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Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As a barrister in 1819 London, William Snopes is a strong advocate who chooses to defend the poorer classes against the powerful. That changes the day a struggling heiress, Lady Malissa Jameson, arrives at
his door.
In a last-ditch effort to save her faltering estate, Lady Jameson invested in the acquisition of a merchant brig, the Padget, allowed by a letter of marque from the king's regent to legally capture cargo from French traders operating...
Author
Series
Carolyn Sullivan volume 1
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A taut, razor-sharp thriller with a take-no-prisoners heronine.
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Malcolm Hill, a black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, is arrested for murder, white congressman Chase Brevard of Massachusetts finds his life transformed in a single moment by the appearance of Malcolm's photo on the news, enveloping him, Malcolm, and Malcolm's mother in a media firestorm that threatens their lives.
7) Deep Threat
Author
Publisher
Phoenix Flying, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Jarvis Thompson, the most celebrated wide receiver in college football, vanishes along the the Tennessee River.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The trial in Los Angeles of two brothers accused of murdering their parents. It is told through the eyes of Seth, a journalist with an acid sense of humor. Much of the novel is devoted to his homosexual adventures between covering the court sessions.
Author
Series
Rosato and Associates volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A fast-paced thriller, which sends a young woman lawyer racing to find out who's trying to kill her-after she's wrongly been reported murdered.
12) Hear no evil
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A woman is about to be arrested for the murder of her husband, an officer who was stationed at Guantanomo Bay. When she asks Jack to represent her, he hesitates, as he has no expertise in military law. He's blackmailed into helping her, however, when the woman claims she is the mother of Jack's biological child, a son he has never seen.
14) Rogue lawyer
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the right side of the law. Sort of. Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no partners, no associates, and only one employee, his driver, who's also his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddy. He lives alone in a small but extremely safe penthouse...
Author
Series
Tracy Crosswhite volume 4
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a womanś body is discovered submerged in a crab pot in the chilly waters of Puget Sound, Detective Tracy Crosswhite finds herself with a tough case to untangle.
16) The #1 Lawyer
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Move over, John Grisham! Here's the fastest, sharpest legal thriller in years. Biloxi's best criminal defense attorney becomes the nation's prime suspect when his wife is murdered. He's never lost a case, but can he win when he's presumed guilty?"--. Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Barbara Holloway novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Sequel to: Death qualified. A dramatic legal thriller in which Barbara Holloway struggles to keep a killer from going free.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A sweeping legal thriller follows a sixteen-year-old who suffers from a neurological condition that has frozen him in time, the team of lawyers, doctors, and detectives who are desperate to wake him up, and--more than a decade later--the trial of the teenager's father for murder.
Author
Series
Ty and Hunter volume 2
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When his ex-lover Molly Gifford arrives on his doorstep, begging for his help, lawyer Daniel Hunter, against his better judgment, agrees to help her father, who has been accused of murder, and vows to be the one to walk away this time.
20) Twisted justice
Author
Series
Daniel Pike novel volume 4
Publisher
Babylon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
If he loses this case, the consequence is death. Ever since his father's wrongful incarceration, defense lawyer Daniel Pike has defended the innocent at any cost. But he's stunned when his archrival DA is found shot dead and brutally crucified. And after Pike himself lands in jail for the crime, he smells a terrifying setup. Fearing he'll suffer the same fate as his parent, the determined attorney uncovers evidence that the DA was involved with a...