The Protest by Rob Rinder - Review

As you know from previous reviews I'm sure, I've read all of Rob Rinder's books and I actually quite rate them as far as books written by celebrities go. I've been waiting for this for months and it finally came through on my hold at the library. I guess a lot of others wanted to read it too! 

We're back with barrister Adam Green. He's got two cases to sort out. In the first one, a protestor called Lexi is arrested on the charge of murder. She's a protestor, a little bit like one from Just Stop Oil, and she throws paint or something at this world famous artist, Max something, who is at a very fancy exhibition of his work. But there's cyanide in the paint and Max dies. Lexi is immediately arrested because everyone saw her do it, but she is insistent that she didn't mean to kill him. She was protesting, yes, but nothing more. Adam believes her, so he and the solicitor he is working under must investigate her claims. Adam doesn't like Lexy and she doesn't endear herself to the reader, either, but he wants justice for her. At the root of it Adam is a fundamentally decent  fellow who wants the best for his clients. 

Meanwhile, he is defending a soldier over the death of a fellow soldier in the last days of a conflict, something like conflict in Iraq or something like that. In this, Adam is defending in barracks not in a court, and I think the jury is made up of soldiers too. As I remember, it was easy to feel sorry for all sides here, and it was interesting to see Adam in a different setting.

As with previous books, there wasn't a lot of Adam's personal life shown. There seemed to be fewer phone calls with his mother. I would like more of a look at his personal life in the future - and maybe a significant other for him! - and I will of course I'll read the next one when it's out. I'm giving this three and a half out of five. It did drag a bit for me - I think there was a bit in the middle that was a bit woolley - but overall I enjoyed it.