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The Testament / A Time to Kill

John Grisham · 1,016 pages

Contains; - The Testament - [A Time to Kill](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL77001W)

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Criminal Intent

Sheldon Siegel · 420 pages

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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

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Primary Justice

William Bernhardt · 320 pages

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The Case Against William

Mark Gimenez · 400 pages

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Defending Turquoise

John Ellsworth · 356 pages

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The Arraignment

Steve Martini · 403 pages

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Eyes of a Child

Richard North Patterson · 593 pages

Ricardo Arias is found dead, the gun still wedged in his mouth. It looks like suicide, but the physical evidence strongly suggests murder. The police investigation uncovers an estranged wife, Terri Peralta; an ugly custody battle over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; heated charges of child abuse; and a murder suspect: San Francisco defense attorney Christopher Paget. Paget has motive--it's

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The Night Crew

Brian Haig · 419 pages

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An Invisible Client

Victor Methos · 254 pages

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The Criminal Lawyer: (A Good Lawyer Novel)

Thomas Benigno · 406 pages

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The Verdict

Nick Stone · 512 pages

Terry Flynt is a struggling legal clerk, desperately trying to get promoted. And then he is given the biggest opportunity of his career: to help defend a millionaire accused of murdering a woman in his hotel suite. The only problem is that the accused man, Vernon James, turns out to be Terry's sworn enemy - a man who betrayed him and turned all his friends against him at university. This case coul

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Fifty Fifty

Steve Cavanagh · 376 pages

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Directed Verdict

Randy Singer · 485 pages

In Saudi Arabia, two American missionaries are targeted by the infamous religious police--the Muttawa. The man is tortured and killed, his wife arrested on trumped-up charges before being deported to the U.S. Compelled by her story, attorney Brad Carson files an unprecedented civil rights suit against Saudi Arabia and the ruthless head of the Muttawa. But the suit unleashes powerful forces that wi

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The Last Alibi

David Ellis · 465 pages

James Drinker is a bit of an oddball. A funny looking geeky loner, he walks into Jason Kolarich's office one day with a preemptive concern. Two women have recently been murdered, seemingly by the same killer, and Drinker thinks he will be the main suspect. One woman was his ex girlfriend and the other was a friend. He's the only link between the victims and he has no alibi for the night of either

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Primal Fear

William Diehl · 508 pages

William Diehl has written five previous best-sellers, each of them superb, selling millions of copies around the world. Yet nothing he has done before can prepare you for Primal Fear. In Chicago, a sainted archbishop is slain, mutilated, and dismembered in his rectory. Moments after the murder, an angelic-looking young man, Aaron Sampler, is found crouched in a confessional, covered with blood and

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To Speak for the Dead

Paul Levine · 294 pages

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A Case of Redemption

Adam Mitzner · 405 pages

"Dan Sorensen was once a high-powered New York City defense attorney--but that was before a horrifying accident killed the two people in his life who meant the most, plunging him into a downward spiral. As he approaches rock bottom, Dan is unexpectedly offered the opportunity of a lifetime: defend an up-and-coming rapper in a murder trial on the front page of every newspaper. Although his client s

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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.

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Proof of Intent

William J. Coughlin, Walter Sorrells · 330 pages

Charley Sloan isn't your typical lawyer. But then again, this isn't your typical case. When famous author and hometown hero Miles Dane is arrested for murdering his wife, it seems like an open-and-shut case. With no credible alibi, a mountain of physical evidence, and a motive of millions, it seems the prosecution's case is airtight. The police suspect that Dane had planned this crime many year

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The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly · 464 pages

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Predatory Kill

Kenneth Eade · 234 pages

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The Pardon

James Grippando · 412 pages

An estranged father and son -- one a brilliant defense lawyer, the other the governor of Florida -- must overcome their differences to stop a cunning psychopath.Jack Swyteck, a brilliant Miami defense attorney has spent years rebelling against his father, Harry, now Florida's governor. Their estrangement seems complete when Harry allows one of Jack's clients -- a man Jack believes is innocent -- t

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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

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