An anonymous barrister offers a shocking, darkly comic and very moving journey through the legal system – and explains how it's failing all of us. - The Sunday Times number one bestseller. - Winner of the Books are My Bag Non-Fiction Award. - Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. - Shortlisted for Specsavers Non-Fiction Book of the Year. - You may not wish to think about it, but one day you or someone you love will almost certainly appear in a criminal courtroom. You might be a juror, a victim, a witness or – perhaps through no fault of your own – a defendant. Whatever your role, you’d expect a fair trial. - I’m a barrister. I work in the criminal justice system, and every day I see how fairness is not guaranteed. Too often the system fails those it is meant to protect. The innocent are wronged and the guilty allowed to walk free. - A Sunday Times top ten bestseller for twenty-four weeks.‘ Eye-opening, funny and horrifying’ – Observer‘Everyone who has any interest in public life should read it’ – Daily Mail