This book was a random pick from a charity bookshop that turned out rather well. It’s quite lengthy at 570+ pages, but I found it a real page-turner.
Terry Flynt was a bright young student at Cambridge University, having worked hard at his state school in Stevenage (along with best friend Vernon James) to get the grades. Sadly, his academic life was ruined the night his friend accused him of theft, he got drunk and was beaten up in the street. Having flunked his exams the next day, he was sent down. Subsequently, he scratched a living in temporary jobs until he landed a chance at redemption as a clerk in a firm of solicitors.
Terry has his chance at revenge when, by coincidence, his nemesis Vernon is charged with murder and Terry is the clerk on the case. Terry is conflicted, wanting both to see his old friend pay, but also wanting to impress so that he can progress in his job.
The pace is pretty frantic, as Terry and investigator Alan Swayne dig deeper into the case, which looks more and more like a setup. For me, there are too many murders as the wrong-doers try to cover up the trail. Also, given the date of the original murder, it was in hindsight quite obvious which deal Vernon was working on that led to his being framed to prevent him completing that deal.
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