Jack Conroy and Gwen Harmon are barristers in the same set of chambers in Sydney, Australia. When she dumps him, he is devastated and wants her back. They soon face off in a murder trial. He fights to win an acquittal and win her back. However, in murder trials as in life, nothing goes according to plan. A comic novel about love, the law and horsehair wigs. 'Mark Dryden' is the pen name of Peter Menadue who was a non-prizewinning journalist before studying law at the University of Sydney and Oxford University. He has worked as a barrister in Sydney for more than 20 years. He has written 7 legal novels under his pen name and 21 under his own name. He expects to write more.
