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Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct: Lee Mitchell #2 | Nicola Williams
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When the Head Clerk at her Chambers is murdered, Lee Mitchell doesn’t know who she can trust.
One of the last people to see him alive, the crime is pinned on Junior Clerk Dean who ‘seems like the type’. Working-class and still living on the estate where he grew up, he has the most to gain from Tom’s death.
But Lee knows how easily prejudices can snowball into convictions – and steps in to defend him. As the trial progresses, people Lee has worked with for years become suspects as her Chambers crumbles into a world of chaos and deceit.
And, what of the diary, whispered about by those at Chambers? The one Tom used to blackmail Lee’s friends and enemies alike to do his bidding? The one containing secrets some might kill to keep hidden?
Maybe finding it will be the key to solving his murder. Or maybe some secrets are better left buried . . .
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Killer Instinct: Lee Mitchell #2 | Nicola Williams
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The second outing for barrister, Lee Mitchell, sees her defending someone from her legal Chambers - Junior Clerk, Dean. Dean's boss, Tom Mannion, was found dead in a dark alley after a night out drinking, & Dean was the last person to be seen with him. Even though the evidence, what there is of it, is mostly circumstantial, the police & judiciary seem oddly keen to prosecute the case. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf Lee knew Tom too & knows that there are many others who had reason to dislike Tom but did they dislike him enough to kill?

I enjoyed this one slightly more than the first book. It was frustrating but true to life, to see the rich & [en]titled with their private clubs & 'old boys' networks conspire to focus attention on working class Dean. If there's a criticism, i would say that again the solution to the case literally walks through the door, 2w
OutsmartYourShelf it's not really found by Lee as such. I spent most of the book wondering why no-one had looked for the CCTV on the bus Dean caught back home, because it wasn't even mentioned until almost three-quarters of the way through. It's a solid legal thriller though & I'm kind of warming to Lee. 4🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Penguin UK/Hamish Hamilton, for the opportunity to read an ARC.
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OutsmartYourShelf Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7278368996
Read 11th-13th July 2025

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