' A new take on tartan noir.' The Scotsman

Scotland's favourite criminal defence lawyer, Robbie Munro, is back and under pressure to find a missing child, defend a murdering drug-dealer and save the career of a child-pornography-possessing local doctor.

Add to that the antics of his badly-behaving ex-cop dad, the re-kindling of an old flame and a run-in with Scotland's Justice Secretary and you'll discover why it is that, sometimes, a lawyer has to resort to Sharp Practice.

Sharp Practice is the third in a series of smart, fast-moving, crime novels by Scottish criminal defence lawyer, William McIntyre, featuring an engagingly head-strong protagonist and exploiting the kind of authentic court-room, prison and procedural details that stem from years of first-hand experience. The action is centred around the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow in West Lothian and roams over the Larger Central Belt of Scotland.

The Best Defence/Robbie Munro Series:

• Relatively Guilty
• Duty Man
• Sharp Practice
• Killer Contract
• Crime Fiction
• Last Will
• Present Tense
• Good News Bad News
• Stitch Up
• Fixed odds
• Bad Debt
• Best Defence
• How Come?
• No Problem