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84) Eyes of a child
Author
Series
Christopher Paget novels volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In San Francisco, a dead man is found amid evidence that might confirm suicide but strongly suggests murder. The prime murder suspect is a high-profile defense attorney--and the new lover of the victim's estranged wife.
Author
Series
Allison Barton novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Attempted murder? Inexplicable accident? Either way, a PTA mom struggled for her life in an elementary school cafeteria, poisoned by a wolfsbane-laced smoothie at the fifth-grade graduation party. Now all eyes are on the accused, the victim, and a woman hired to look deeper. Ambitious defense attorney and single mother Allison Barton is anxious to escape the shadow of the low-down dog of a marquee partner carrying their renowned Virginia law firm....
Author
Series
Baltimore novels (Karen Rose) volume 6
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Gwyn Weaver is as resilient as anyone could be. Having survived an attempted murder, she has rebuilt her life and reclaimed her dignity and strength. She's always known about her feelings for defense attorney Thomas Thorne, but as her friend and a colleague there could be no chance of anything more ... or could there? Thorne has known violence and pain all his life. He's overcome the hardships thanks to his own steel, and the love of his loyal friends....
87) Necessity
Author
Series
Joseph Antonelli novels volume 8
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When renowned lawyer Joseph Antonelli--the defense attorney who has never lost a case--takes on the most shocking and controversial case of his storied career, he has no idea of the depths of trouble he's about to get into. A man has murdered the President of the United States, but has invoked the "Law of Necessity," which states that a crime is justified if it serves the greater good and thus prevents a greater harm from occurring.
88) Unthinkable
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Nate Lovejoy is a self-proclaimed nobody, a stay-at-home dad who doesn't believe he's important to anyone but his wife and their two daughters. So it's a shock when members of a powerful secret society kidnap and spirit Nate away to a mansion at the behest of their leader, Vanslow DeGange, who claims to know the future. He's foreseen that a billion people could die--unless Nate acts. It seems improbable, especially given what DeGange says will set...
Author
Series
Avery Keene thrillers volume 1
Language
English
Description
Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together. When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn, the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases, has slipped into a coma, Avery's life turns upside down. She is immediately notified that Justice Wynn has left instructions for her to serve as his legal guardian and power of attorney. Plunged into an explosive...
91) With prejudice
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Gabriel Soto is a social recluse accused of the murder of Melina Mora, a free-spirited and deeply loved young woman. At the center of the media spotlight is Sandy Grunwald, an ambitious young female prosecutor whose political fortunes depend on her using the limited evidence to secure a conviction. But the criminal justice system is complicated, and everyone has a story -- especially the jury. With striking originality and expert storytelling, the...
92) The fraud
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper--and cousin by marriage--of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also skeptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully...
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Language
English
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Two supreme court justices are murdered within hours of each other, and Darby Shaw, a law student at Tulane, thinks she has the answer. She prepares a meticulous, speculative brief that builds a strong case against a surprise suspect -- a suspect with powerful friends that wants her and her brief out of the way for good.
94) Aftermath
Author
Language
English
Description
"Criminal attorney Jamie Powell will accept the consequences for defending her lifelong friend, Dustin, when he's accused of setting the bombs that killed dozens at a local political rally. But she hasn't seen him since he aged out of foster care, and he's always lived on the edge. Can she still trust him? As Jamie investigates his case and the people in his life, she realizes the facts coming to light could be devastating. Someone is setting him...
95) Cane and Abe
Author
Language
English
Description
Miami's top prosecutor becomes a prime suspect when his wife's disappearance may have a chilling connection to the vicious murders of beautiful women in the Florida Everglades.
96) Remain silent
Author
Series
Erin McCabe novels volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Erin McCabe's years as a criminal defense attorney have prepared her for almost anything, except being on the opposite side of the interrogation table. A new client -- a successful financial adviser -- was found stabbed to death on the beach near his palatial Jersey Shore home. The time of death is estimated to be during Erin's one and only consultation with him, during which he revealed that he was secretly transgender. As the last person to see...
Author
Series
Jack Marino thriller volume 1
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Boston star-prosecutor-turned-corporate-attorney Jack Marino is savagely beaten in retaliation for his work as head of the District Attorney's Urban Gang Unit. He is then fired because his powerful boss is running for governor. Jack turns to practicing corporate law at his father-in-law's mega law firm. Two years later he is given a chance to get back into criminal law: as a defense counsel in a capital murder case. The case will take Jack back to...
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Language
English
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"At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller's life is on the rocks. Her once brilliant law career is falling apart. She and her husband, Dan, are soon to be forced out of the apartment they love. After a warning from her firm's senior partners, she receives an invitation from an exclusive women's networking group, Panthera Leo. Membership is anonymous, but every member is a successful professional. It sounds like the perfect solution to help Nicole revive her...
100) The murder list
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She's smart, she's a hard worker, she does the right thing, she's successfully married to a faithful and devoted husband, a lion of Boston's defense bar, and her internship with the Boston DA's office is her ticket to a successful future. Problem is--she's wrong. And in this cat and mouse game--the battle for justice becomes a battle for survival. The Murder List...
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