Big-time lawyer defends monolithic corporation and wins case. Loved one dies as result of corporation’s wrongdoing. Attack of conscience hits lawyer who goes after big business. Does the plot sound familiar? The author does a great job of taking a tried and true formula and turning it into an excellent story with well-developed characters and subplots to make it a compulsive read.

I just do not know where to start. Obviously at the beginning I hear you cry, but I enjoyed this book so much I am a bit overexcited. The first thing to say is that sometimes 5 stars just doesn’t get it and it is at times like this I wish we rated books out of 10 so that it is easier to see the really outstanding books. If that were the case – 10 stars obviously.

Our protagonist Matthew is a corporate lawyer who specialises in defending pharmaceutical companies. His style is to shift the blame from the pharmaceutical companies to anyone – the doctors who prescribed (did they do so correctly), the patient’s own lifestyle, anyone. Yes there is blame attached, but not to the manufacturer. Pretty slick. So is his lifestyle. Earn plenty, climb the ladder in his legal firm and marry the right girl and buy the right house. Pretty slick (again). Until he receives a message that his sister has died of a heroin overdose.

Returning to his family home he deals with the funeral etc., and it is his brother who pricks his conscience regarding her death. It is only when he returns back to work that he decides to walk away from the morally corrupt lifestyle and challenge the drug company who prescribed his sister’s medication.

That is it. I can’t say anymore, because it will spoil everything. There were times I doubted the outcome and Matt’s ability, but I never doubted the great plot or indeed the great characters. This reminds me very much of John Grisham’s books. Fantastic. Any more Mr Trafford? Please…

Thank you to the author publishers and NetGalley for providing an ARC via my Kindle in return for an honest review.