The Innocent One

Name: The Innocent One
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Lisa Ballantyne
ISBN: 9781667075266

Author: Lisa Ballantyne

Narrator: John Sackville

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spotify Audiobooks

Published: 11/01/2022

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

He was a child who was accused of murder. Who did he become when he grew up? A gripping, thought-provoking thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Everything She Forgot.
Innocent?Ten years have passed, but everyone remembers The Angel Killer. Sebastian Croll was just eleven years old when accused of murdering his playmate.
Criminal attorney Daniel Hunter helped prove Sebastian's innocence in a trial that gripped the nation—and now the past is being unearthed when he gets a call from his old client.
Or guilty?Sebastian's university professor has been brutally murdered—and everyone who knew her is in the frame of suspicion. As Daniel steps in to represent Sebastian for a second time, news about the boy's past spreads like wildfire, instantly branding Sebastian as guilty.
With tensions around the country rising, can Daniel prove once again that Sebastian is the innocent one? Especially when he realizes that it's not just Sebastian who is in danger, but himself . . .

About Lisa Ballantyne

Lisa Ballantyne is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated The Guilty One. She lived and worked in China for many years and started writing seriously while she was there. Ballantyne now lives in Glasgow, Scotland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mary

The entire reason I decided to pick up The Innocent One by Lisa Ballantyne is because I randomly saw it on Bookstagram and thought it sounded good so why not! Ballantyne is a new to me author, and I also wasn't aware of the fact that this is actually a follow-up to The Guilty One (which is also her......more

Goodreads review by Whispering

As a child, Sebastian was tried for the murder of his friend. He was defended by solicitor Daniel and found not guilty. Now a young adult at university, one of his teachers has been brutally murdered and once again Sebastian calls on Daniel to represent him. But was Sebastian really guilty of murder......more

Goodreads review by Ken

I didn't realise that this was a follow-up to 'The Guilty One', though the author perfectly recaps the events of that novel which means that this can be enjoyed on its own. Obviously spoiling the events of the first book where criminal solicitor Daniel Hunter receives a call from Sebastian Croll, wh......more

Goodreads review by Jayne

Ten years ago, Sebastian Croll was acquitted of murdering his playmate. Today, he is a suspect in murdering his university professor. Is Sebastian innocent or guilty? Criminal attorney Daniel Hunter defended Sebastian ten years ago and will defend him again. Surprisingly, the majority of this book focus......more

Goodreads review by Karen

4 / 5 Reading this book, I didn’t know if it was going to be another slow paced, drama. I enjoyed reading this book and the pace of it, I didn’t mind the slow paced plot it was more that things within the story line kept occurring that it didn’t once bore me. That being said the main plot does drag a......more