20 Minutes in Court (20 Minutes #15) by Daniel Hurst
Genre: Psychological thriller, Novella, Quick Read
Read: 9th March 2025
Published: 1st October 2021
★★★★★ 5 stars
DESCRIPTION:
It's time for some to have their day in court...
After the dramatic events of the wedding day, things get serious for various characters as they either look to defend themselves or help put somebody else behind bars.
The prosecution. The defence. The judge. The jury. And the accused.
On a busy day for the justice system, only one thing matters:
Innocent. Or guilty?
MY THOUGHTS:
Hot on the tail of "20 Minutes Before the Wedding", this one picks up pretty much where events in the last one left one, albeit some two months later. The setting this time was court and all those involved were in several courtrooms either giving evidence, as a juror, a court reporter, the judge or even the defendant, as the case was in several of them.
Jelena and Bogdan sit in the courtroom to witness the trial of Diego after his crimes were unveiled after last book, along with Lindsey, the woman he was going to marry.
Paula, April and Will sit in on the case against Valentin, but he surprises them all with a statement of his own.
Carol is sitting in on the case against Mick who was driving the lorry that ploughed into several cars on the motorway several months ago when he fell asleep at the wheel.
Shane is sitting in the public gallery of the coroner's inquest into events after he and his friend Gaz were arrested for throwing bricks on the motorway.
Louise is also sitting in on preceedings as she was caught up in the events that day too.
Damian is about to give evidence against his uncle Ronnie and his right hand man Bulldog, but events come to an abrupt halt all too soon.
Harry is on a school excursion to learn about the justice system and that actions always have consequences and the justice system is the result. But a meeting with bad boy Shane in the gents puts a bad taste in his mouth yet leaves him feeling sorry for the lad.
Jamal is in court to answer the charges against him in the terrorist attack in Battersea Park on bonfire night the year before, and he doesn't care what is said about him. Only that the world knows his name and why he is doing this.
There are others playing their part in the system but nothing prepares the reader for the shock ending. Now I need to dive into the next one! And I devoured this one immediately after the previous one, reading both in one day.
Next...20 Minutes Behind Bars
MEET THE AUTHOR:
He has been employed in several glamorous roles in his lifetime, including bartending, shelf stacking and procurement administration, all while based in some of the most exotic places on the planet, like Bolton, Preston and South London.
Daniel writes psychological thrillers and loves to tell tales about unusual things happening to normal people. He has written all his life, making the progression from handing scribbled stories to his parents as a boy to writing full length novels in his thirties. He lives in the North West of England and when he isn’t writing, he is usually watching a game of football in a pub where his wife can’t find him.
Since following his lifelong passion for writing in 2020, he has amassed a loyal and devoted set of readers, and regularly has several books in the top 100 of the Psychological Thriller Charts on Amazon. His title The Passenger became the #1 selling psychological thriller in the UK in October 2021. The Doctor's Wife is his first publication with Bookouture.
A prolific writer, Daniel likes to keep readers on their toes by self publishing even more books in between those released through his publisher.
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