’t mean he’d do it in real life. Or does it?

‘Superb, clever, contemporary, utterly gripping’ Patricia Carswell, WI Life

The Ambrosia Project

A tragic accident? Or is there a poisoner on the loose?

When food magnate Brett Ingram collapses and dies at a public event, his seafood allergy is blamed and the caterer, Nick Demetriou, charged with manslaughter. In another of Abi Silver’s nail-biting games of courtroom cat-and-mouse, Judith and Constance must find the truth amid a smorgasbord of lies and deception.

‘A British courtroom drama thriller series that has been steadily growing in assurance and popularity somewhat under the radar reaches its sixth volume’ Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time