Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of Waterstones Thriller of the MonthWe Begin at the End‘Bold and brave, shocking and heartfelt . . . A very special book from a very special author’

Crime ClubSunday Times‘Abdullah's legal thrillers make John Grisham seem like a maiden aunt’

Adele Parks, magazinePlatinum‘Vividly examines some of the issues that shape (and deform) society . . . A gritty, extremely hard-hitting drama’

Daily Record‘A masterpiece [and] a triumph . . . When you get to the final chapters, buckle up . . . She writes with such intelligence, research and compassion’

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Kamran Hadid feels invincible. He attends Hampton school, an elite all-boys boarding school in London, he comes from a wealthy family, and he has a place at Oxford next year. The world is at his feet. And then a night of revelry leads to a drunken encounter and he must ask himself a horrific question.

With the help of assault counsellor, Zara Kaleel, Kamran reports the incident in the hopes that will be the end of it. But it’s only the beginning…

Powerful, explosive and important, is a contemporary courtroom drama that vividly captures today’s society. You will not stop thinking about it for a long time to come.Truth Be Told

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More praise for :Truth Be Told

pacy and atmospheric‘The court scenes are , and there is more than one unexpected twist’i

Brave, compelling and absolutely riveting‘’ A A Dhand, bestselling author ofStreets of Darkness

powerful‘Tense, harrowing and brilliantly written. A story’ Khurrum Rahman, author ofEast of Hounslow

excellent and intelligent‘An novel’The Literary Review

profound and thought-provoking‘A deeply read’Heat

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