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At a glance
| Book | Authors | Published | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasonable Doubt Cinto Press (Bath Publishing) · 461pp | Christopher Morris | 9 July 2026 | Argues the conviction is unsafe |
| Unmasking Lucy Letby Headline (Hachette UK) | Jonathan Coffey, Judith Moritz | 24 October 2024 | States no conclusion either way |
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Reasonable Doubt: Examining the Case of Lucy Letby
Publication details
- Author: Christopher Morris
- Publisher: Cinto Press, an imprint of Bath Publishing
- First published: 9 July 2026
- Extent: 461 pages
- Editions: Paperback, ISBN 9781917447492, £12.99 · Hardback, ISBN 9781917447485, £22
- Publisher’s page: bathpublishing.com
What it sets out to argue
The publisher describes the book as an examination of Morris's belief that Lucy Letby has been the victim of a miscarriage of justice, and that her guilty verdict is not beyond reasonable doubt. It sets out concerns raised by professionals about the science relied on to explain how the babies died, the weight placed on circumstantial evidence, and the interpretation of the statistics used against her. Morris's own stated conclusion, quoted by The Justice Gap, is that "the conviction of Lucy Letby is chronically unsafe. It cannot be allowed to stand."
What it is based on
Interviews with more than sixty experts in neonatology, paediatrics, nursing and statistics, conducted over three years, together with documents submitted to the Thirlwall Inquiry and the trial transcripts. Kate Clanchy's review in Prospect puts the number of individuals included at seventy and describes Morris as an author of YouTube explainer videos about the case before he wrote the book.
Publicly supported by
Named in The Justice Gap’s report of the book, 14 July 2026. Roles are given for identification; inclusion here is not an endorsement by this site.
- Sir David Davis MP — Conservative MP who has raised the case repeatedly in the House of Commons
- Professor John Ashton CBE — Public health physician and former President of the UK Faculty of Public Health
- Dr Phil Hammond — Doctor, broadcaster and author of Private Eye's M.D. medical column
Reviews and coverage
- Prospect — Kate Clanchy, 25 July 2026
A mixed but broadly favourable review. Clanchy calls the book "compendious, inelegant, shamelessly partisan, yet useful and admirable", and reads it as a tour of institutional failure rather than a straightforward true-crime account. - The Justice Gap — Jon Robins, 14 July 2026
An interview-led piece setting out how the book was researched, who has publicly supported it, and Morris's own conclusion on the safety of the convictions.
Read alongside
Unmasking Lucy Letby: The Untold Story of the Killer Nurse
Publication details
- Authors: Jonathan Coffey and Judith Moritz
- Publisher: Headline, an imprint of Hachette UK
- First published: 24 October 2024
- Editions: Hardback, ISBN 9781399625166, 24 October 2024 · Paperback, ISBN 9781399625180, £10.99, 14 August 2025
- Publisher’s page: hachette.co.uk
What it sets out to argue
The account written by the BBC journalists behind the Panorama coverage of the case. The publisher describes it as drawing on extensive interviews with people who knew and worked with Letby, together with access to sources and documents, tracing her life from childhood to prison while examining the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital, the police investigation and the evidence presented at trial. The publisher frames the book as "thoughtful, meticulously researched and open-minded", ending on "the one, big question that continues to surround it: is Lucy Letby innocent or guilty?"
What it is based on
Judith Moritz attended the trial throughout for the BBC; the book is built on the reporting behind the authors' Panorama documentaries, interviews with people who knew and worked with Letby, and documentary sources.
Read alongside
How to read two books that disagree
Neither book is a primary source. Both are secondary accounts that select, order and interpret material which is, for the most part, publicly available — the trial transcripts, the Thirlwall Inquiry evidence bundle, the expert reports filed since conviction. Where the two accounts conflict, the useful question is not which author is more persuasive but which underlying document each is relying on, and whether that document says what the account says it says.
- Source reliability scale — where a book sits relative to a court record or a peer-reviewed paper.
- The prosecution case, stated at its strongest.
- Evidence problems — prosecution claim against post-conviction counter-evidence, issue by issue.
- What we don’t know — the open questions neither book closes.
- Documents library — the primary material both books draw on.
Related pages
- Timeline: ‘Reasonable Doubt’ published (9 July 2026)
- Latest developments
- The Netflix documentary (February 2026)
- Media coverage reading list
- Media analysis
- Commentary library
Sources and corrections
Bibliographic data for ‘Reasonable Doubt’ from the Bath Publishing / Cinto Press product page; research method, supporters and the author’s conclusion from Jon Robins, The Justice Gap, 14 July 2026; critical reception from Kate Clanchy, Prospect, 25 July 2026. Bibliographic data and publisher description for ‘Unmasking Lucy Letby’ from the Hachette UK title pages for the 2024 hardback and the 2025 paperback. We have not read either book on your behalf and make no claim about material in them that these sources do not describe. If any detail here is wrong — including an author or publisher who believes their book is mischaracterised — please tell us: see corrections policy.