Release date - 3rd November 2017
Book length - 602 pages Publisher - Self-Published Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Liz Mayer for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THE BOOK Trust me, I'm a lawyer. That thread which holds the fabric of society together is broken here in so many ways. McLane witnesses a suicide. The Faculty of Advocates and the University of Edinburgh are both hacked. Is there a connection? Who can he trust to help him discover the culprit? MY REVIEW THE TRUST by John Mayer is a deeply layered legal and political drama that will get under your skin and make you really think about the political system. This is the fourth book in the series and I do advise that you begin with book one, for even though this story can be read as a standalone, there are elements that could be confusing if you are not aware of the back story. The character of Brogan McLane is very evocative and compelling and when he witnesses a suicide he cannot simply walk away and forget. When the Faculty and the University are hacked McLane decides to do some digging, but who can he truly trust? And what do the two new Members of Faculty have to do with all of this? Naturally, there are a lot of technical terms and traditions described throughout but I rather enjoyed this element of the story as it gave me an insight into a world I know nothing about. With intriguing characters, danger, and betrayal, THE TRUST by John Mayer is a solid story. Author Bio: John Mayer (b. 1952) was born in Glasgow, Scotland at a time of post-WW2 austerity. But in 1963 when he heard The Beatles on Radio Caroline, his life path was set. Aged 14 he walked out of school because, in his opinion, he wasn't being well taught. Every day for the next year, in all weathers, he cycled 9 miles to and 9 miles from the Mitchell Library in central Glasgow where he devoured books of all kinds. While still an apprentice engineer he was soon teaching men two and three times his age. But in the 1970s he 'dived off a cliff' and set out to become a Record Producer. He built his own record company trading in 14 countries. After a court battle with global giants, he went to the University of Edinburgh and became an Advocate in the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He acted for the downtrodden and desperate as well as Greenpeace International. His specialism was in fighting international child abduction. As an author, John has written non-fiction, legal texts and articles; broadcasting to tens of millions of people on US and UK radio, TV and print media. The Trial is the first novel in his Parliament House Books series. Set in Edinburgh, it's an homage to Franz Kafka's book of the same title. The Trial sees crusading Scottish Advocate, Brogan McLane, fight injustice casually delivered by Low Life in High Places in the Old Town. For more information: Twitter - twitter.com/johnmayerauthor Facebook - www.facebook.com/theparliamenthousebooks/
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