"It is BabyBarista's first day as a pupil barrister in chambers. Never mind his degree in law; it's his summer working in Starbucks that's really going to stand him in good stead, since coffee-making seems to be his chief responsibility. He has just one year to make his mark and prove by foul means or fair that, out of the four pupil barristers, he's the one who deserves to stay on and win the sought-after prize of a tenancy in chambers... Having been assigned to TheBoss, his oily pupil-master, BabyB retreats to his tiny desk in a dusty corner to consider the competition: TopFirst, a Cambridge graduate with a prizewinning CV and an ego to match; BusyBody, a human whirlwind on a husband hunt; and wide-eyed Worrier, who carries the world on her anxious shoulders... Quietly, he smiles to himself, and begins to hatch a plan of double-dealing and dirty tricks..."--Publisher description.