Peter Murphy graduated from Cambridge University and spent a career in the law, as an advocate, teacher, and judge. He has worked both in England and the United States, and seved for several years as counsel at the Yugoslavian War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He has written six novels: two political thrillers about the US presidency, Removal and Test of Resolve; four legal thrillers featuring Ben Schroeder set in Sixties London, A Higher Duty, A Matter for the Jury, And is There Honey Still for Tea? and The Heirs of Owain Glyndลตr. His collection of court room dramas Walden of Bermondsey will be published later this year. He lives with his wife Chris, in Cambridgeshire.