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The Defence

The new unputdownable murder mystery from the No. 1 bestselling author and barrister

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The Defence

By: Rob Rinder
Narrated by: Josh Dylan
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Narrated by Josh Dylan (Mamma Mia, Noughts + Crosses, The Buccaneers)

THE BRAND-NEW MURDER MYSTERY IN THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING SERIES

At MP-turned-wellness-guru Adrian Wells’s glitzy launch event for a bath salt that promises to reverse ageing, someone is about to turn up the heat. . .

As Adrian lowers himself into the architectural copper tub to showcase his miracle product in front of countless influencers, it soon becomes clear that something is amiss.

The bath salt has been poisoned. And now Adrian is dead. His long-suffering assistant Jules is the prime suspect.

Barrister Adam Green is tasked with Jules’s defence, and he quickly realises that there were many more people with a score to settle against Adrian.

Can Adam win the day, or is he in too deep?

PRAISE FOR ROB RINDER . . .

'Hugely enjoyable!' Steve Cavanagh
'Ridiculously entertaining' Tom Hindle
'I did not want it to end' Heidi Perks
'Strong storytelling with a murder mystery at its heart makes it one to treasure' Daily Mail
'A pacy and gripping read' The Sun

© Rob Rinder 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

 Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller & Suspense Heartfelt Fiction Crime Murder
All stars
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It’s always enjoyable spending time with the likeable protagonist Adam Green. I love that so much of the action happens in the courtroom itself. This is fourth in the series. May there be many more.

Clever, fast paced legal drama

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The book is meta-woke. It pretends to be over and beyond wokeness (the victim guru, the feminist KC) but it is only to reassert a "better, more honest" set of.... woke values.
The law appears to be an excuse and the protagonist is lame; everything happens TO him so he's got no agency.
Really poor.

Does not deliver

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