You Dont Know Me

As chosen by The BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB and one of The TELEGRAPH'S CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR. 'An original take on a courtroom drama that puts the reader in the position of the jury. Superb character-driven fiction. Masterful' Guardian In London a young man stands accused of murder.All the evidence points to him; the police see an open and shut case. But at his trial, this man, who has tried tostay out of trouble all his life, tells an extraordinary story. It is about ayoung woman who tried to protect her brother and got into terrible trouble.It's about a young man who, in order to save her, entered a dark, violent worldhe'd avoided for so long. He now stands in the dock and wants totell you the truth. He needs you to believe him. Will you? PRAISE FOR YOU DON'T KNOW ME 'A searing, heart-breaking, genre-bending crime novel that triumphantly reconfigures the traditional whodunnit into something remarkable' RUTH WARE 'A daring concept executed to perfection, a hypnotic and authentic voice, and questions for us to answer as people and readers' LEE CHILD 'Startlingly original, stunning, superbly executed' DAILY MAIL 'A rollercoaster ride' GUARDIAN 'An exciting first novel, highly original, cleverly plotted and convincingly written' LITERARY REVIEW 'You Don't Know Me is a brave debut by a barrister... an impressively original courtroom drama' THE TIMES 'You'll never guess the ending' THE SUN