The Seven is a mystery that keeps you guessing until the end. A cult leader and his followers are on trial for setting off bombs at a party honoring a movie star. Throughout the story you see characters before the explosions and after. The reader sees how lives are affected after the explosions and how the survivors are trying to just make it through each day. As the trial progresses, questions arise of evidence overlooked by the prosecution. Eve comes to review the evidence and it isn't long before things unexpectedly take another turn.

So happy that I received this book on NetGalley! What a great fast and thrilling read! “The Seven" by Robyn Delvey is a gripping legal thriller that plunges readers into courtroom drama and psychological suspense! The two main characters are Eve Wren and Patrick Nye. One determined and devoted to solving this case and the other the flamboyant leader of a cult known as ‘The Seven’. Delvey builds suspense with her writing as Eve dives deeper into the truth, facing threats and uncovering secrets that put her in direct danger. Her writing is sharp and engaging! The pace of the book is fast with twists and turns that you wouldn’t expect. Get ready for a psychological thriller reading adventure!

I was given this book by NetGalley for an honest review-
Eve, a new lawyer working on a trial of the seven —cult leader Patrick and his followers accused of dropping 2 bombs killing 43 people.
She discovers evidence missed—— but someone doesn’t want this found. Suddenly her life is in great danger!

Eve Wren takes a job as a lawyer with the Crown Prosecution Service after she is fired from her firm after doing the right thing….doesn’t she know there’s no place for that in the law?!?!!? (I’m a lawyer too.). She’s assigned to what is probably the biggest criminal trial seen in England in decades (because typically those in charge put the new kid on that. Happens all the time.)

The case? Cult leader (ooh, yeah!) Patrick Nye runs the Decorous cult, which is non-religious, anti-wealth and anti-Hollywood. He was thought dead for many years, but now he and six of his surviving followers are put on trial after detonating two bombs in a London theatre/celebrity event that killed forty-three and injured many others. The case against the defendants appears very clear until Eve finds evidence that calls everything into question. And she shoves it in a crate and sends it away like the last scene in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” never to be seen again, because these are crazy cult bombers and we want a conviction, right? Oh, not that good girl Eve!

Well, obviously I was interested in this book because of the cult, but, sadly, there was almost nothing about it in the book. There is a lot about a survivors group and all that is OK. Eve’s s little goody goody for my taste. I would definitely be one of those “bending the law the fit my needs” types. So it would likely be prison for me. I thought I had figured out two bad actors and I was wrong about both, so there’s that….I preferred the secondary characters to Eve.

This is meant to be the first in the Eve Wren series, I’m not sure I would read on. Nothing really distinguishes Eve from any other lawyer protagonist.

I’m so glad to have received this book as an ARC through NetGalley in return for a positive review!

I am truly a sucker for a good crime mystery book and this checked all the boxes! I’m so glad a such horrific event was able to be rationalized through the multiple timelines and great narratives of this book. I have also had my fair share of looks into cults and this book definitely scratched that itch. I’d highly recommend this quick read for those who are quick to watch the latest cult documentary on whichever streaming platform they choose.