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Devil's corner
By Lisa Scottoline. 2005
Philadelphia. A routine meeting with an informant turns deadly when gunmen open fire. Assistant U.S. Attorney Vicki Allegretti escapes, but…
her partner dies. The search for the killers leads to a rough neighbourhood, called Devil's Corner--and an unlikely ally. 2005.Dead Irish: a novel (Dismas Hardy Ser. #No. 1)
By John T Lescroart. 1989
For former San Francisco cop Dismas Hardy, a straight Irish whiskey will do anytime. The news of the death of…
young Eddie Cochrane calls for a double. The cops think it's suicide, but doubts lead Hardy back into the heart of the little Shamrock. His instincts warn him that someone else is going to die. 1989.When local nobleman Etienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family château, the town is abuzz with rumours.…
Chief magistrate Antoine Verlaque suspects foul play, and must turn to his on-again, off-again love interest, law professor Marine Bonnet, for help when he discovers that she had been a close friend of the Bremonts. Some strong language and some descriptions of violence. 2011.Dead ringer (Rosato & Associates. #8.)
By Lisa Scottoline. 2003
To keep her Philadelphia law firm out of bankruptcy, attorney Bennie Rosato takes on a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit. Meanwhile,…
her vengeful twin sister returns, bent on impersonating Bennie and ruining her reputation. The situation gets desperate when Bennie's new client is murdered. Bestseller. 2003.Dead in the water: a novel (A Stone Barrington Novel #No. 3)
By Stuart Woods. 1997
Allison Manning pilots her yacht into St. Mark's island, claiming she had to bury her husband at sea after he…
had a fatal heart attack. When the minister of justice moves to convict Allison of murder, a vacationing New York lawyer comes to her defense. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1997.Among thieves (Scott Finn. #3.)
By David Hosp. 2010
In 1990, $300 million worth of paintings are stolen from a museum in Boston, and are never recovered. Twenty years…
later, as criminals connected with the heist begin to turn up dead, lawyer Scott Finn discovers one of his clients was involved in the job. As the search for the missing paintings begins anew, Finn is pulled into the crossfire of a trained killer who wants the paintings for himself. 2010.Angel's advocate (Beaufort & Company mysteries. #2.)
By Mary Stanton. 2010
Lawyer Brianna Winston-Beaufort is finally getting a case that should pay the bills - because her client is the living…
daughter of a recently dead millionaire. But when the ghost of the dead millionaire shows up needing Bree's help too, she knows the lucrative case just became more costly. Sequel to "Defending angels", followed by "Avenging angels". 2010.Cimarron rose (Recorded Books Evergreen)
By James Lee Burke. 1998
A public defender in a southern Texas town must defend a local guitarist accused of rape and murder. Soon the…
evidence begins to point to the son of a local businessman. Includes strong language, violence and sex. 1998.Custody of the state (Chambers of justice. #2.)
By Craig Parshall. 2004
Small town Georgia farmer Joe Fellows and his young wife Mary Sue are falsely accused of committing a heinous act…
against their own child. After Joe is imprisoned, Mary Sue flees from the law. On the run and desperate, she calls attorney Will Chambers for help. Now it's up to one honest lawyer to right the wrongs and save a family from destruction. 2004.Courage in the storm
By Thomas H Raddall. 1987
Criminals: a novel
By Margot Livesey. 1995
A disturbing letter from his sister Maggie sends an uptight middle-aged London banker to Scotland to see her. Along the…
way he discovers a baby girl abandoned in a bus station restroom and takes her along with him. When Maggie conspires to keep the baby, she and her brother find themselves in murky legal and moral waters. 1995.Cry guilty
By Sara Woods. 1981
Antony Maitland appears - unusually for him as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel and for reasons that are far from simple. In…
a long and absorbing court scene the outcome depends upon witnesses of character, an unusual legal twist. 1981.Courting trouble (Rosato & Associates. #7.)
By Lisa Scottoline. 2002
Philadelphia lawyer Anne Murphy leaves town for the Fourth of July weekend only to read in the newspaper that she's…
been murdered. Anne realizes that her cat-sitter must have been killed by mistake, and so she remains in hiding to catch the culprit. Bestseller. 2002.Cold clear morning
By Lesley Choyce. 2002
After his childhood sweetheart Laura's drug-related death, Taylor Colby returns to their Nova Scotia coastal village to live once again…
with his noble but isolated boat-builder father. His mother, who has been battling cancer, attempts to reconcile with both her husband and son whom she deserted decades earlier. 2002.Blue water: a tale of the deep-sea fishermen (Formac Fiction Treasures Ser.)
By Frederick William Wallace, Brook Taylor. 2006
First published in 1914, "Blue Water" is set in the early 1900s and traces the adventures of "Shorty" Westhaver from…
boyhood to young manhood, in the dangerous and often tragic world of the Grand Banks fishery. c2006.Best Maritime short stories
By George Peabody. 1988
Circumstantial evidence
By James Bell. 1997
Tracy Shepherd is a young widow with two small children, working as a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles. When…
she gets her first case she wonders at first if she is up for the task. But soon she feels something just isn't right. 1997.Blood money (Jack Swyteck series. #10.)
By James Grippando. 2013
It is the most sensational murder trial since O. J. Simpson. The nation is obsessed with Sydney Bennett, a sexy…
nightclub waitress and good-time girl accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter for cramping her party life. Agreeing to defend Sydney, Jack Swyteck knew he was taking on the toughest and most controversial case of his career. Sequel to "Afraid of the dark", followed by "Black horizon". 2013.Constellations (Vintage contemporaries)
By Janice Kulyk Keefer. 1988
After 15 years, Claire Saulnier returns to Nova Scotia to teach at a local college. She becomes involved with four…
people: Mariette, a disturbed teenager; Bertrand, a self-centred and reluctant teacher from Paris; a promising oboeist from Halifax; and Hector, the college janitor, a dropout from a philosophy Ph.D program. 1988.Blood ties
By David Adams Richards. 1976
The love and strength of the MacDurmot family members cannot keep the best of their young people from leaving while…
the family home falls into the hands of outsiders. Set in New Brunswick. Strong language. 1985, c1976.