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In 1954, Ishmael Chambers, a local reporter who lost an arm in the war, covers the murder trial of a Japanese American fisherman, whose wife had been Ishmael's childhood sweetheart

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

THE PRINCIPALS: Paul Wheeler: CEO of the Wheeler Enterprises empire, is shot dead during an armed robbery. Julie Rutledge: A savvy, cultured, and attractive Southern woman, was hand-inhand with Paul Wheeler at the time of his death. Derek Mitchell: A defense lawyer of renown, he goes to the mat to make a case for every client -- and headlines for himself. Creighton Wheeler: The prodigal nephew of Paul and a playboy with a passion for movies. Even...

Bennie Rosato is surprised by the physical resemblance between her and her new client, and when her client announces she is Bennie's identical twin, Bennie doesn't believe her, but she finds herself drawn to her and as she investigates her client's case, she uncovers secrets her family would kill to keep from her.

"Following three generations in a small southern town, Some Go Home is a searing debut novel of class, race, place, and past. Colleen is an Iraq-war-veteran-turned-Pitchlynn, Mississippi-homemaker, and she works hard to keep her deployment behind her-until her pregnancy churns up trauma so acute it threatens her husband, her family, and herself. Magnifying her anxiety is the media frenzy surrounding the retrial of Colleen's father-in-law, Hare Hobbs,...

"J.F. Freedman brings to life a world where cops and criminals commit acts of cowardice and courage, where the bad - and the good - betray each other. As Luke pieces together what really happened to Reynaldo Juarez and why, he must sift through the public ambitions and private vendettas, explosive secrets and hidden relationships between men and women on both sides of the law - to expose the lies that can damn the innocent, and free the guilty."--BOOK...

"Attorney Jane Smith is mounting an impossible criminal defense. Her client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the lucky. No sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons than a second family is gunned down. It's not double jeopardy. It's not double murder. It's double triple homicide. Jane's career has spanned from NYPD beat cop to Hamptons courtroom. She's tough to beat. She's even tougher to kill. The defense may never rest."--Publisher's...

This is the story of Clyde Griffiths and his desperate pursuit of success. It is a depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American Dream. It is a story vivid in its sense of wholesale human waste and unceasing in its rich compassion.

A woman accused of murder is caught in a tortuous psychological maze that leaves her only one escape--suicide. Or does it? Told in reverse chronological order, from its enigmatic end to its brilliant beginning, In the Company of Liars is a tantalizing tour de force

An investigation into the murder of an Oregon State Supreme Court Justice unearths a bizarre maze of corruption and assassination in this gripping legal thriller.