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  • Due Process by Scott Pratt

    Due Process by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An Amazon Top 30 bestseller.A young exotic dancer claims she was sexually assaulted at a party thrown by a university football team.Three players stand accused.In the ninth installment of the bestselling Joe Dillard series, Dillard finds himself defending one of the players accused of assaulting the young woman...
  • Between Black and White by Robert Bailey, Eric G. Dove

    Between Black and White by Robert Bailey, Eric G. Dove

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In 1966 in Pulaski, Tennessee, Bocephus Haynes watched in horror as his father was brutally murdered by ten local members of the Ku Klux Klan. As an African American lawyer practicing in the birthplace of the Klan years later, Bo has spent his life pursuing justice in his father’s name...
  • The Last Trial by Robert Bailey

    The Last Trial by Robert Bailey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    11 hrs and 12 minsFormer law professor Tom McMurtrie has brought killers to justice, and taken on some of the most infamous cases in Alabama’s history. Now he’s tackling his greatest challenge.McMurtrie’s old nemesis, Jack Willistone, is found dead on the banks of the Black Warrior River. Willistone had his share of enemies, but all evidence points to a forgotten, broken woman as the killer...
  • First Degree by Robin James

    First Degree by Robin James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This lawyer is her client’s last hope, and her town’s worst nightmare.When a popular cheerleader winds up dead in a ditch, the case lands in defense attorney Cass Leary’s own backyard. Her niece’s boyfriend Cole is charged with first degree murder and the whole Leary family jumps to his defense. The evidence against him is as thin as the ice on Finn Lake...
  • The Final Reckoning by Robert Bailey, ロバート・ベイリー

    The Final Reckoning by Robert Bailey, ロバート・ベイリー

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    His last challenge: live long enough to save the lives of those he loves.Cold-blooded killer JimBone Wheeler blames Tom McMurtrie for putting him on death row. He once vowed that he’d bring “a reckoning” on Tom and everyone the southern lawyer holds dear. When Wheeler escapes from prison, he aims to fulfill his promise. Victim by victim, he’s getting closer to his ultimate target...
  • False Oath by Michael Stagg

    False Oath by Michael Stagg

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Two brothers. One accused of a horrific crime. The other chasing a golden future. And an attorney navigating between both.Fresh off his latest case, Attorney Nate Shepherd takes in some local high school football, hoping that a Friday night under the lights will give him a chance to relax with his family. It does - until the quarterback’s brother is arrested in the middle of the game...
  • The Wrong Side by Robert Bailey

    The Wrong Side by Robert Bailey

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A 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...
  • Perfect Alibi by Sheldon Siegel

    Perfect Alibi by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ** PERFECT ALIBI is BOOK 7 in the legal thriller series featuring Mike Daley & Rosie Fernandez. ** Another super novel from Sheldon Siegel in the Mike Daley mystery series.For Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez—former spouses and current law partners—the stakes have never been higher...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  poc-mc  suspense  adult  book  fiction  murder
  • Blind Conviction by Michael Stagg

    Blind Conviction by Michael Stagg

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A vicious attack leaves a woman near death. The evidence points to one man. Only Nate Shepherd stands in the way of a conviction.Attorney Nate Shepherd doesn’t want to take on an attempted murder case. But when people he trusts ask him to get involved, Nate agrees to represent the hard-working farmer who’s been accused of trying to kill his brother’s fiancée...
  • The Client by Janet McAlpin

    The Client by Janet McAlpin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Mark 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  killer  mystery
  • Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt

    Justice Redeemed by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Two years ago, Darren Street made a name for himself as the man who rooted out corruption in the district attorney’s office. Now the hotheaded young lawyer is in the public eye yet again—this time, accused of murder.Jalen Jordan retained Street for what seemed to be a minor traffic violation, but when evidence turned up linking Jordan to the death of two boys, Street wanted out of the case...
  • The Professor by Robert Bailey, Eric G. Dove

    The Professor by Robert Bailey, Eric G. Dove

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student Rick Drake to end his career, he is left unsure what to do next.Meanwhile, a devastating trucking accident in Henshaw, Alabama, leaves a young family dead...
  • Hot Shot by Sheldon Siegel

    Hot Shot by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In San Francisco, one in 11,000 residents is a billionaire. Now, there's one fewer.Lexy Low's sugar daddy Jeff King dies as she injects him with heroin. Was it an accident? Murder? Bad smack?Everything you've heard about sex, drugs, and misogyny in Silicon Valley is true...only it's worse...
  • True Intent by Michael Stagg

    True Intent by Michael Stagg

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When a billionaire dies, an innocent woman is blamed. One lawyer must fight a wealthy family for justice.It seems straightforward to attorney Nate Shepherd – a middle-aged billionaire dies while celebrating at a wedding reception. The grief-stricken family lashes out, though, blaming the billionaire’s date for his death...
    Categorized as:
    legal  crime  suspense  pulp  mystery  fiction  audiobook  thriller
  • Danger Signs by Fiona Quinn

    Danger Signs by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her choice is arranged marriage . . . or death . . .Kira al-Attiyah's hope for a bright future in the U.S. died along with her father. Now, royal family tradition demands she marry. Refusing? Not an option. Especially since honor killing isn’t just urban legend. She knew what she had to do. She just never expected her intended to be a terrorist . .
  • Mercy by Victor Methos

    Mercy by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Brigham Theodore is a courtroom brawler, a criminal defense attorney who spends his time slugging it out with the government in court. A year after winning his biggest case, he finds himself at a new firm defending clients of every kind. Drug dealers, gangsters, con men and thugs are the people he defends every day. For him, the fight is what matters...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  family  fiction
  • The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan

    The Léger Connection by Estelle Ryan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Stolen art. Rogue police officers. Drones.A video call from her dad leads top white-hat hacker Francine to four stolen masterpieces. And to a possible murder--in Brazil. Her frustration at being so far away is turned into anger when her loved ones are attacked and corrupt law enforcement officials stonewall their inquiries...
  • Defending Turquoise by John Ellsworth

    Defending Turquoise by John Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Join Thaddeus Murfee in his new career in Flagstaff, where he is called on to defend the wife of the District Attorney. She has shot her husband to death and admitted it—but what about the mysterious bite marks in all the wrong places? Watch as sixteen-year-old Turquoise Begay comes on the scene, the beautiful, abandoned Navajo girl living reservation style—with all the wrong people...
  • Final Out by Sheldon Siegel

    Final Out by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A ballpark. A bay. A body.Robbie Blum was San Francisco’s most prominent sports agent. His clients included players on the Giants, Warriors, and Niners. It all came crashing down when his body was found floating in San Francisco Bay after a Giants game, his skull crushed. A Louisville Slugger floating next to his body.Though Blum was a wildly successful agent, his personal life was a disaster...
    Categorized as:
    crime  financial  legal  pulp  suspense  adult  book  fiction
  • The Dreamer by Sheldon Siegel

    The Dreamer by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The chef's knife was in the wrong place... wedged deep in the gut of celebrity chef Carlos Cruz.With her bloody discovery, Mercy could lose it all. And not just for her, her entire family is at risk too.San Francisco's hottest young chef rose from modest beginnings to getting a James Beard Award for his upscale Mission District eatery, El Conquistador...
    Categorized as:
    crime  financial  legal  poc-mc  pulp  suspense  adult  book
  • Legacy of Lies by Robert Bailey

    Legacy of Lies by Robert Bailey

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A 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...
  • Final Verdict by Sheldon Siegel

    Final Verdict by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fate throws a curveball at the San Francisco ex-husband-and-wife legal team of Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez, when Mike picks up the phone and hears the voice of Leon Walker. This is not good news-because Walker was the one who ruined their marriage. Years ago, he and his brother participated in a stickup that left a man dead...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  poc-mc  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • The Confession by Sheldon Siegel

    The Confession by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    THE CONFESSION is BOOK 5 of 7 in the legal thriller series featuring Mike Daley & Rosie Fernandez. Confessions abound-some of them quite unexpected-in Sheldon Siegel's new legal thriller. Mike Daley doesn't go to confession much since he left the priesthood twenty years ago and became a lawyer, but that doesn't stop his old friend, Father Ramon Aguirre, from trying to get him there...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  poc-mc  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell

    Wrath of Poseidon by Clive Cussler, Robin Burcell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ten years ago, a chance meeting at the Lighthouse Café in Redondo Beach led Sam Fargo and Remi Longstreet on the adventure of a lifetime, hunting the legendary riches stolen from the Persian King Croesus in 546 B.C. But they weren't the only ones. Someone else is after the gold, and he's willing to kill anyone who gets in his way...
  • Judgment Day by Sheldon Siegel

    Judgment Day by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times best-selling author Sheldon Siegel returns with a dramatic new case for the San Francisco law firm of Daley and Fernandez. As husband and wife, Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez couldn't make it work. Luckily for Bay Area criminals, they didn't let that stop them from joining forces to open San Francisco's most tenacious law firm...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  poc-mc  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • The Shotgun Lawyer by Victor Methos

    The Shotgun Lawyer by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the bestselling author of The Neon Lawyer comes a page-turning thriller about a scrappy lawyer and his fight for justice.Personal injury attorney Peter Game has a reputation: cynical, untroubled by ethics, and willing to take any case, anytime, in his pursuit of the win. He dreams of a sweetheart score that’ll make his name and net him millions...
  • Desert Heat by L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith

    Desert Heat by L.T. Vargus, E.M. Smith

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The desert holds its kill up to the sun. A human body draped over the limbs of a cactus. Sand scouring the naked flesh every time the wind blows.A shocking death launches Special Agent Victor Loshak on a new investigation with an ominous message: They know everything...
  • Danger Close by Fiona Quinn

    Danger Close by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Too close for comfort…Alone in the wilds of mountainous Asia, Jett undertakes an undercover military operation. With threats all around her, alone is the last thing she should be. So, when help arrives, she’s ready to get off the cliff’s edge and back to civilization.But when her teammate’s K9 partner shows up carrying a plea for help, nothing will stop Jett from racing to the rescue...
    Categorized as:
    animals  crime  dogs  poc-mc  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book
  • The Client List by Robin James

    The Client List by Robin James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Cass inherits the practice of an old legal mentor, his client list is more than she bargained for...
  • Frat Party by John Ellsworth, Jode Ellsworth

    Frat Party by John Ellsworth, Jode Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Finally, the Christine Susmann legal thriller spinoff series has arrived: A university fraternity has a toga party and nude photographs of one young partygoer suddenly emerge worldwide on the Internet. The girl believes she was assaulted while unconscious and her father seeks legal help for her...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Without Precedent by J.D. Trafford

    Without Precedent by J.D. Trafford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How much would you give up to get justice for your family? Matthew Daley is a Manhattan corporate lawyer at the top of his game. As the first defense attorney on call to get pharmaceutical companies out of trouble, Matt is rising in the judicial system exactly as he planned. Until his sister dies of a heroin overdose...
  • No Man's Land by Sara Driscoll, Angela Dawe

    No Man's Land by Sara Driscoll, Angela Dawe

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Special Agent Meg Jennings and her search-and-rescue dog are on the trail of a killer hiding where others fear to tread…   For Meg Jennings and her K-9 companion, Hawk, exploring the ruins of a deserted building is an exciting way to sharpen their skills without the life-or-death stakes they face as part of the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team...
    Categorized as:
    animals  dogs  suspense  crime  legal  romance  mystery  fiction
  • Attorney at Large by John Ellsworth

    Attorney at Large by John Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He sued & took away the mob's casino. Now they want it back. Imagine meeting a sister you didn't know you had - only to find out that she's been charged with murder and needs an attorney. Already exhausted from trying to raise his young family, and emotionally drained from his own legal troubles, Thaddeus Murfee knows he's about to be overwhelmed...
  • Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni

    Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni tackles hot-button issues in this riveting legal thriller featuring attorney David Sloane. When a widow asks Sloane to take her case against the military, Sloane knows it's a lost cause but can't turn her down, even if it puts his own life--and the lives of his family--in dire jeopardy.Just minutes after winning a $1...
  • The Criminal Lawyer by Thomas Benigno

    The Criminal Lawyer by Thomas Benigno

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Inspired by real crimes. From the author of the number-one best-seller, The Good Lawyer.A serial killer is littering the south shore beach of Long Island with the bones of his female victims stuffed into burlap bags...
  • Killer Lawyer by Mark Nolan

    Killer Lawyer by Mark Nolan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jake Wolfe is a young lawyer who leads a secret life as a government assassin. Trained by the CIA, Jake now wants a new life of peace and quiet, living on a boat and practicing law. But when his city is shocked by a serial killer and he’s framed for the murder of a friend, Jake must race against time to find the killer before he strikes again...
  • The Templar Curse by Ernest Dempsey

    The Templar Curse by Ernest Dempsey

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Throughout the course of human warfare, no weapon has been as feared, as deadly, as the Ark of the Covenant. Legend claims that this mysterious, supernatural force, first carried into battle by the ancient Israelites, was so powerful that the Ark could lay waste to entire armies, entire cities in moments—thousands of years before the advent of nuclear bombs...
  • Conviction by Larry A. Winters

    Conviction by Larry A. Winters

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A power-hungry District Attorney seizes office, a beloved family friend is charged with murder, and prosecutor Jessie Black faces the toughest decision of her life.For ten years, Jessie's career as a prosecutor at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has given her a mission in life, enabled her to fight for victims and their families, and deeply fulfilled her...
  • Betrayal by Russell Blake

    Betrayal by Russell Blake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Twenty-eight year old Jet, the former Mossad operative from the eponymous novel JET, must battle insurmountable odds to protect those she loves in a deadly race that stretches from the heartland of Nebraska to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., from the lurid streets of Bangkok to the deadly jungles of Laos and Myanmar...
  • Justice in Time by John Ellsworth

    Justice in Time by John Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Legal Thriller With Romance by USA TODAY Bestseller John EllsworthAssistant District Attorney Lettie Portman charges a U.S. Senator with the murder of his wife. The wife was found dead sitting in her Mercedes with a garden hose from the exhaust into her window. Suicide? Maybe, except the detectives learn the wife's fingerprints are nowhere on the hose...
  • Mirror, Mirror by Deborah Hawkins

    Mirror, Mirror by Deborah Hawkins

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On the day that Jeff Ryder learns he is going to be made a partner at Warrick, Thompson, and Hayes, his past catches up with him...
  • Burnout by Larry A. Winters

    Burnout by Larry A. Winters

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jessie Black is a rising star at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. But all of her abilities will be put to the test when Frank Ramsey, a brutal serial murderer and rapist she successfully prosecuted over a year ago, petitions the court for a new trial.Public defender Jack Ackerman represented Ramsey at his first trial. Beating him had not been easy...
  • The Mental Case by John Ellsworth

    The Mental Case by John Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Mental Case is a novel about law firm money and a law firm death. And about a missing child and a parent's frantic search. Join Thaddeus Murfee, back in Chicago and around the world, in his strangest case yet—a man whose plastic character changes, comes and goes, like the proverbial will-o-the-wisp...
  • Force of Justice by J.J. Miller

    Force of Justice by J.J. Miller

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One of LA’s most powerful men is charged with murder, and criminal attorney Brad Madison is called to defend him.But murder is only the start of their problems…In this first instalment of the Brad Madison novel series, Madison finds himself defending Patrick Strickland against a mounting evidence base...
  • Sin City Homicide by Victor Methos

    Sin City Homicide by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A BILLIONAIRE MURDERED . . .The rape-homicide of a prominent Las Vegas couple sends shock waves through the community. With no active leads, the LVPD Homicide Unit is growing desperate.A DETECTIVE WITH A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE . . .Brought in as a consultant, Detective Jon Stanton discovers that there's more to this case than anyone is revealing to him...
    Categorized as:
    crime  financial  legal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  killer
  • Canaan's Secret by R. Lawson Gamble, Krista Lynn

    Canaan's Secret by R. Lawson Gamble, Krista Lynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zack Tolliver left the Federal Bureau of Investigation to spend more time with his family. He is at home when Libby's sister calls, worried about her daughter Pru in the wake of the horrific murder of a high school classmate. Libby goes to Kanab, Utah, to offer support. She discovers Pru's life is indeed in danger...
  • Dead Law by Robin James

    Dead Law by Robin James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Small-town lawyer Cass Leary’s latest client just dug up a decades-old, million-dollar mystery hidden under the floorboards of her grandmother’s house.Zoe Paul never had much. Abandoned as an infant, her grandmother Marilyn raised her until a tragic accident left Zoe all alone. Now, sixteen years later, Zoe discovers an unclaimed check worth millions among her grandmother’s things...
    Categorized as:
    legal  financial  mystery  fiction  female-mc
  • Long Son by Peter Bowen

    Long Son by Peter Bowen

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In Toussaint, Montana, old family secrets, forgotten for more than 100 years, come to light after a young woman and her land-owning parents die under suspicious circumstances.When Larry Messmer, the brother and son of the victims, auctions off his parents' ranch, Gabriel Du Pre discovers a string of unexplained deaths buried deep in the family's past...
  • Accused by Mark Gimenez

    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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  killer  mystery
  • An Equal Justice by Chad Zunker

    An Equal Justice by Chad Zunker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    An Amazon Charts bestseller and finalist for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.Inside a prestigious law firm, a rookie lawyer is pulled into a dark maze of lies and violence.An ambitious Stanford graduate, David Adams has begun a fast-track career at Austin’s most prestigious law firm...
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