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An Unequal Defense by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA client with delusions of a deadly conspiracy draws attorney David Adams into a darkness where only the paranoid know how to get out alive. Former up-and-coming hotshot attorney David Adams left his glamorous corporate law firm to fight for the disenfranchised... -
Judgment Cometh (And That Right Soon): A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Supreme Court Justice is found cut into pieces in the back of a pick-up truck. Three other judges have already gone missing. In the eighth installment of Scott Pratt’s bestselling Joe Dillard Series, Dillard is hired to represent the man driving the pick-up. As Dillard delves into the case, he comes to believe his client is not guilty... -
Desert Eagle by Alan Lee
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Five in the Sinatra series.Available for pre-order.Arriving late 2022...Categorized as:
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Final Option by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn Final Option, Juan Cabrillo fights the worst enemy from his past to the terrifying and unexpected ending created by the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler, in the latest action-packed thriller in his #1 New York Times-bestselling series...Categorized as:
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The Wrong Side by Robert Bailey
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA battle-worn lawyer fights for a young man’s life in this criminally enthralling legal thriller.Teen pop star Brittany Crutcher is found dead in small-town Tennessee. For attorney Bocephus Haynes, it’s just another night in Pulaski. Bo swore off criminal work after his last case, but the beloved singer’s murder demands answers... -
The Client by Janet McAlpin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secret. He knows where a body is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous that it's better not to tell. But it's just as dangerous if you don't. So Mark needs help fast - because there isn't much time... -
Murder One by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this riveting legal thriller from Robert Dugoni, the #1 Kindle bestselling author of MY SISTER’S GRAVE, attorney David Sloane takes on his first criminal case…defending the woman he loves. Recovering from the shock of his wife’s murder the previous year, David Sloane returns to Seattle after some much-needed healing time in Mexico... -
Cold-Blooded by Lisa Regan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFourteen years ago, high school track star Sydney Adams was gunned down in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The investigation yielded useless clues, and the case went cold. But homicide detective Augustus Knox never gave up on finding Sydney's killer... -
Bodily Harm by Robert Dugoni
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ROBERT DUGONI RETURNS WITH HIS MOST EXHILARATING THRILLER TO DATE, A PULSE-POUNDING STORY OF CORPORATE GREED, ESPIONAGE, AND THE LENGTHS ONE MAN IS WILLING TO GO FOR JUSTICE.Bodily Harm opens with a big win for David Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass, in a malpractice case centered on the death of a young child...Categorized as:
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The Tracker by Chad Zunker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTrust no one.Sam Callahan learned this lesson from a childhood spent in abusive foster care, on the streets, and locked in juvie. With the past behind him and his future staked on law school, he is moonlighting as a political tracker, paid to hide in crowds and shadow candidates, recording their missteps for use by their opponents... -
Legacy of Lies by Robert Bailey
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA small-town attorney takes on prejudice and corruption in this powerful legal thriller. Small-town lawyer Bocephus Haynes comes home late one night to find District Attorney General Helen Lewis waiting for him. Her ex-husband has just been killed. She’s about to be arrested for his murder. And she wants Bo to represent her.There’s a lot working against them... -
So We Lie by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEva Rae Thomas is in over her head on her first assignment as an FBI profiler in multi-million-copy bestselling author Willow Rose’s nail-biting mystery.When the mother of two, Arlene Wood, crashes her car against a tree at four in the morning, the case seems pretty straightforward.But evidence found in the remains of the car soon raises the question of whether this was really an accident... -
Three Small Bones by Jennifer Chase
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSmoke curls from what’s left of the beautiful family home on the edge of the woods. The heat is unbearable as she descends the stairs to the basement, past a set of bicycles––two big, one small... -
The Supremacy License by Alan Lee
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeet Manny, also known as Agent Sinatra. A US Marshal renowned for his bravura in collaring fugitives. The only thing he loves more than America is a well-tailored sports jacket. An international terrorist slips through the East Coast and takes up residence inside an impregnable mountain chateau—within American borders but beyond legal reach...Categorized as:
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The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 1: The Black Echo / The Black Ice / The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Black Echo:For Harry Bosch - hero, loner, nighthawk - the body stuffed in a drainpipe off Mulholland Drive isn't just another statistic. This one is personal. Billy Meadows was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat," fighting the VC and the fear they used to call the Black Echo. Harry let Meadows down once. He won't do it again... -
Grimm Up North by David J. Gatward
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWelcome to Wensleydale, where the cheese is famous, the scenery beautiful, and the locals have murder on their minds …Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is forced to take leave from Bristol’s Major Investigations Team when his boss, tired of Harry chasing the ghost of his murderous father, sends him north on secondment... -
Tell No One / Gone For Good by Harlan Coben
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben comes an unforgettable duet of classic novels—two top-notch thrillers filled with the author’s signature storytelling genius.TELL NO ONEFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams... -
Grant of Immunity by Garret Holms
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCurrent Edition for ISBN-10: 1503114783; ISBN-13: 978-1503114784WHEN EVIL HIDES BEHIND A BADGE, NO ONE IS SAFE . .. It’s 1976, Los Angeles. Sarah Collins, a young mother of two, is brutally raped and murdered at the Hollywood Reservoir. For nineteen years, the murder remains unsolved and the case goes cold... -
The Advocate's Felony by Teresa Burrell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSabre Brown’s phone rings at 2 a.m. It’s her brother Ron. After seven years in the Witness Protection Program, someone has discovered his whereabouts, and has tried to kill him. He’s called to warn Sabre that she is in imminent danger. Sabre and her private investigator, J.P., leave sunny San Diego to search for her brother in the cold, wintry Northwest... -
The Last Chance Lawyer by William Bernhardt
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGetting his client off death row could save his career… or make him the next victim. Daniel Pike would rather fight for justice than follow the rules. His unique ability to "connect the dots," to observe what others do not, has made him the most notorious criminal lawyer in St. Petersburg. But when his courtroom career goes up in smoke, he fears his lifelong purpose is a lost cause... -
State vs. Lassiter by Paul Levine, Luke Daniels
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJake Lassiter is crazy about the new woman in his life...His law practice is booming...His delinquent nephew is getting A's in school.Then Jake is charged with murder. It's supposed to be a romantic weekend at the Fontainebleau for Jake and Pamela Baylins. Then they quarrel, and Pamela--who's Jake's banker as well as lover--accuses him of stealing from clients. Hours later, she's found strangled... -
Cold Kill by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"While investigating a crew of people-traffickers…Dan Shepherd discovers a cross-Channel currency-smuggling operation. Posing as a low-level criminal, Shepherd infiltrates the gang, befriending its London soldiers and establishing contact with the Albanian gangster who masterminds the business from his swank Paris flat...Categorized as:
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Truth or Dare by M.J. Arlidge
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDo you want to play the game?A crimewave sweeps through the city and no-one is safe. An arson at the docks. A carjacking gone wrong. A murder in a country park. What connects all these crimes without causes, which leave no clues?Detective Inspector Helen Grace faces the rising tide of cases which threatens to drown the city. But each crime is just a piece of a puzzle which is falling into place... -
Night Deception by Tamsen Schultz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of The Windsor Series comes the second Tildas Island mystery:When treason isn’t enoughIsiah Clarke may be a former Navy SEAL, but now that he’s retired, he’s more than happy to be passing his time tending to the bar he owns on Tildas Island. That is, until a former teammate sends him a message asking for help in finding and protecting an elusive CIA asset...Categorized as:
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Next Exit, Three Miles by C.W. Browning
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlina Maschik was one of the best. She never missed. Yet, two years ago in Cairo, she missed her shot at one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. Now, he’s back. This time, he’s on US soil.Given the opportunity to redeem herself, Alina’s objective is simple: find the terrorist and complete her mission... -
Accused by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 19 ratings'Scott, it's Rebecca. I need you.'After years of silence, Texan lawyer Scott Fenney receives a devastating phonecall from his ex-wife. She has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Trey - the man she left Scott for - and is being held in a police cell. Now she is begging Scott to defend her.Scott is used to high-stakes cases, but this one is bigger than anything he has handled before... -
The Juror by George Dawes Green
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThis is a psychological thriller about a young woman threatened by the Mafia who must return a verdict of 'not guilty' to ensure the safety of her son. The book has been turned into a movie, featuring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore... -
The Last Coyote / Trunk Music (Harry Bosch, #4, #5) by Michael Connelly
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA two-in-one, this volume includes The Last Coyote in which suspended LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch investigates the unsolved murder of his mother, and Trunk Music which finds Harry returning to the force to investigate the murder of a movie producer with Mafia ties... -
The Time to Kill by Mason Cross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's been five years since Carter Blake parted ways with top-secret government operation Winterlong. They brokered a deal at the time: he'd keep quiet about what they were doing, and in return he'd be left alone.But news that one of Blake's old allies, a man who agreed the same deal, is dead means only one thing - something has changed and Winterlong is coming for him...Categorized as:
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3:34 a.m. by Nick Pirog
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings**WINNER 2015 BEST SERIES!** **THIS IS A DOUBLE LENGTH VOLUME****TWICE THE LENGTH. TWICE THE LASSIE. TWICE THE FUN...Categorized as:
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Ten Little Girls by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery Mother's Worst Fear! Imagine waiting for the school bus, waiting for your daughter to come home, looking forward to spending the afternoon with her, but as the bus stops and the children start to come out, your daughter isn't there. Ten little girls go missing on the same day in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Ten little girls all from the same school... -
Hot Blood by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series.Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line. It goes with the turf when you're an undercover cop. Now working for the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Shepherd is pitting his wits against the toughest criminals in the country...Categorized as:
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Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson, Christina Traister
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNational Bestselling Author Alan Jacobson brings back renowned FBI Profiler Karen Vail in an intelligent thriller that bridges time and space. When an elderly woman is found raped and brutally murdered in San Francisco, Vail heads west to team up with SFPD Inspector Lance Burden and her former task force colleague, Detective Roxxann Dixon... -
The Perk by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBeck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. The town is still reeling from the murder of sixteen-year-old Heidi, whose father - Beck's old college friend - asks Beck to help him find Heidi's killer before the statute of limitations runs out... -
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Obsession by Stuart Woods
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTeddy Fay finds his skills put to the test in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Picture’s business by making a deal with a young Croatian billionaire... -
Miami Requiem by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA gripping race-against-time crime thriller for fans of Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter.She wanted the truth. They wanted her dead.Since her first day on the Miami Herald, rookie reporter Deborah Jones has been agitating for a shot at one particular story. William Craig is on Death Row, convicted of killling Senator Jack O'Neill's only son... -
The 13th Juror by John Lescroart
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn John T. Lescroart's brilliant new novel, The 13th Juror, Dismas Hardy, lawyer/investigator, undertakes the defense of Jennifer Witt, accused of murdering her husband and their eight-year-old son as well as her first husband, who had died nine years earlier from an apparent drug overdose. While preparing his case, Hardy learns that both of Jennifer's husbands had physically abused her... -
Total Control by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSidney Archer thought she had the perfect life - a great family and a great career. Then her husband is killed in a plane crash. But when the FBI think he is still alive, Sidney begins a desperate search for the truth...Categorized as:
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The Winner by David Baldacci
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A woman who gets rich after being forced to participate in a fixed lottery is wanted for murder...Categorized as:
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The Bannerman Solution by John R. Maxim
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaul Bannerman was once his nation's deadliest weapon--a top covert operative heading up the most lethal group of contract agents and network specialists in all of Europe. Now Bannerman is a liability--an unpredictable loose cannon that could irreparably damage America's shaky intelligence structure, if he chose to... -
The Silent Conversation by Caro Ramsay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen DNA evidence links a present-day murder to the disappearance of a young boy four years earlier, detectives Anderson & Costello are plunged into a baffling mystery. It's been four years since four-year-old Johnny Clearwater disappeared without trace one hot summer afternoon. Now, a new TV documentary series is revisiting the case, dredging up memories perhaps best left forgotten... -
Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Once Gone / Before he Kills by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA free two-book mystery bundle by #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce, author of ONCE GONE, a #1 bestseller on Amazon with over 350 five star reviews! Here is a bundle of the first books in two Blake Pierce series—the Riley Paige and Mackenzie White series—all here in one convenient place. This bundle offers a great introduction to Blake Pierce’s series with over 140,000 words of reading...Categorized as:
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Every Second Counts by Sophie McKenzie
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharlie and Nat must expose a public official for who he truly is before he is elected prime minister in the riveting and romantic sequel to the explosive thriller, In a Split Second.Nat and Charlie are on the run and in more danger than ever before. Nowhere is safe and they can’t trust anyone but each other...Categorized as:
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His Other Lie by Ava Strong
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStella Fall, still reeling from the trauma of her deceitful fiancé and her failed engagement, has decided to pursue her dreams, follow in her father’s footsteps, and throw herself into law enforcement. Upon graduating from the FBI’s academy, she isf placed in the FBI’s Connecticut field office... -
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Severed Relations by Rebecca Forster
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMurder behind the gates of Fremont Place was unusual; two children and a nanny slaughtered in the home of a rich young lawyer and his beautiful wife was unheard of. When Detective Finn O'Brien, recently cleared of murder charges in the death of a fellow officer, catches the call it creates a political nightmare... -
Sharko by Franck Thilliez
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings" Sharko comparait toujours les premiers jours d'une enquête à une partie de chasse. Ils étaient la meute de chiens stimulés par les cors, qui s'élancent à la poursuite du gibier. À la différence près que, cette fois, le gibier, c'était eux. " Eux, c'est Lucie Henebelle et Franck Sharko, flics aux 36 quai des Orfèvres, unis à la ville comme à la scène, parents de deux petits garçons... -
Secrets Girls Keep by John Ellsworth
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGOT A KILLER IN YOUR GUEST ROOM? Michael Gresham is a criminal attorney whose priest has fathered a son. The boy is now seventeen, acting-out, and arrested for first-degree murder. The priest asks Michael to take his son into his home so he can be released on bail. Michael and his wife agree and the boy, with his snake and mice, moves in... -
The Hearing by John Lescroart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHardy's best friend, Lieutenant Abe Glitsky, has kept a secret from him...and everyone else. Hardy never knew that Abe had a daughter-until she was shot dead. It seems obvious that the heroin addict hovering over her body with a gun is the guilty party, and Glitsky has few qualms about sweating a confession out of him. But there is more to this murder-much more... -
The Firm / The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE FIRMThe law student He was young and had dreams. He'd qualified third in his class at Harvard, now offers poured in from every law firm in America The Firm They were small , but well -respected. They we prepared to match, and then exceed Mitch's wildest dreams - eighty thousand a year, a BMW and a low interest mortgage. Soon the house, the car and the job are his...
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