Peaky Blinders: The Devil's Advocate
**The Problem with Neutrality? Eventually, Everyone Makes You Pick a Side.**
James "Jimmy" Cartwright built his reputation on two things: solving problems that violence can't fix, and never taking sides in Birmingham's brutal gang wars.
As the city's premiere fixer, he forges documents, arranges blackmail, and makes the impossible possible—for anyone who can meet his price and pass his moral code.
But in the winter of 1922, neutrality becomes a luxury he can no longer afford.
When Thomas Shelby arrives at Jimmy's office with an impossible deadline—save Arthur from the gallows in 72 hours—the offer comes with strings attached.
Work exclusively for the Peaky Blinders, and Tommy will reveal the truth about Mary Cartwright's death, the sister Jimmy lost five years ago in a suspicious factory "accident."
Desperate for answers and unable to refuse, Jimmy enters the violent world of the Shelby family.
His weapons aren't fists or guns, but leverage and forgery, intelligence and manipulation.
While Arthur, John, and the other Blinders solve problems with violence, Jimmy dismantles enemies with nothing but a pen and his brilliant, strategic mind.
But the deeper Jimmy digs into his sister's past, the more dangerous his position becomes:
**A traitor lurks within the Shelby organization**, feeding information to their enemies—and that traitor has evidence that could destroy Jimmy's reputation forever.
**His sister's killer isn't some factory foreman**, but a powerful Birmingham councilman who's positioned himself as untouchable, using his political influence to wage war on the Shelbys from behind closed doors.
**And Jimmy's one unbreakable rule—never kill—is about to be tested** when Tommy offers the simplest solution: a bullet in the dark, and all Jimmy's problems disappear.
Caught between his principles and his thirst for justice, Jimmy must orchestrate his most elaborate con yet.
He'll need to outthink corrupt police, ambitious politicians, and even the Peaky Blinders themselves.
Because in a world where everyone settles disputes with violence, the man who refuses to kill must be twice as clever—and three times as ruthless.
They say the pen is mightier than the sword. Jimmy's about to prove it can be far more cruel.
**In Small Heath, blood is cheap. Information is expensive. And loyalty costs everything.**
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Schedule: 7 chapters/week
Chapter Lenght: 3000 - 4000 words
