{"product_id":"the-bed-trick-sex-and-deception-on-trial","title":"The Bed Trick : Sex and Deception on Trial","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe said she wore a blindfold at all times. She said she didn't know who she was really having sex with. Two former best friends face each other in court at a sex offence trial.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiss X, making the accusation, claims she was tricked into queer sex, many times, by a best friend pretending to be her boyfriend. But that friend, Gayle Newland, tells a different story. They were secret lesbians, she says, lovers in the closet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe boyfriend was imaginary, and part of a role play that had been going on for years. This astonishing case reached UK courtrooms twice in 2015 and 2017, capturing national attention. At both trials, Newland was convicted of a rare and controversial crime known as 'rape by deception'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn literature, the plot has been named 'the bed trick'. Shakespeare made it famous in plays with lovers switching places in the dark, but in real life, a consummated bed trick is rare. As The Bed Trick unfolds the riveting story of Newland's trials - a case where reality was stranger than fiction - it also reveals the malleability of courtroom narratives, and the many myths, archetypes and stories embedded in the law.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: 2026, UK\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Atlantic Books\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN:\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Izabella Scott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57226590650699,"sku":null,"price":21.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9781805462545.jpg?v=1778067882","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/the-bed-trick-sex-and-deception-on-trial","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}