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Daddy's girl
By Lisa Scottoline. 2007
When a riot breaks out at the prison law professor Nat Greco is teaching at, she hears a dying man's…
declaration intended for his wife. Plunged into a nightmare, Nat suddenly finds herself suspected of a brutal murder and encounters threats to her life. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. c2007.Revenge of innocents (Carolyn Sullivan Ser. #Bk. 4)
By Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor. 2007
Ventura, California. Probation officer Carolyn Sullivan's friend Veronica is murdered in a cheap motel. Carolyn investigates allegations of sexual abuse…
surrounding Veronica's husband, Drew, while reaching out to Veronica's troubled teenage daughter. But the case could jeopardize Carolyn's impending marriage. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2007The appeal: A Novel
By John Grisham. 2008
After a Mississippi jury returns a guilty verdict against a chemical company that dumped carcinogens into the water supply, the…
company's owner, Carl Trudeau, appeals to the state's supreme court. During judicial elections Trudeau tries to plant his own justice on the bench. Bestseller. 2008Feared (Rosato & DiNunzio)
By Lisa Scottoline. 2018
In the new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, Mary DiNunzio's ruthless nemesis Nick Machiavelli is back…
. . . with a vengeance.Rosato & DiNunzio are being sued for reverse sex discrimination by three plaintiffs who claim they weren't hired because they were men. Their lawyer, Nick Machiavelli, once lost a case to Mary DiNunzio, and now he wants a rematch. Mary and her partner, Bennie Rosato, soon figure out that Machiavelli manufactured the entire story and entrapped the law firm's only male lawyer, John Foxman, into admitting sexual discrimination. Events turn deadly when Foxman ends up murdered. Now it's all on the line as the women have to figure out who killed Foxman and save the law firm they love.(P) 2021 Headline Publishing Group LtdHear No Evil
By Sarah Smith. 2022
In the burgeoning industrial city of Glasgow in 1817 Jean Campbell - a young, Deaf woman - is witnessed throwing…
a child into the River Clyde from the Old Bridge.No evidence is yielded from the river. Unable to communicate with their silent prisoner, the authorities move Jean to the decaying Edinburgh Tolbooth in order to prise the story from her. The High Court calls in Robert Kinniburgh, a talented teacher from the Deaf & Dumb Institution, in the hope that he will interpret for them and determine if Jean is fit for trial. If found guilty she faces one of two fates; death by hanging or incarceration in an insane asylum.Through a process of trial and error, Robert and Jean manage to find a rudimentary way of communicating with each other. As Robert gains her trust, Jean confides in him, and Robert begins to uncover the truth, moving uneasily from interpreter to investigator, determined to clear her name before it is too late.Based on a landmark case in Scottish legal history Hear No Evil is a richly atmospheric exploration of nineteenth-century Edinburgh and Glasgow at a time when progress was only on the horizon. A time that for some who were silenced could mean paying the greatest price. 'Beautifully written and a real page turner -a wonderful insight into the early quest to understand and give a voice to people who cannot hear. ' Elisabeth Gifford 'A fascinating exploration of deafness and human value amid the sights, sounds of smells of 1817 urban Scotland.' Sally Magnusson'A striking and stylish literary page-turner that breathes life into the past' Zoë Strachan(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton LimitedKeep Quiet
By Lisa Scottoline. 2014
One decision. One family's future in ruins.When Jake Buckman decides to let Ryan, his sixteen-year-old son practice driving home along…
a deserted street, he has no idea of the deadly consequences.But in the darkness of night, a runner comes from nowhere and the hit is fatal.Now Jake and Ryan have two options: admit Ryan's responsibility ... or drive home as though nothing happened. What follows is not a clear-cut hit and run, but a split-second decision by a father who will do anything to protect his son.How much should a parent sacrifice for their child?And could any family survive the burden of such a terrible secret?(P)2014 Macmillan AudioThe Summons
By John Grisham. 2002
Ray Atlee is a professor of law at the University of Virginia. He's forty-three, newly single, and still enduring the…
aftershocks of a surprise divorce. He has a younger brother, Forrest, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep.And he has a father, a very sick old man who lives alone in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi. He is known to all as Judge Atlee, a beloved and powerful official who has towered over local law and politics for forty years. No longer on the bench, the Judge has withdrawn to the Atlee mansion and become a recluse.With the end in sight, Judge Atlee issues a summons for both sons to return home to Clanton, to discuss the details of his estate. It is typed by the Judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study.Ray reluctantly heads south, to his hometown, to the place where he grew up, which he prefers now to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The Judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray.And perhaps someone else.(P)2002 Random House, LLC***********************The third book in the Millennium series featuring Lisbeth Salander - the global publishing phenomenonSalander is plotting her revenge -…
against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Once a victim herself, Salander is now ready to fight back.(P)2009 WF Howes LtdThe Confession
By John Grisham. 2010
For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn't understand how…
the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn't care. He just can't believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what's right and confess.But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they're about to execute an innocent man?(P)2010 Random House, LLCThe Brethren
By John Grisham. 2000
Trumble is a minimum-security federal prison, a "camp," home to the usual assortment of relatively harmless criminals-drug dealers, bank robbers,…
swindlers, embezzlers, tax evaders, two Wall Street crooks, one doctor, at least five lawyers.And three former judges who call themselves the Brethren: one from Texas, one from California, and one from Mississippi. They meet each day in the law library, their turf at Trumble, where they write briefs, handle cases for other inmates, practice law without a license, and sometimes dispense jailhouse justice. And they spend hours writing letters. They are fine-tuning a mail scam, and it's starting to really work. The money is pouring in.Then their little scam goes awry. It ensnares the wrong victim, a powerful man on the outside, a man with dangerous friends, and the Brethren's days of quietly marking time are over.(P)2000 Random House, LLCThe Chamber
By John Grisham. 1994
In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm: Twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant legal career.…
Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer and an impossible case. Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi State Prison: Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist now facing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967. He has run out of chances -- except for one: the young, liberal Chicago lawyer who just happens to be his grandson. While the executioners prepare the gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameras wait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. For between the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets -- including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall's life...or cost Adam his.(P)1999 Random House, LLCThinner
By Stephen King, Richard Bachman. 1996
'Thinner' - the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his…
cheek.Billy Halleck, prosperous if overweight citizen, happily married, shuddered then turned angrily away. The old woman's death had been none of his fault. The courts had cleared him. She'd just stumbled in front of his car. Now he simply wanted to forget the whole messy business.Later, when the scales told him he was losing weight, it was what the doctor ordered. His wife was pleased - as she should have been. But . . .'Thinner' - the word, the old man's curse, has lodged in Billy's mind like a fattening worm, eating at his flesh, at his reason. And with his despair, comes violence.(P) 2011 Penguin Audio USAThe Innocent Man
By John Grisham. 2006
John Grisham's first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal…
thriller yet.In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory.Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits-drinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofaIn 1982, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder.With no physical evidence, the prosecution's case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Williamson was sent to death row.If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you.(P)2006 Random House, LLCEl testamento
By John Grisham, Antonia Menini. 2006
Billionaire Troy Phelan surprises his children and ex-wives by leaving his entire estate to his illegitimate daughter, Rachel Lane, a…
missionary living somewhere on the Brazil-Bolivia border. Alcoholic lawyer Nate O'Riley is tasked with finding Rachel to inform her of the inheritance. Some strong language. Spanish language. 1999Por la vida de mi hermana: novela (Atria Espanol)
By Jodi Picoult. 2008
Kate sufre de una leucemia rara y sus padres deciden engendrar a otro niño (Anna), para salvar la vida de…
Kate. Ahora Anna tiene trece años, y después de años de procedimientos médicos, Anna no quiere ser la donante del transplante de riñon para su hermana. Y Anna busca ayuda legal para lograr una emancipación médica, produciendo un profundo crisis moral para la familiaStorm track
By Margaret Maron. 2000
North Carolina judge Deborah Knott helps detective Dwight Bryant investigate the murder of a Colleton County attorney's promiscuous wife, who…
was found strangled in a room of a local motel. Meanwhile, a second killer, Hurricane Fran, is threatening the coast. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. 2000Hard row (Deborah Knott Mystery Ser. #No. 13)
By Margaret Maron. 2007
North Carolina judge Deborah Knott is adjusting to her new life as the wife of Major Dwight Bryant and stepmom…
to his eight-year-old son. After Dwight identifies a dismembered body as that of a commercial farmer, the plight of illegal immigrants comes to the forefront. Some strong language. 2007Betrayal: a novel
By John Lescroart, John T Lescroart. 2008
Defense attorney Dismas Hardy takes on the caseload of missing lawyer Charlie Bowen. One case involves former second lieutenant Evan…
Scholler, who is accused of murdering Ron Nolan, a contractor Scholler met in Iraq. Hardy investigates Nolan's nefarious activities in the Middle East. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2008A prisoner of birth
By Jeffrey Archer. 2008
London mechanic Danny Cartwright and his fiancée are celebrating their engagement with her brother when four men attack them. The…
strangers kill the brother and frame Danny for murder. Sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, Danny gets an unexpected chance for vengeance. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Marked man
By William Lashner. 2007
Shortly after agreeing to find a way for fugitive Charlie Kalakos to come home, Philadelphia attorney Victor Carl awakens to…
find the name Chantal Adair tattooed on his chest. Victor searches for Chantal's identity and soon discovers it is linked to Charlie's long-ago heist. Violence and strong language. 2006