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Rumpole misbehaves
By John Mortimer. 2007
Barrister Rumpole's latest courtroom arguments concern a twelve-year-old charged under an antisocial behavior order for playing street ball and a…
civil servant arrested for the murder of a Russian prostitute. The two cases become intertwined while Rumpole himself is accused of illegally drinking and smoking in his office. 2007Dead center (The Andy Carpenter Series #5)
By David Rosenfelt. 2007
New Jersey attorney Andy Carpenter still misses his ex-girlfriend Laurie Collins, who returned to her Wisconsin hometown to be a…
cop. Now Laurie, acting as chief of police, asks Andy to defend a young man accused of murdering two girls from a neighboring religious community. Some violence. 2006The brass verdict: a novel (A Lincoln Lawyer Novel)
By Michael Connelly. 2008
Still recovering from the events of The Lincoln Lawyer (DB 61492), defense attorney Mickey Haller is assigned murdered colleague Jerry…
Vincent's high-profile, movie-mogul, wife-killing case. Meanwhile, Haller develops an uneasy alliance with police detective Harry Bosch, who is investigating Vincent's death. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2008Death's half acre
By Margaret Maron. 2008
North Carolina. Colleton County commissioner Candace Bradshaw, who was rumored to have had inappropriate ties to developers, is murdered amid…
a housing boom that threatens to destroy local farms. The investigation reveals corruption, murder, and the true reason behind Deborah Knott's judicial appointment. Some violence and some strong language. 2008Can I get a witness?
By ReShonda Tate Billingsley. 2008
Houston. Workaholic divorce-court judge Vanessa Colton-Kirk confronts the possible end of her own marriage when she discovers that her husband,…
Thomas, is having an affair. Meanwhile, Vanessa's sister Dionne also faces man troubles. Dionne's lover, who is supposed to be getting a divorce, has another girlfriend. 2008The finishing school
By Michele Martinez. 2007
Prosecutor Melanie Vargas of the U.S. Attorney's Office investigates the scene where two wealthy finishing-school girls overdosed on drugs. The…
distraught building superintendent begs Melanie to look for his missing daughter, who spent the evening with the teens. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006La apelación
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. Spanish language. 2008Tiempo de matar
By John Grisham. 2008
Clanton, Mississippi. Carl Lee Hailey, a black man, shoots and kills two white prisoners who raped and tortured his daughter…
and left her for dead. As Hailey's attorney prepares his case, reporters and avenging Klansmen overrun the town. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2008Most wanted (A Melanie Vargas Mystery #1)
By Michele Martinez. 2005
When federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas learns that her prominent attorney neighbor has been murdered, she is determined to land the…
case. But she must juggle the dangerous investigation with caring for her infant daughter and dealing with her cheating husband. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2005Supreme courtship: a novel
By Christopher Buckley. 2008
After his first two Supreme Court nominations are rejected, President Donald Vanderdamp chooses attractive television judge Pepper Cartwright of Texas.…
Humiliated by this move, Senator Dexter Mitchell, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, resigns to star in a new TV show--and begins his own run for the presidency. Strong language. 2008The associate
By John Grisham. 2009
A college misdeed comes back to haunt Yale law-school graduate Kyle McAvoy when he is blackmailed into working at a…
Wall Street firm that is handling a multibillion dollar lawsuit involving a Pentagon contract. Forced into stealing documents, Kyle soon realizes he is in over his head. Bestseller. 2009Eclipse: a novel
By Richard North Patterson. 2009
California attorney Damon Pierce heads to Luandia, Africa, to assist former flame Marissa Brand Okari and her husband, writer/activist Bobby,…
who has been arrested in the murder of three oil workers. As he defends Bobby against the charges, Damon encounters genocide, pollution, and corruption. Strong language and some violence. 2009Show no fear: A Nina Reilly Novel
By Perri O'Shaughnessy, Perri O Shaughnessy. 2008
In this prequel to the Nina Reilly Mystery series, Nina is a paralegal and law student in Carmel-by-the-Sea. When her…
ex-boyfriend and her mother are both murdered, Nina enlists the help of lawyer Jack McIntyre and detective Paul van Wagoner. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008Delicious (The Marsdens #1)
By Sherry Thomas. 2008
Victorian England. Barrister Stuart Somerset spends a passionate night with a mysterious woman who has a secret past, unaware that…
she is his estranged brother's cook and former lover. Ten years later, newly engaged Stuart inherits his brother's estate. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2008The Liar: It takes one to catch one. (Eddie Flynn Series)
By Steve Cavanagh. 2017
***WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD 2018***A MISSING GIRL. A DESPERATE FATHER.A CASE WHICH WILL TEAR THEM APART.'Plotting that…
takes the breath away' Ian Rankin'A fantastic thriller writer' Mark Billingham* * * * *WHO IS DEADLIER ...Leonard Howell's worst nightmare has come true: his daughter Caroline has been kidnapped. He can't rely on the cops, so Howell calls the only man he trusts to get her back.THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE TRUTH Eddie Flynn knows what it's like to lose a daughter and vows to bring Caroline home safe. Once a con artist, now a hotshot criminal attorney, Flynn is no stranger to the shady New York underworld.... OR THE ONE WHO BELIEVES A LIE?However, as he steps back into his old life, Flynn realizes that the rules of the game have changed - and that he is being played. But who is pulling the strings? And is anyone in this twisted case telling the truth...?* * * * *An ingenious plot, gripping action and characters who leap off the page: discover why readers love Steve Cavanagh:'Cavanagh stands head and shoulders above the competition, with his skilfully plotted, action-packed and big-hearted Eddie Flynn novels . . . highly intelligent, twist-laden and absolutely unputdownable' Eva Dolan, author of the critically acclaimed Tell No Tales'What a thriller! Breathlessly brilliant and fiendishly clever' Miranda Dickinson'A cleverly constructed legal thriller combined with a classic locked-room mystery. Eddie Flynn is fast becoming one of my favourite fictional heroes and Cavanagh one of my favourite thriller writers.' S.J.I. Holliday, author of Black Wood'Raymond Chandler could have created Eddie Flynn. THE PLEA is Phillip Marlowe and Michael Connolly's Mickey Haller combined, with a bit of Jim Thompson's THE GRIFTERS thrown in. A superb read with a main character destined to be one of the most talked about in crime fiction.' Howard Linskey, author of The Search*If you like John Grisham, Lee Child and Michael Connelly, you will LOVE the gripping and twisty Eddie Flynn series:1. The Defence2. The Plea3. The Liar4. Thirteen* Each Eddie Flynn thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order *Hell bent: A Brady Coyne Novel (Brady Coyne Novels #24)
By William G. Tapply. 2008
Alex Shaw asks her ex-boyfriend, Boston attorney Brady Coyne, to handle her brother Gus's divorce. Gus, a photojournalist who lost…
his hand and his livelihood in Iraq, is morose and uncooperative. Following Gus's apparent suicide, Alex convinces Brady to investigate. Some strong language. 2008The legal limit
By Martin Clark. 2008
Years ago law student Mason Hunt helped his older brother Gates cover up a murder Gates committed. Now serving a…
drug sentence, embittered Gates uses the old case to coerce Mason, the commonwealth's attorney, into assisting him again. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2008Last call (Jack Swyteck Ser. #Bk. 7)
By James Grippando. 2008
Bar owner Theo Knight's past threatens to catch up with him when his brother's former gang leader escapes prison and…
tries to force Theo to help him. Theo turns to his best friend, attorney Jack Swyteck, and Jack's former girlfriend, FBI agent Andie Henning. Strong language and some violence. 2008Denial: A Novel (A Jilly Truitt Novel)
By Beverley McLachlin. 2021
From the former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling author of Full Disclosure comes a taut new thriller starring…
tough-as-nails defense attorney Jilly Truitt in a murder case that makes her question her own truths.When everyone is in denial, how do you find the truth? Jilly Truitt has made a name for herself as one of the top criminal defense lawyers in the city. Where once she had to take just about any case to keep her firm afloat, now she has her pick—and she picks winners. So when Joseph Quentin asks her to defend his wife, who has been charged with murdering her own mother in what the media are calling a mercy killing, every instinct tells Jilly to say no. Word on the street is that Vera Quentin is in denial, refusing to admit to the crime and take a lenient plea deal. Quentin is a lawyer&’s lawyer, known as the Fixer in legal circles, and if he can&’t help his wife, who can? Against her better judgment, Jilly meets with Vera and reluctantly agrees to take on her case. Call it intuition, call it sympathy, but something about Vera makes Jilly believe she&’s telling the truth. Now, she has to prove that in the courtroom against her former mentor turned opponent, prosecutor Cy Kenge—a man who has no qualms about bending the rules. As the trial approaches, Jilly scrambles to find a crack in the case and stumbles across a dark truth hanging over the Quentin family. But is it enough to prove Vera&’s innocence? Or is Jilly in denial herself? Thrumming with tension, Denial is a riveting thriller about the lengths we will go to for the ones we love and the truths we hold dear.Missing justice (Samantha Kincaid Mysteries #2)
By Alafair Burke. 2005
Following the events in Judgment Calls (RC 69057), deputy district attorney Samantha Kincaid is promoted to the Major Crimes department…
and takes on the case of missing administrative law judge Clarissa Easterbrook. First Clarissa's dog is found, then her shoe, then her body. Some strong language. 2004