After reading The Trail by Rob Rinder for my book club, I decided to follow it up with the second book, The Suspect.
The Blurb
When the UK’s favourite breakfast TV presenter dies live on air in front of millions of viewers, the nation is left devastated.
More devastated still when it becomes clear that her death was not an accident.
The evidence points to one culprit: celebrity chef Sebastian Brooks. But junior barrister Adam Green is about to discover that the case is not as open-and-shut as it first seemed.
And although her angelic persona would suggest otherwise, she was not short of enemies in the glittery TV world . . .
Can Adam uncover the truth?
My Review of The Suspect
The prologue starts with the murder of a tv presenter in very much way of the first murder in the previous book. A choking death. It did feel a little disappointing.
The rest of the story is very different though. It was nice to see most of the characters re-appearing. This is why Rob Rinder spent so much time introducing them in the first book. There are a lot of characters to get your head around though, which was one of the main complaints when we discussed the last book at book club. In fact the first book was not well received by many, even though I’d enjoyed it.
Adam Green is defending the only suspect for the murder of the morning television personality. (It was kind of surreal because I am familiar with Rob Rinder and I know that he frequently appears on morning television shows. He was also a judge at one point, so it’s definitely a case of write about what you know!)
Adam has the impossible task of proving that there was not enough evidence to convict the TV chef Sebastian Brookes when everything points towards him. He had even had an affair with the now dead television presenter.
In the background he has other cases to defend including a young man who is obviously being coerced by his family to admit to hiding weapons under his bed and saying they were his.
There are the little breaks again with Adam’s phone call with his mum. Which adds a little humour to the doom and gloom of all he has to deal with. It’s also obvious that he is being pursued by two women and he finds it difficult to establish whether he wants either of them. But one is about to slip away forever, maybe?
From what I could gather from my book club and Rob Rinder’s last book, The Trial. His type of storytelling seems to work better if you are familiar with him, or a big fan of court room dramas.
I am just enjoying The Trial, after your recommendation. I’m not very familiar with Rob Rinder himself, but I like the gentle humour. I will definitely read this one when it comes out in paperback.
I’m glad you are enjoying the Trial. Most of my book club didn’t. I’m just about to write a review about the latest book which I’m so glad to get over and done with, romances are not my thing.