{"product_id":"9781409196815-the-holdout","title":"The Holdout","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne jury member changed the verdict. What if she was wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne jury member changed the verdict. What if she was wrong?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the screenwriter of THE IMITATION GAME comes a knockout thriller that reads as 12 Angry Men meets Serial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The most gripping and satisfying thriller I've read in more than a decade' \u003cb\u003eSophie Hannah\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'One of the best legal thrillers . as elegant and gripping as Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent' \u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Quite the tour de force! Twelve Angry Men meets Chinatown and creates something of its own' \u003cb\u003eSarah Pinborough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a tense, emotionally charged, scary-good, stand-out read' \u003cb\u003eCaroline Kepnes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**********\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAJOR TV SERIES COMING SOON - FROM THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT YOU NETFLIX'S UNBELIEVABLE.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne juror changed the verdict. What if she was wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Ten years ago we made a decision together.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher, Bobby Nock, is the prime suspect. It's an open and shut case for the prosecution, and a quick conviction seems all but guaranteed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil Maya Seale, a young woman on the jury, persuades the rest of the jurors to vote not guilty: a controversial decision that will change all of their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen years later, one of the jurors is found dead, and Maya is the prime suspect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e**********\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Plunge a syringe filled with adrenaline into the heart of Twelve Angry Men and you've got The Holdout: the first legal thriller in thirty years - ever since Presumed Innocent and A Time to Kill electrified readers the world over - to rank alongside those two modern classics.' \u003cb\u003eAJ Finn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A page-turning legal thriller with a twisty and absolutely riveting plot . plus a strong and compelling female heroine. You won't be able to put this one down!' \u003cb\u003eLisa Scottoline\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Clever, well-written and twistier than a can of silly-string. You absolutely need to read The Holdout!' \u003cb\u003eEmma Kavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Amazing thriller, deserves to be one of the biggest books of 2020' \u003cb\u003eMichelle Davies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Terrific, twisty and well-structured thriller' \u003cb\u003eAdele Geras\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451483304310,"sku":"9781409196815","price":8.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_13946238_jpg.jpg?v=1760462705","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781409196815-the-holdout","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}