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Bum Rap

Paul Levine · 341 pages

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Hostile Witness

William Lashner · 589 pages

Hard-luck Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl is just itching for the opportunity to sell out. Then good fortune comes knocking at his door in the guise of William Prescott III, a blue-blood attorney from one of the city's most prestigious firms. Prescott wants Victor to represent a councilman's aide who is on trial, along with his boss, for extortion, arson, and murder. It's the juiciest, highest-pro

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The Defense

Steve Cavanagh · 320 pages

""If you're a fan of John Grisham, Scott Turow, and Brad Meltzer, then you will be a fan of Steve Cavanagh's The Defense."--Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Radiant Angel Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two aren't that different. Former con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn gave up the law a year ago after a disastrous case, and he

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Bury the Lead

David Rosenfelt · 271 pages

Northern New Jersey has a new local hero on its cultural crime turf.He's Andy Carpenter, the Paterson defense attorney who can sling a quip as fast as he can outmaneuver a snarling prosecutor. Acclaimed author David Rosenfelt's first novel, was nominated for an Edgar Award, now in this new novel, the intrepid lawyer is thrust into the spotlight where he risks becoming a media victim...of the most

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Running from the Law

Lisa Scottoline · 261 pages

Whether it's poker or trial law, wisecracking Rita Morrone plays to win, especially when she takes on the defense of the Honorable Fiske Hamilton, a prominent federal judge accused of sexual harassment. And it's no coincidence that the judge is her live-in lover's father.

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The Rainmaker

John Grisham · 568 pages

In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor "finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam."

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The Trials of Rumpole

John Mortimer · 205 pages

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Testimony

Scott Turow · 614 pages

"In the bestselling tradition of Presumed Innocent--the 1987 debut novel that made him "one of the major writers in America" (NPR)--comes what may be Scott Turow's best thriller yet ... Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped to examine the disappearance of an entire Gypsy refugee ca

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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

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Bear is Broken

Lachlan Smith · 256 pages

"Leo Maxwell grew up in the shadow of his older brother, Teddy, a successful yet reviled criminal defense attorney who racked up enemies as quickly as he racked up acquittals. As children, their father was jailed for the murder of their mother, and Teddy was left to care for Leo who tried to emulate his older brother, even following him into the legal profession. The two are at lunch one day when

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Incriminating Evidence

Sheldon Siegel · 387 pages

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. It starts with a phone call

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Line Of Vision

David Ellis · 422 pages

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Defending Jacob

William Landay

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The Law of Innocence

Michael Connelly · 408 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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Wrongful Death

Robert Dugoni · 366 pages

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Sandrine's Case

Thomas H. Cook · 341 pages

Samuel Madison always wondered what Sandrine saw in him. He's a meek, stuffy doctorate student, and she's a brilliant, beautiful bohemian with limitless talent and imagination. Yet on the surface their marriage seemed perfectly tranquil. Then one night Sandrine is found dead in their bed from a deadly overdose of pain medication and alcohol, and Samuel is accused of poisoning her. As the truth of

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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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Moral Defense

Marcia Clark · 416 pages

Samantha Brickman is hired as the legal advocate for Cassie Sonnenberg after a brutal stabbing left the teenager's father and brother dead. It's a tabloid-ready case that has the nation in an uproar--and Sam facing her biggest challenge yet. As Sam digs to find answers, she becomes more personally entangled in the case, and ends up facing a choice she never dreamed she'd have to make, --

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The Kills

Linda Fairstein · 383 pages

Paige Vallis claimed that she gave in to Tripping's sexual demands because he had threatened to harm his son if she didn't. Alexandra Cooper, prosecuting the ex-CIA man, knew she had her work cut out to convince the jury, but before Paige could complete her testimony on the stand she is found dead - strangled in her own apartment building, just hours after she'd confessed to Alex that she had had

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The Neon Lawyer

Victor Methos · 165 pages

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Beach Lawyer (Beach Lawyer Series)

Avery Duff · 278 pages

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Death On a High Floor

Charles Rosenberg

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