A leading silk at the Sydney Bar, Terry Riley, is murdered half-way through a personal injuries hearing. His junior counsel, Ben Kennedy, starts sleuthing. His investigation threatens to rock the legal system and topple the mighty. A fast-paced Australian legal thriller with comic touches.

'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.