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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Judgment Cometh (And That Right Soon): A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt

    Judgment Cometh (And That Right Soon): A Legal Thriller by Scott Pratt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A 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...
  • Final Option by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison

    Final Option by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In 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...
  • 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...
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    crime  legal  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  killer
  • 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...
  • The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

    The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychological
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    crime  legal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery  poc-mc
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh

    Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This riveting psychological thriller from master of twists Steve Cavanagh, author of the “unguessable and unputdownable” (Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Kill For Me, Kill for You, What if the witness was more twisted than the killer?Something is wrong with Ruby Johnson...
  • Dark Lies by Elliot York

    Dark Lies by Elliot York

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Relax, this won’t be so bad.After all, this isn’t the first time you’ve died.She was the girl everyone wanted but no one could have—no one but him. They’d loved each other. Becca’s suicide at age 18 broke Logan. The heartache never fully healed. But nothing could have prepared him for the shock of what came next.At age 39, Logan Cooper’s hard-earned detective career is hanging on by a mere thread...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  audiobook  fiction  mystery  book  adult
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • An Engineered Injustice by William L. Myers Jr.

    An Engineered Injustice by William L. Myers Jr.

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What if the deadliest train wreck in the nation’s history was no accident?When a passenger train derails in North Philadelphia with fatal results, idealistic criminal defense attorney Vaughn Coburn takes on the most personal case of his young career. The surviving engineer is his cousin Eddy, and when Eddy asks Vaughn to defend him, he can’t help but accept...
    Categorized as:
    legal  crime  suspense  thriller  mystery  fiction  family  audiobook
  • Political Justice by Dennis Carstens

    Political Justice by Dennis Carstens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A politically ambitious couple will stop at nothing to obtain the presidency. He is a popular governor of a western state. A philanderer, but charming, good-looking, charismatic, a dream candidate. Thomas Jefferson Carver is a capable administrator and attracts sycophants like moths to a flame. People willing to sacrifice themselves and anyone who opposes him...
  • Conclusive Evidence by Al Macy

    Conclusive Evidence by Al Macy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Garrett Goodlove used to be an arrogant criminal defense attorney with a drive to win at all costs. But a pair of tragic events threw him into a bottomless depression, and he retreated into the practice of family law. Now, he tries to settle cases in ways that make everyone happy...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  mlm
  • 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 Advocate's Felony by Teresa Burrell

    The Advocate's Felony by Teresa Burrell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sabre 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...
  • State vs. Lassiter by Paul Levine, Luke Daniels

    State vs. Lassiter by Paul Levine, Luke Daniels

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Jake 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...
  • Incriminating Evidence by Sheldon Siegel

    Incriminating Evidence by Sheldon Siegel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With his terrific first novel, Special Circumstances , Sheldon Siegel delivered legal fiction so exciting, it drew comparisons with the very top tier of courtroom thrillers. Now he has a new challenge for defense attorney Mike Daley--ex-priest, ex-husband, ex-public defender--and it’s a high-profile zinger: a case he doesn’t think he can win for a client he can’t stand...
  • Mimik by Sebastian Fitzek

    Mimik by Sebastian Fitzek

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ein winziges Zucken im Mundwinkel, die kleinste Veränderung in der Pupille reichen ihr, um das wahre Ich eines Menschen zu „lesen“: Hannah Herbst ist Deutschlands erfahrenste Mimikresonanz-Expertin, spezialisiert auf die geheimen Signale des menschlichen Körpers. Als Beraterin der Polizei hat sie schon etliche Gewaltverbrecher überführt...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  fiction  mystery  audiobook  book  adult
  • Next Exit, Three Miles by C.W. Browning

    Next Exit, Three Miles by C.W. Browning

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alina 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

    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  thriller  adult  book  fiction  killer
  • 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...
  • The Perk by Mark Gimenez

    The Perk by Mark Gimenez

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beck 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...
  • Miami Requiem by J.B. Turner

    Miami Requiem by J.B. Turner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A 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...
  • Le chasseur de regards by Sebastian Fitzek

    Le chasseur de regards by Sebastian Fitzek

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Alexander Zorbach, reporter dans un grand quotidien berlinois, a temporairement permis de mettre un terme aux agissements du tristement célèbre Voleur de regards, un psychopathe ayant assassiné de manière bestiale quatre femmes et trois enfants – à qui il avait chacun prélevé un œil – et à sauver in extremis deux futures victimes.Mais le journaliste a dû pour cela payer le prix fort...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  mystery
  • The Bannerman Solution by John R. Maxim

    The Bannerman Solution by John R. Maxim

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Paul 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...
  • Death by Dangerous by Olly Jarvis

    Death by Dangerous by Olly Jarvis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Death by Dangerous is a compelling legal thriller set in Manchester and Bradford. John Anderson is one of the North West’s most dedicated and successful prosecution barristers. His career is going from strength to strength and he is on the verge of becoming Queen’s Counsel. But the life he once knew suddenly comes crashing down following a fatal road traffic accident..
  • 5 Minutes to Die by R.J. Patterson

    5 Minutes to Die by R.J. Patterson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The deadliest enemies are the ones we cannot see.When Army Ranger Garrett Knox left behind his military career to lead wilderness expeditions, he thought he’d escaped the life-threatening missions forever...
  • Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney

    Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Every Pretty Thing serial killer hunter Darby McCormick finds herself in Montana, looking for a friend. Little does she realise that a murderer is waiting for her . . .She came to find her friend.Instead she found a killer.Serial killer expert Darby McCormick gets a call from FBI Agent Jackson Cooper, who has been contacted by a woman who's been in hiding for twenty years...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychological
  • The List by Velvet Vaughn

    The List by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of The Fan and Committed is the first romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. The List is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. It was just supposed to be a game... What started out as a harmless game between friends has turned deadly real. Fourteen men are dead, all from apparent accidents...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • The Advocate's Illusion by Teresa Burrell

    The Advocate's Illusion by Teresa Burrell

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Attorney Sabre O. Brown takes on three disconcerting new cases, each with its own a woman claiming she's been impregnated by a ghost, a threatening parent prone to violence, and a child bride with a heart-breaking First Amendment issue. At the same time, Sabre tries to protect her mother who is dating a suspicious widower she met on online...
  • Severed Relations by Rebecca Forster

    Severed Relations by Rebecca Forster

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Murder 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  legal  mystery  fiction  murder  book
  • Sharko by Franck Thilliez

    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...
  • Final Approach by John J. Nance

    Final Approach by John J. Nance

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A government investigator looks into the cover-up of a deadly plane crash in this aviation thriller from the New York Times –bestselling author of Lockout .In the control tower at Kansas City International Airport, all the radar displays are red...
  • Secrets Girls Keep by John Ellsworth

    Secrets Girls Keep by John Ellsworth

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    GOT 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  financial
  • The Firm / The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

    The Firm / The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    THE 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • I Spy, I Saw Her Die by Ian C.P. Irvine

    I Spy, I Saw Her Die by Ian C.P. Irvine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In a race against time, it's Ray Luck against the world! When Ray Luck - a top cyber security expert - accidentally stumbles upon a devastating secret while surfing the web, he knows immediately he is in way above his head and soon he is being hunted by both Mossad and the British Security Services...
  • Lassiter by Paul Levine

    Lassiter by Paul Levine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Take John Grisham's courtroom skills, add a dash of James Patterson's action and a pinch of Harlan Coben's humanity...and you've got LASSITER."Eighteen years ago, Jake Lassiter crossed paths with a teenage runaway who disappeared into South Florida's sex trade...
  • Presumption of Innocence by Stephen Penner

    Presumption of Innocence by Stephen Penner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Homicide prosecutor David Brunelle faces the most difficult case of his career. An innocent young girl is murdered in a heinous, unforgivable way. The only evidence against the killer is the full confession of his accomplice--another young girl he also victimized. But the accomplice is charged with the murder as well, which means she has the right to remain silent...
    Categorized as:
    legal  crime  suspense  thriller  mystery  fiction  pulp  murder
  • The Case Against William by Mark Gimenez

    The Case Against William by Mark Gimenez

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Criminal defence lawyers must make their peace with one harsh fact of life: most of their clients are guilty. Yet when William Tucker, a celebrated and self-centered star college football player, is suddenly arrested and charged with the brutal rape and murder of a college coed two years before, his broken-down, drunken estranged father Frank can't believe he's guilty...
    Categorized as:
    crime  legal  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  mystery
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