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The Lawyer. A Gripping Australian Legal Thriller
Paperback
Publisher: Marie Bryce
Published: Feb 18 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Clara Mitchell is one of Australia's most formidable criminal defense lawyers. For years, she has done exactly what the law demands of her: defend the accused, challenge the evidence, exploit the loopholes. She is brilliant at it. Too brilliant.
When a series of cases forces Clara to confront the human cost of her victories, the line between justice and legality begins to fracture. Criminals walk free. Victims are silenced. And the system rewards her for outcomes that keep her awake at night.
As Clara turns her attention to defending victims instead of perpetrators, she brings with her an intimate knowledge of how offenders think, how cases collapse, and how the law is manipulated. That knowledge makes her dangerous. To criminals. To colleagues. And, eventually, to the institutions she once served without question.
Her decision sparks backlash from within the legal profession, public scrutiny from the media, and escalating threats that reach beyond the courtroom and into her home. With her marriage under strain and her safety no longer guaranteed, Clara must decide how far she is willing to go to force accountability in a system resistant to change.
The Lawyer is a tense, deeply human legal thriller that explores the moral cost of winning, the quiet failures of the justice system, and the price paid by those who refuse to look away.
For readers who enjoy intelligent courtroom drama, complex female protagonists, and stories where the law is tested by conscience.
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