The Holdout

One jury member changed the verdict. What if she was wrong?

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'The most gripping and satisfying thriller I've read in more than a decade' Sophie Hannah<br><br>'One of the best legal thrillers ... as elegant and gripping as Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent' Daily Mail<br><br>'Quite the tour de force! Twelve Angry Men meets Chinatown and creates something of its own' Sarah Pinborough<br><br>'This is a tense, emotionally charged, scary-good, stand-out read' Caroline Kepnes<br><br>**********MAJOR TV SERIES COMING SOON - FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU NETFLIX'S UNBELIEVABLE... <br><br>One juror changed the verdict. What if she was wrong?<br><br>'Ten years ago we made a decision together...'<br><br>Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher, Bobby Nock, is the prime suspect. It's an open and shut case for the prosecution, and a quick conviction seems all but guaranteed. <br><br>Until Maya Seale, a young woman on the jury, persuades the rest of the jurors to vote not guilty: a controversial decision that will change all of their lives forever.<br><br>Ten years later, one of the jurors is found dead, and Maya is the prime suspect.<br><br>The real killer could be any of the other ten jurors. Is Maya being forced to pay the price for her decision all those years ago?<br><br>**********<br><br>'Plunge a syringe filled with adrenaline into the heart of Twelve Angry Men and you've got The Holdout: the first legal thriller in thirty years - ever since Presumed Innocent and A Time to Kill electrified readers the world over - to rank alongside those two modern classics.' AJ Finn<br><br>'A page-turning legal thriller with a twisty and absolutely riveting plot ... plus a strong and compelling female heroine. You won't be able to put this one down!' Lisa Scottoline<br><br>'Clever, well-written and twistier than a can of silly-string. You absolutely need to read The Holdout!' Emma Kavanagh<br><br>'Amazing thriller, deserves to be one of the biggest books of 2020' Michelle

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781409196815

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 132 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Verlag / Hersteller

Orion Publishing Co