Until Proven Innocent

Nicola Williams Hamish Hamilton £14.99

Barrister Lee Mitchell’s career has been going from strength to strength. She’s a black girl from Peckham doing well for herself: fearsome reputation, decent money, better boyfriend. But when she’s landed with defending a racist white cop accused of the attempted murder of a black teenager in her old neighbourhood, she has it all to lose. Williams has used her experience as a Crown Court judge to craft a twisting legal thriller of real moral complexity.