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Error of Judgment - Advance Reading Copy
In this second psychologically compelling courtroom drama from Britain's most exciting new novelist, a young English barrister explores the boundaries of sexual obsession during a murder trial. More raw and raunchy than anything in American courtroom drama.
- GenresFiction
376 pages, Paperback
First published March 21, 1996
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August 30, 2018
A 20 year old legal thriller that has a decent plot but falls down on character development - and hasn't aged well.
The courtroom scenes are authentic and well done, as they should be since the author is also a barrister. There are some complex characters in the novel but they are somehow made to feel flat and one dimensional. This is particularly true of the females, who seem to exist only as sexual entities, usually wearing stockings and high heels and only defined in relation to the male protagonist.
The courtroom scenes are authentic and well done, as they should be since the author is also a barrister. There are some complex characters in the novel but they are somehow made to feel flat and one dimensional. This is particularly true of the females, who seem to exist only as sexual entities, usually wearing stockings and high heels and only defined in relation to the male protagonist.
May 3, 2023
Some not so great reviews...but I found this story compelling. Not sure why. It was a good plot...horrific at times...mildly amusing at others...and occasionally bizarre when it came to rats!
The courtroom exchanges were intriguing...but not bogged down by too much technical stuff...clever though.
Nick's relationship with Sally at the point the novel begins fascinated me as did her ability to separate her emotional self from her professional self...mostly!
And Catt...the star of the novel, for me.
Dated but compulsive reading!
The courtroom exchanges were intriguing...but not bogged down by too much technical stuff...clever though.
Nick's relationship with Sally at the point the novel begins fascinated me as did her ability to separate her emotional self from her professional self...mostly!
And Catt...the star of the novel, for me.
Dated but compulsive reading!
August 23, 2021
An enjoyable story quite lighthearted and sometimes even amusing. If your looking for serious courtroom saga then get a John Grisham novel as this courtroom is not bogged down in extreme legal technicalities.
September 8, 2024
Is it really a thriller? I don't know at first it certainly is not it is at the end that u can say that that part is a thriller. But that aside, I enjoyed reading the book it was idk how to describe it but fun. Not in the way that I would say it's great but an alright fun book.
February 1, 2011
A most intriguing plot.
On Christmas Eve a man walks into a Bayswater brothel with a claw-hammer and wants to talk about where he has buried a corpse. But he does not know who he is. He is assigned a defense barrister Nick Downes who is not functioning at all well for his affair with the prosecuting councel Sally Downes is breaking up. A facial reconstruction of the corpse shows features identical to that of the amnesic, mentally disturbed self-confessed murderer. The story develops well with a tense ending.
July 9, 2012
He brought the courtroom in a wonderful.
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