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41) Ties that bind
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Amanda Jaffe novels volume 2
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When Amanda Jaffe is forced to represent a pimp accused of murder (a case no other lawyer will touch), her client threatens her, strirring up trauma to such an extent that Amanda must seek the help of a psychiatrist. Her opponent on the murder case, ADA Tom McCorkle, is a local hero -- he won the Heisman Trophy and secured for the University of Oregon its only victory in the Rose Bowl 15 years earlier -- who is embroiled in his own crisis of confidence,...
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 18
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"Jack Swyteck's latest client is Grammy-winning popstar Imani Nichols, who urges fans to pirate her music because her royalties go mostly to ex-husband Shaky Nichols. The result is blazing litigation and the indictment of both for the long-ago murder of Imani's extramarital lover."--
43) Double tap
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Paul Madriani novels volume 8
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Defense attorney Paul Madriani takes on the case of Emiliano Ruiz, a career soldier on trial for the murder of a businesswoman and the head of a high-tech software company, murders that could be tied to explosive government secrets
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Sen. Corey Grace, a Republican from Ohio, became a public hero during the Gulf War after surviving the crash of his jet and enduring months of captivity and torture. Thirteen years later, he's 43 and one of a national magazine's 50 sexiest men alive. Corey has a real shot at winning his party's nomination-if, as his advisers constantly remind him, he can just rein in his impulsiveness, his party-line crossing votes and his habit of telling the truth....
45) The Judge
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Paul Madriani novels volume 4
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[1995]
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Judge Amando Acosta is out to break the police union. A labor dispute is looming and this strikes fear into the hearts of the city fathers. Striking fear into the heart of policeman and union bigwig Phil Mendel is Acosta's grand jury investigation. Caught between the two is Tony Arguillo, policeman and union bookkeeper determined to protect the blue, and his lawyer, Paul Madriani. Acosta wants Tony to testify about union financial improprieties and...
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 13
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2017.
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Jack signs on to defend an old school friend's wife who is accused of murdering her college rapist, but he finds the case unexpectedly complicated by the woman's tortured family history and conflicting testimony from an ex-boyfriend.
47) Greater love
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Tides of truth volume 3
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Tami has just accepted a job with a law firm, but wonders if she made the right decision. With two strong men vying for her heart, she's about to lose both if she can't decide between them. And her new case is anything but simple. When she first meets her client, Tami knows the rough young teen is lying, guilty ... and utterly terrified of something beyond the charges she's facing. What she doesn't realize is just how far-reaching the effects of this...
49) Poison
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 17
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2018.
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"Dismas Hardy is looking forward to cutting back his work hours and easing into retirement after recovering from two gunshot wounds. He is determined to spend more time with his family and even reconnect with his distant son, Vincent. But Dismas just can't stay away from the courtroom for long and soon he is pulled into an intense family drama with fatal consequences. Grant Wagner, the vigorous patriarch of the Wagner family and its four-generations...
50) D. C. Dead
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After a shocking loss, Stone Barrington is at loose ends, unsure if he wants to stay in New York and continue his work as a partner at Woodman & Weld. It comes as a welcome relief when he's summoned to Washington, D.C., by President Will Lee. The president has a special operation that calls for Stone's unique skill set, and it's a mission that will reunite him with his former partner in crime and in bed, Holly Barker.
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Billy Bob Holland novels volume 4
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After moving his family west to Montana, Billy Bob Holland, the former Texas Ranger, hung out a shingle for his law practice. But he soon discovers that jail cells have revolving doors and that the government he had sworn to serve may have become his enemy
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[2013]
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Noa P. Singleton sits on death row in a maximum security penitentiary, just six months away from her execution date. She is visited by a high-powered Philadelphia attorney who is a heartbroken mother of the victim and now wants to see the death penalty delayed--if only Noa reveals her motive.
53) Blood flag
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[2016]
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Defending a client accused of mercy-killing her father, attorney Paul Madriani is drawn into a treacherous conspiracy involving the victim's former unit from World War II and a feared Nazi relic.
54) Dark fire
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Matthew Shardlake novels volume 2
Pub. Date
c2004
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The second novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series—the inspiration for the Hulu original series Shardlake!
In 1540, during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake is asked to help a young girl accused of murder. She refuses to speak in her defense even when threatened with torture. But just when the case seems lost, Thomas Cromwell, the king’s feared vicar general, offers Shardlake two more weeks to prove his client’s...
In 1540, during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake is asked to help a young girl accused of murder. She refuses to speak in her defense even when threatened with torture. But just when the case seems lost, Thomas Cromwell, the king’s feared vicar general, offers Shardlake two more weeks to prove his client’s...
55) Judge and Jury
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2020.
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This time, Dan's putting everything on the line. Will his dangerous scheme reveal a killer...or cause a fatal injustice? Defense lawyer Daniel Pike believes he's closer than ever to proving his late father was no murderer. But with key witnesses snuffed out and his archnemesis pulling all the strings to ensure no one talks, his frustration is about to boil over. His only remaining option is a high-stakes gamble to force the arrogant powerbroker onto...
56) Trial by blood
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Daniel Pike novel volume 3
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[2020]
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Attorney Daniel Pike's flashy courtroom antics have earned him plenty of enemies--but also freed many innocent people. When he learns that the same crooked cop who got his father locked up for life is testifying in a contested-identity suit, Daniel takes the case. But it won't be easy to prove his client is the long-lost heir to an immense estate since the young man can't remember the last fourteen years... His civil litigation becomes a criminal...
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Mickey Haller novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2011]
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Mickey Haller must defend a client who is accused of killing the banker involved with her foreclosure, a case that reveals strong suspicions, black-market dealings, and a threat to Mickey's own life.
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"Having joined the "dark side" after years spent prosecuting criminals as the San Francisco DA, defense attorney Wes Farrell is experiencing a crisis of faith. How can he in good conscience defend clients whom, in his estimation, are most likely guilty? In his role as DA, Farrell had helped put away Paul Riley, a young man charged for the rape and murder of his then-girlfriend Dana Rush, only for Riley to later be released from his life sentence -...
59) Court of killers
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[2019]
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The court of public opinion found her guilty. But one attorney resolved to change the verdict & help. Attorney Daniel Pike knows the dire consequences of crossing the government. So when rising political star Camila Perez faces charges in a gruesome quadruple homicide, his instincts sense a frame by powerful rivals. But Dan and the Last Chance Lawyers may have a hopeless case when the police discover damning evidence scrawled at the crime scene in...
60) The silent lady
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When an unkempt woman who is barely able to speak arrives in his office, London attorney Alexander Armstrong is stunned to discover that she is Irene Baindor, a woman who holds the key to solving a mystery that has plagued him for twenty-six years.