The sequel to "Old City Hall" finds Toronto Detective Ari Greene investigating the murder of an heir to a Canadian food conglomerate. Although the victim's ex-wife swears to her lawyers that she's innocent, evidence to the contrary...
Legal fiction (Literature)
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Author:Rotenberg, RobertSummary: - Author:Clark, MartinSummary:
Lisa and Joe Stone, married for twenty years and sole partners in their small law firm in Henry County, Virginia, handle less than glamorous cases, whether domestic disputes, personal injury settlements, or a plethora of complaints from...
- Author:Grisham, JohnSummary:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER -Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect-a sitting judge-in "one of the best crime reads of the year. - Bristling with high-tech detail and...
- Author:Singer, RandySummary:
When a man guns down a pregnant reporter on live TV, her husband sues the manufacturer of the killer's firearm. As opposing lawyers ignite the courtroom with their eloquence and theatrics, a shadowy cabal threatens the advocates and the...
- Author:Hart, JohnSummary:
When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed façade begin to crack. Work's troubled sister, her combative girlfriend, his gold...
- Author:Turow, ScottSummary:
Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer ready to retire, is pulled back to the courtroom when an old friend faces criminal charges. But his belief in the power of the judicial system will face a final, terrible...
- Author:Turow, ScottSummary:
In Kindle County, a woman is killed in an apparent random drive-by shooting. The woman turns out to be the ex-wife of a prominent state senator and an old acquaintance of Judge Sonia Klonsky, on whose desk the case lands. As the pursuit...
- Author:Dick, Philip K.Summary:
A collection of short stories by the acclaimed science fiction writer.
- Author:Lescroart, John T.Summary:
The beloved New York Times bestselling Dismas Hardy series returns with this relentlessly twisty murder thriller. No one mourned when San Francisco DA Wes Farrell put Paul Riley in prison eleven years ago for the rape and murder of his...
- Author:McTiernan, DervlaSummary:
In this mother and daughter story, one is running from a horrible truth and the other fighting to reveal it. And the first rule is: Make them like you. Second rule: Make them need you. Third rule: Make them pay.
- Author:Iles, GregSummary:
Natchez, Mississippi, is the jewel of the antebellum South, a city of old secrets and older money. Upon learning that his father is being blackmailed, Penn finds himself reopening the most highly charged murder case in the town's...
- Author:Grisham, JohnSummary:
#1 bestselling author John Grisham's The Reckoning is his most powerful, surprising, and suspenseful thriller yet. "John Grisham is not only the master of suspense but also an acute observer of the human condition. And these remarkable...
- Author:Connelly, MichaelSummary:
Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After twetny-four years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA...
- Author:Lescroart, John T.Summary:
In "master of the legal thriller" (Chicago Sun-Times) John Lescroart's electrifying new novel, attorney Dismas Hardy is called to defend the least likely suspect of his career: his longtime, trusted assistant who is...
- Author:Grisham, JohnSummary:
From John Grisham, America's #1 bestselling author, comes the most electrifying novel of the year, a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State. We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their...
- Author:Lee, HarperSummary:
The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice.
- Author:Deverell, WilliamSummary:
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Mystery Novel, 1998. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett Award, 1998. Arthur Beauchamp, one of Vancouver's most heralded criminal lawyers, has moved to a quiet island off the British Columbia coast....
- Author:Putney, Mary Jo.Summary:
High-powered corporate attorney Val Covington uses a million-dollar windfall to open her own legal practice and fight for the causes she believes in. Joining her is her assistant Kendra, who believes her former lover is wrongly...
- Author:Wetmore, ElizabethSummary:
It's February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. In the early hours of the morning after Valentine's Day, fourteen-year-old Gloria Ramírez appears on the front porch of Mary Rose Whitehead's ranch...
- Author:NDiaye, MarieSummary:
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - From the best-selling author of Three Strong Women comes a thrilling novel about a triple homicide that dredges up unsettling memories from...
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