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21) I'm Watching You
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A dark secret keeps Chicago assistant state's attorney Kristen Mayhew as tightly wound as the springy red curls she works to pin down. Meals at the nearby diner, sleepless nights renovating her empty house and days in court where the bad guy more often than not doesn't face justice make up her life̮until she finds the bodies of three criminals she failed to convict in the trunk of her car. Each dead body comes accompanied by a sinister letter, the...
22) Night sins
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A steamy romance featuring Megan O'Malley, the first woman field agent for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and Mitch Holt, chief of police in Deer Lake. They are brought together by the kidnaping of an eight-year-old boy, abducted after hockey practice. By the author of Lucky's Lady.
23) Shattered
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With an ailing mother to support, attorney Lisa Shewmaker takes a job as a research assistant to District Attorney Scott Buchanan. While reviewing cold cases in the Fayette County courthouse, she comes across photos that may help her uncover details about her mysterious past. But when a series of catastrophes strike close to home, Lisa confides in Scott, and their relationship develops into something completely different. Together Lisa and Scott unravel...
24) Dead reckoning
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©2005
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While trying to prosecute a case that could make her career, assistant D.A. Kate Megason receives threatening messages regarding a brutal attack from the past that left her sister brain damaged, and turns to P.I. Frank Matrone for help.
25) Bad blood
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Bad Blood finds Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper deeply involved in a complicated, high-profile homicide case. Defendant Brendan Quillian, a prominent young businessman, is charged with the brutal strangulation of his beautiful young wife, Amanda. His conviction is not a certainty: Quillian was conveniently out of town on the day of the killing, and he has hired a formidable defense attorney who seems one step ahead of Cooper as the trial opens. But...
26) At risk
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A Massachusetts district attorney running for governor wants to use some radical new DNA technology to solve a long-ago murder. The result? A new round of violence.
27) 24 hours
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Will Jennings and his family are about to live every family's nightmare, a kidnapping. They don't know it but they are being watched by a psychopathic con man who has never been caught, because his victims never talk to the police
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[2021]
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On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African-American and South Asian-American person to be elected to the vice presidency. While her nomination for this position was not unexpected, her rise to national prominence was one filled with unexpected turns and obstacles. After failing her first bar exam to become a lawyer, she tried again and passed. From there, she quickly rose through the...
29) Rage of angels
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"Jennifer Parker is a brilliant, lovely attorney on her way up. But less than twenty-four hours after joining the district attorney's office in Manhattan, Jennifer finds her career threatened by a Mafia prince. Michael Moretti is a compelling, charismatic crime lord who seeks to expand his domain. He will let no one stand in his way...no matter her beauty or ambition."--P.[4] of cover.
30) Killer Look
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 18
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"New York City is one of the fashion capitals of the world, well-known for its glamour and style. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the runway, where American haute couture continually astounds with its creativity, daring, and innovation in the name of beauty. Yet high fashion means high stakes, as Alex Cooper quickly discovers when businessman and designer Wolf Savage is found dead in an apparent suicide, mere days before the biggest show of...
31) Dead Even
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Manhattan assistant District Attorney Sara Tate nabs a case she believes could make her career, but the trial turns deadly when she receives a threat that if she should lose, her husband will die; and to make things worse, her husband, Jared, reluctantly defending the opposition, gets a similar warning.
32) No good deeds
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Tess Monaghan mysteries volume 9
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[2006]
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For Tess Monaghan, the unsolved murder of a young federal prosecutor is nothing more than a theoretical problem, one of several cases to be deconstructed in her new gig as a consultant to the local newspaper. But then her boyfriend brings home a street kid who doesn't even realize he holds an important key to the man's death. Tess agrees to protect the boy's identity no matter what, especially when one of his friends is killed in an apparent case...
33) Trial by fire
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A district attorney with an incredible 100% convictio rate is haunted by the one crime she's been unable to solve--the arson fire that killed her parents 15 years earlier. But when she finally persuades the authorities to reopen the case, the most unexpected suspect of all is indicted--herself!
34) Killer Heat
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Manhattan D.A. Alex Cooper investigates a series of three murders while dodging gang members infuriated with her most recent courtroom victory. The investigation leads to someone who has a twisted obsession with the military, and things grow even more dangerous when the chase leads to a chain of small, abandoned islands around New York harbor.
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 11
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When Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper is summoned to Tina Barr's apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, she finds a neighbor convinced that the young woman was assaulted. But the terrified victim, a conservator of rare books and maps, refuses to cooperate with investigators. Then another woman is found murdered in that same apartment with an extremely valuable book, believed to have been stolen. As Alex pursues the murderer, she is drawn...
36) The fourth enemy
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Daniel Pitt novels (Anne Perry) volume 6
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"Working his way up at London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named junior counsel on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his reputation. The trouble is, Malcolm Vayne, the man on trial, has deep pockets, and even deeper connections. Working alongside Gideon Hunter, the new head of his firm, Daniel must find a way to prove that Vayne is guilty. Vayne's trial reveals his deep political ambitions, and it heats up further...
37) The quiet game
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Penn Cage novels volume 1
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Widower Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, where, finding that his father is being blackmailed, he reopens a notorious murder case that involves powerfully dangerous town forces, the FBI, and his own past.
38) Sweet Anger
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As she searches for the truth about her husband's death, a TV reporter must control her anger — and attraction — toward the man who smeared his reputation.TV newscaster Kari Wynne blames her shattered life on one man: District Attorney Hunter McKee, the man who marred her late husband's reputation. McKee branded him a thief in the media, then dared to send Kari roses to apologize for hurting her. Soon, her anger against McKee...
39) Night watch
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"New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein returns with a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that takes Alexandra Cooper into the dark underside of New York City's most storied restaurants and a murder case spanning continents. In her thirteen bestsellers, Linda Fairstein has taken millions of fans inside sinister worlds that most of us can't even imagine. Thanks to her extensive experience as a New York City prosecutor, she creates situations...
40) The confession
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[2014]
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"Assistant DA Holt Douglas makes his living exposing lies and sending criminals to jail in Ashley County, Georgia. His job is always easier when defendants, instead of remaining silent, blame someone else or try to excuse their actions. With a confession in his hand, Holt knows a guilty plea will soon follow. But lurking in Holt's past is a dark secret that could end his successful career and possibly his relationship with Angelina, his hoped-for...