The Holdout: One jury member changed the verdict. What if she was wrong?

This is the first novel I've read by Graham Moore and it's both gripping and thrilling! Told partly in the present, and partly from a decade ago, this is the story of the jurors in a murder trial; what occurs now is inexplicably connected to what happened then - and it makes rather fine reading! As the one juror who believed the accused's innocence, Maya Seale managed to convince eleven people who considered him guilty to reverse their decision and release the defendant. Ten years on, Maya is a top lawyer, successful in her career until the case from the past rears it's ugly head again . . . What a story! Wrapped up tightly, this unravels slowly as we get to know everything about Maya's past and how it relates to the present. Raising questions of racism amongst others, this is an intrinsically complicated tale which, with skilled writing, comes across so easily! It grabbed my attention from the very first and kept me fascinated until the very end. There is so much that I never saw coming but, in all honesty, I was so invested in events that I just never thought about things. A marvellously complete story, beautifully written and I will definitely be on the lookout for more from this author. A cracking thriller, highly recommended and one I consider fully worthy of all five sparkling stars.