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Orchid Beach: a novel (Holly Barker #Bk. 1)
By Stuart Woods. 1998
Holly Barker, newly discharged from the army, becomes assistant police chief in a small Florida town. On arrival, she assumes…
the chief's duties because he has been shot. She investigates his assault. The trail leads to a gated community - guarded by some very shady characters. Some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 1998.Old City Hall (Detective Ari Greene Ser. #1)
By Robert Rotenberg. 2009
Need to know (Sisterhood.)
By Fern Michaels. 2018
The tightknit group of friends who make up the Sisterhood have learned one vital lesson: everybody has a weak spot.…
In the case of Yoko Wong's dear friend Garland Lee, that weak spot was trusting her lawyer. For years, he's taken advantage of her faith in him to amass a secret fortune. And now, in the deepest betrayal yet, he's dragged her into a lawsuit that could cost her home and everything she has left. And all his years of underhanded dealings won't prepare him for the type of creative payback that the Sisters have made their specialty. 2018.Needles
By William Deverell. 1979
Mission Hill
By Pamela Wechsler. 2016
Abby Endicott is chief of the District Attorney's homicide unit in Boston, where she investigates and prosecutes the city's most…
dangerous killers. She attended the elite Winsor school, graduated from Harvard Law School, and has been known to change into an evening gown amidst bodies in the morgue. She loves her job, and is committed to it. But among Abby's many secrets is her longtime affair with fellow prosecutor Tim Mooney, a married father of one. One night, Abby is awakened very late by a phone call from her favourite detective, who reports that there has been a horrific murder but is vague about the specifics. When she arrives at the crime scene and discovers the identity of the victim, she knows the terror and tragedy are only beginning. 2016.Most dangerous place: a Jack Swyteck novel (Jack Swyteck series. #13.)
By James Grippando. 2017
According to the FBI, the most dangerous place for a woman between the ages of twenty and thirty is in…
a relationship with a man. Those statistics become all too personal when Jack Swyteck takes on a new client tied to his past. It begins at the airport, where Jack is waiting to meet his old high school buddy, Keith Ingraham, a high-powered banker based in Hong Kong, coming to Miami for his young daughter's surgery. But their long-awaited reunion is abruptly derailed when the police arrest Keith's wife, Isabelle, in the terminal, accusing her of conspiring to kill the man who raped her in college. Jack quickly agrees to represent Isa, but soon discovers that to see justice done, he must separate truth from lies--an undertaking that proves more complicated than the seasoned attorney expects. Sequel to "Gone again". 2017.Missing witness (Chambers of justice. #4.)
By Craig Parshall. 2004
Mississippi blood: a novel (Penn Cage. #6.)
By Greg Iles. 2017
Grief-stricken and with his world collapsing around him, Penn Cage is shut out of trial preparations by his once-revered Southern…
doctor father, who is about to be tried for murder in the wake of revelations about a mixed-race child and KKK associations. Bestseller. Sequel to "The bone tree". 2017.Like men betrayed
By John Mortimer. 1988
When solicitor Christopher Kennet discovers his son, Kit, has involved them both in the illegal manipulation of funds belonging to…
a long-time client, it comes as quite a surprise. But Kennet gives up his world of habit and routine in order to discover the reasons for his son’s mysterious behaviour, and in the process they both gain a new respect for one another. 1988.Man in the middle
By Brian Haig. 2007
Dispatched to investigate the suicide of one of DCs most influential defense officials, an ardent, early supporter of the war…
in Iraq, Army lawyer Sean Drummond and his female partner find themselves in the middle of a tug-of-war between Washington's most influential power brokers and his own personal allegiance to the soldiers dying overseas. What he uncovers are the secrets that led to the war, secrets that once exposed would destroy public support and undermine the presidency. Now, Drummond faces the greatest moral quandary of his life: What is the true meaning of patriotism? 2007.Legal tender (Rosato & Associates. #2.)
By Lisa Scottoline. 1996
When Bennie Rosato's partner and ex-boyfriend, Mark Biscardi, is murdered after announcing his plans to dissolve their Philadelphia law firm,…
police suspect Bennie. Upon falling under suspicion for two more killings, Bennie becomes a fugitive in a desperate race to prove her innocence. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1996.Lawyer for the cat (Sally Baynard novel. #2.)
By Lee Robinson. 2016
Agreeing to represent Beatrice, a black cat who's the beneficiary of a multi-million dollar trust and a plantation, Sally Baynard…
must put her wit, charm, and brains to the test, choosing among three colorful potential caregivers while dodging the former owner's angry son. 2016.Last to die (Jack Swyteck series. #3.)
By James Grippando. 2003
As a favour to his best friend Theo, Miami lawyer Jack Swytek reluctantly agrees to represent Tatum Knight, Theo's brother.…
Tatum is a thug--a hit man who claims he's gone straight. Tatum tells Jack that a woman named Sally Fenning hired him to kill her but he swears he refused the job. Now Sally is dead and she's named Tatum in her will, along with five other people, all of whom she had reason to hate. The catch is, the only one who will inherit the $46 million is the last one standing. Suddenly people are dying, and Jack has to find out if his client is an innocent man or a killer. Sequel to "Beyond suspicion", followed by "Hear no evil". 2003.Lament for Bonnie: a mystery (Collins-Burke mystery series. #9.)
By Anne Emery. 2016
Twelve-year-old Bonnie MacDonald--the beloved stepdancing, fiddling youngest member of Cape Breton's famed Clan Donnie band--vanishes after a family party. There…
was no stranger spotted lurking around, but no one thinks for one minute that Bonnie ran away. Maura MacNeil, cousin to Clan Donnie, offers her husband's legal services to the family as the police search for the missing girl. But fame attracts some strange characters and Clan Donnie has groupies. So, it turns out, does lawyer and bluesman Monty Collins. Monty and Maura's daughter, Normie, is much closer to the action as she gets to know her cousins, learns things she wishes she never had. 2016.Keeper of the flame: A Crang Mystery (Crang mystery. #6.)
By Jack Batten. 2016
Crang is a smart-talking criminal lawyer who doesn’t mind chasing down unorthodox cases. That makes him just the guy to…
represent a famous hip-hop performer who’s on the wrong end of a blackmail scheme. It doesn’t strike Crang as a confounding case, but in no time, he finds himself confronting an organized gang that deals in porn, stock swindles, and murder. Things get so messy that Crang decides he’ll have to bend the law to make things right. It’s a dilemma that would cause other lawyers to back away, but not Crang, the nervy attorney with the fast mouth. Sequel to "Take five", followed by "Booking in". 2016.Killer smile (Rosato & Associates #Bk. 9)
By Lisa Scottoline. 2004
Philadelphia attorney Mary DiNunzio tackles a complicated case. During World War II Italian American detainee Amadeo Brandolini supposedly committed suicide…
in a U.S. internment camp. While Mary tries to obtain reparations from the government for the Brandolini estate, someone tries to silence her. Some violence and some strong language. 2004. (Rosato & Associates)Infamy (Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi series. #28.)
By Robert Tanenbaum. 2016
Innocence (Scott Finn. #2.)
By David Hosp. 2007
A policewoman is left for dead in an alley, and when she recovers she points the finger at an El…
Salvadorian immigrant with gang ties. But all the evidence is pointing the other way. And as lawyer Scott Finn digs deeper, he finds a thin line between guilt and innocence. 2007.I'll see you in my dreams: An Arthur Beauchamp Novel
By William Deverell. 2011
While renewing his annual try for the Most Points in Vegetables and Fruits at the Garibaldi Island Fall Fair, crusty,…
poetry-loving, wily lawyer Arthur Beauchamp is forced by new developments to revisit his first murder trial, which went horribly wrong. Now, nearly 50 years later, he is opening old wounds but also facing a chance for redemption and reconciliation. Includes strong language. 2011.Dante's poison: a Mark Angelotti novel (A Mark Angelotti novel. #2.)
By Lynne Raimondo. 2014
When muckraking journalist Rory Gallagher falls dead of a fatal dose of Lucitrol, a powerful antipsychotic drug, suspicion immediately falls…
on his lover, attorney Jane Barrett, who has just successfully defended the drug’s manufacturer against product-liability claims. Blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti and lawyer Hallie Sanchez manage to obtain Jane’s release, only to discover that Gallagher’s killer may still be on the loose - and targeting them as his next victim. Sequel to "Dante's wood". Followed by "Dante's dilemma". 2015, c2014.