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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorHigh Crimes
Joseph Finder · 388 pages
Claire Heller Chapman has the perfect life. She's a Harvard law professor and a high-profile criminal defense attorney known for taking on - and winning - tough cases. But one day this perfect life is shattered when her husband Tom Chapman is suddenly arrested by a team of government agents and accused of a brutal crime he insists he didn't commit. As Claire finds herself drawn closer into a web
A Plague of Secrets
John Lescroart
Dismas Hardy, Abe Glitsky, and Wyatt Hunt return in a compelling and timely legal thriller filled with blackmail, political intrigue, and multiple murder.The first victim is Dylan Vogler, a charming ex-convict who manages the Bay Beans West coffee shop in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. When his body is found, inspectors discover that his knapsack is filled with high-grade marijuana. It s
Capitol Conspiracy
William Bernhardt · 399 pages
The Enemy Inside
Steve Martini · 374 pages
"Defending an innocent young man, defense attorney Paul Madriani uncovers a morass of corruption and greed that leads to the highest levels of political power. One of the most successful lawyers in the country, Olinda Serna is a master at managing money as well as her influential clients. After years of fierce combat in the political trenches, Serna knows all the dirty secrets, where the bodies ar
The Runaway Jury
John Grisham · 496 pages
An anonymous woman tips officials that the jury for a multimillion dollar trial surrounding the tobacco industry may be tampered with.
Weighed in the Balance
Anne Perry · 400 pages
"When Countess Zorah Rostova sweeps into the office of London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone and asks him to defend her against a serious charge of slander, he is astonished to find himself accepting. For, from what he learns of the case, a defense of the countess can only earn him notoriety.". "Twenty years earlier, Countess Zorah's countryman Prince Friedrich had abdicated his throne to marry a
The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly · 408 pages
Chase, the Bad Baby
John Ellsworth · 302 pages
A negligent doctor and hospital mismanaged the labor and delivery, giving the birth mother a "bad baby". And the hospital bet that nobody would ever find out about its cover up. Little did they know.
The Burden of Proof
Scott Turow · 515 pages
Turow's acclaimed second novel, which topped international bestseller lists, is now available in trade paperback. Sandy Stern, the brilliant defense attorney from Presumed Innocent, faces an event so emotionally shattering that no part of his life is left untouched. It reveals a family caught in a maelstrom of hidden crimes, shocking secrets, and warring passions.
Salem Falls
Jodi Picoult · 434 pages
Another fluent and absorbing tale by the author of The Pact, Nineteen Minutes and Plain Truth. Jodi Picoult has touched readers deeply with her acclaimed novels. She is gifted with an ability to make us share her characters' feelings.'Picoult writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships.' -The Boston GlobeWrongfully convicte
Bodily Harm
Robert Dugoni
Bodily Harm opens with a big win for Sloane and his new partner, Tom Pendergrass, in a medical malpractice case centered on the death of a child. But on the heels of this seeming victory, an unlikely character, toy designer Kyle Horgan, comes forward to tell Sloane that he's gotten it all wrong. Horgan's the one who's truly responsible for the little boy's death and others, not the pediatrician Sl
An Innocent Client
Scott Pratt · 375 pages
A preacher is stabbed to death in a Tennessee motel. The suspect is a waitress at a strip club.Defense attorney Joe Dillard's too burnt out to defend anyone he knows in his heart is guilty.Then he meets the vulnerable Angel—the accused, incriminated by circumstantial evidence. Dillard's sure she's not capable of killing anyone. What Dillard doesn't count on are the others drawn into the storm of t
Plea of Insanity
Jilliane Hoffman · 500 pages
The prosecutor Julia Valentine. Young and ambitious and facing a case that could catapult her career. The defendant David Marquette. A successful Miami attorney and devoted family man. The victims his own wife and three small children. The plea Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. The perfect father and husband, David Marquette seemingly just snapped one night without reason. His experienced defence
Hostile Witness
Rebecca Forster · 374 pages
When sixteen-year-old Hannah Sheraton is arrested for the murder of her stepgrandfather, a California Supreme Court justice, her distraught mother turns to once infamous defense attorney, Josie Bates. Now a small town lawyer in Hermosa Beach, Josie wants nothing to do with the case since the gruesome evidence points to Hannah's guilt. When the girl is charged as an adult, Josie can't turn her back
Rage of Angels
Sidney Sheldon · 504 pages
Jennifer, the daughter of a small-town lawyer, joined the staff of the District Attorney of Manhattan, to fight for justice as her father had done. But less than twenty-four hours after being sworn in, Jennifer's hopes, her dreams, her career, were smashed, and she found herself facing disbarment and a possible prison sentence. So begins the story of a brilliant and beautiful young woman who be
Rumpole and the Primrose Path
John Mortimer · 313 pages
In a collection of stories, curmudgeonly London barrister Horace Rumpole, recovering from a heart attack, takes on a nasty head nurse at his run-down convalescent center as he investigates the mysterious death of an elderly patient.
Malice Prepense
Kate Wilhelm · 412 pages
A man with the mind of an eight-year-old is accused of murdering an Oregon senator. He is Teddy Wendover, 28, who as a child was stunted by an accident on a field trip led by the senator. For defense lawyer Barbara Holloway it's a frame-up, but who is behind it?
Judge & Jury
James Patterson, Andrew Gross · 443 pages
Obstruction of Justice
Perri O'Shaughnessy · 529 pages