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The author, writing under the pseudonym of The Secret Barrister, is a junior barrister practising criminal law before the courts of England and Wales. The Secret Barrister is also a blogger who in 2016 and 2017 was named Independent Blogger of the Year at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards. As of the book's publication date in March 2018 the author had a substantial following on Twitter of nearly 88,000. ...more

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The Cut Throat Trial, Publication Day and The Terror

Today marks the publication of The Cut Throat Trial – my fourth book, and my first foray into crime fiction.

And I don’t mind admitting that I’m terrified.

The first three non-fictions were each terrifying in their own way: the complete unknown of Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken in 2018; difficult second-album syndrome of Fake Law (coupled with an unhelpful global pandemic) in 2020; the raw s

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Average rating: 3.95 · 29,932 ratings · 2,538 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken 3.88 avg rating — 22,297 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies 4.19 avg rating — 4,943 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing But The Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer 4.07 avg rating — 3,471 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cut Throat Trial: The unmissable thriller from the author of The Secret Barrister by S.J. Fleet, The Secret Barrister 4.19 avg rating — 1,019 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Barrister Stories of the Law and How It's Broken / Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister 3.88 avg rating — 78 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Barrister / In Black and White / Under The Wig by The Secret Barrister, Alexandra Wilson, William Clegg 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing But The Truth [Hardcover] & The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken 2 Books Collection Set 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing But The Truth: Dark Humour and Shocking Truths Learned from a Life in the Law by The Secret Barrister, Jack Hawkins (Narrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fake Law, Under the Wig, A Life Of Crime 3 Books Collection Set by The Secret Barrister, William Clegg, Harry Ognall really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas, The Secret Barrister, This is Going to Hurt, War Doctor 4 Books Collection Set did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“it is outrageous that the law appears deliberately incomprehensible to those who need to understand it most.”
― The Secret Barrister, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

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“Justice? – you get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.’ William Gaddis, A Frolic of His Own (1994)”
― The Secret Barrister, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

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“We weren’t sure whether to believe the defendant or the complainant. We find the defendant guilty.”
― The Secret Barrister, The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

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