The Star Witness

Can the brilliant, if not feisty, rising star of the Bar, barrister Amanda Buckingham find a way to successfully defend her newest client? Ricky "The Star Man" O'Ryan had won his sixth professional boxing contest and was celebrating his undefeated record but he woke the following morning in a police station having been charged with Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent. Amanda was up against the ropes and she knew it. Her opposing barrister was her colleague and one time friend at Hartington Chambers and she could not shift the sense that all was not as it seemed. The opening rounds of the case were not going well and Amanda knew she was going to have to produce something out of the ordinary to save Ricky from a career-ending defeat. The Star Witness is case 2 of season 1 of the Amanda Buckingham BriefCase Series and it proves to be the toughest fight of her legal career to date. Includes case 1 of season 1: The Courageous Witness (also available as part of City Fiction's Novella Nostalgia series.