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The Holdout - Graham Moore - Mystery/ Crime
“The real killer could be any of the other ten jurors. Is Maya being forced to pay
the price for her decision all those years ago?”
Ten years ago Maya and Rick were part of  jury who found Bobby Nock innocent of the
murder of Jessica Silver. Jessica was the daughter of a wealthy statesman and she
was never seen again- a body was never found. Maya famously changed the whole
jury from 11-1 guilty when they started to a non guilty verdict.She went on to become
a successful defence lawyer. For the ten year anniversary a TV show wants to get
together the remaining jury members. Maya isn’t sure about this at all but her
company wants her to go and support her.. Rick says he has new evidence to show
that they were all wrong- Bobby did kill Jessica after all. When one of the jurors is
then found dead- could it be one of the others? Is Maya safe or is she about to pay
the price for speaking out all those years ago? Oooh!!! This gripped me early on
. chapters flip between what went on at the trial and now and are easy to follow.
I quickly liked Maya as she fought for what she believed in and wasn’t a push over
just to get a quick verdict. A jury story with a difference- a real difference!
A brilliantly written thrilling read that kept me in its grip to the very last page
For more reviews please see my blog http://nickibookblog.blogspot.co.uk/

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