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Abi Silver

A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK

'A first-rate courtroom drama' – Daily Mail
SHORTLISTED: Waverton Good Read Award
A 15-year-old schoolboy is accused of the brutal murder of one of his teachers
His lawyers – the guarded veteran, Judith Burton, and the energetic young solicitor, Constance Lamb – begin a desperate pursuit of the truth, revealing uncomfortable secrets about the teacher and the school.
But Judith has her own secrets which she risks exposing when it is announced that a new lie-detecting device, nicknamed Pinocchio, will be used during the trial. And is the accused, a troubled boy who loves challenges, trying to help them or not?
The Pinocchio Brief is a gripping courtroom thriller which confronts our assumptions about truth and our increasing reliance on technology.

Lightning Books

Burton & Lamb Thrillers

The Pinocchio Brief: A Burton & Lamb Case

A new Burton and Lamb legal thriller

A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK

'An intense and compelling legal drama – quite wonderful' Geoffrey Wansell

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?
In a spellbinding courtroom confrontation in which they once more grapple with all-too-possible developments in artificial intelligence, they uncover not only the cleaner's secrets, but also those of the artist's family, her lawyer and the hospital.
A new Burton and Lamb legal thriller with an AI twist from the author of the acclaimed The Pinocchio Brief.

The Aladdin Trial: A Burton & Lamb Case

When the only thing worse than being found guilty...is being found not guilty
'Tense thriller wrought from a cutting-edge subject' - The Times
James Salisbury, the owner of a British car manufacturer, ploughs his 'self-drive' vehicle 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?
James himself faces a personal dilemma. If it's proved that he was driving the car, he may go to prison. But if he's found innocent, and the autonomous car is to blame, the business he has spent most of his life building, and his dream of safer transport for all, may collapse.
Lawyers Judith Burton and Constance Lamb team up once again, this time to defend a man who may not want to go free, in a case that asks difficult questions about the speed at which technology is taking over our lives.

The Cinderella Plan: A Burton & Lamb Case

Burton & Lamb Thrillers - The book series

Burton & Lamb Thrillers - The book series

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