A Game of Proof by Tim Vicary

Sarah Newby has fought hard for her success. Finding herself pregnant at the age of fifteen, she managed not only to bring up her child, but to continue her education and achieve her ambition of becoming a criminal barrister. She regularly defends people she suspects are guilty, but in the courtroom that is irrelevant. What matters is how cleverly you present your case. It is, after all, just a game.
But she feels differently when her own son is accused of a particularly brutal rape and murder.

A Game of Proof is the first of the Sarah Newby courtroom drama series. And what a tremendous début it is.
Not being aware, when I first came across Tim Vicary, just what a superb writer he is and that I would want to read everything he's ever written, I read them in the wrong order – starting with the second book, A Fatal Verdict. But, even though that made me aware of the outcome of this first novel, that scarcely impinged upon me once I began to read. This book fairly flows. And it is SO exciting. The characters are so well-drawn that you are drawn into their lives – so completely, in my case, that I forgot place and time and didn't surface until I had finished.
It left me wanting more. Luckily there are more. Read this one first, and then there are another two to go.
And then there are the other Tim Vicary books. But I'll leave you to find out for yourself. There are few greater pleasures than that of discovering a wonderful new author and exploring everything they've written.

5 stars