<i>A new Burton & Lamb thriller with an AI twist from the acclaimed author of The Pinocchio Brief.</i><br><br><b>"An intense and compelling legal drama – quite wonderful" </b>- <i>Geoffrey Wansell </i><br><br> An elderly local artist plunges 100 feet to her death at an overstretched London hospital and the police immediately sense foul play. The hospital cleaner, a Syrian refugee and a loner, is arrested for her murder.<br><br> He protests his innocence, but why has he given her the story of Aladdin to read, and why does he shake uncontrollably in times of stress? <br><br>Judith Burton and Constance Lamb reunite to defend a man the media has already convicted. Together they uncover not only the cleaner's secrets, but also those of the artist's family, her lawyer and the hospital.