Second in the Brad Norton Series. Young Sydney defence barrister Brad Norton is desperate to appear in a high-profile murder trial. Lightning strikes twice. His first client is a woman charged with murdering a famous television star; the second, an outlaw bikie charged with killing a bikie chieftain. Saving his clients will require good advocacy and cunning detective work in the courtroom.

'Mark Dryden' is the pen name of Peter Menadue who was a non-prizewinning journalist before studying law at the University of Sydney and Oxford University. He has worked as a barrister in Sydney for more than 20 years. He has written 7 legal novels under his pen name and 21 under his own name. He expects to write more.