Anything but the Truth
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On trial is young tearaway Ian Tanner, accused of the accidental but reckless hit-and-run killing of his own buddy. What really happened? The answer involves a ruthless gang, a gang that nearly disposes of yet another victim before Detective Constable Patrick Bramley figures it all out.
Meanwhile the judge is facing a personal predicament so closely associated with the case itself that he doubts whether he should proceed ...
'Excellent' Current Crime
Michael Underwood
Michael Underwood (1916-1992, and the pseudonym of John Michael Evelyn) was born in Worthing, Sussex and educated at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1939 and served in the British army during World War Two. He returned to work in the Department of Public Prosecutions until his retirement in 1976, and wrote almost 50 crime novels informed by his career in the law. His five series characters include Sergeant Nick Atwell and lawyer Rosa Epton, of whom is was said by the Washington Post that she 'outdoes Perry Mason'.
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