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Most Dangerous Place

James Grippando Β· 356 pages

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.

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The Lawyer's Lawyer

James Sheehan

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Suspicion of Guilt

Barbara Parker Β· 428 pages

Miami attorney Gail Connor is drawn into a web of violence and conspiracy when she takes on a case of suspected forgery that could bring millions of dollars to her firm, and discovers the crime is masking a brutal murder.

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Last Witness

Jilliane Hoffman Β· 380 pages

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A Killer's Kiss

William Lashner Β· 336 pages

There's nothing easier than falling in love with an old girlfriend. That's what Philly lawyer Victor Carl finds out when he hooks up again with a femme fatale who's definitely bad for his health. In the middle of the night, a knock on Victor's door can only mean trouble. Two cops invite themselves in, asking where Victor has been. They also ask him about a doctor named Wren Davis. Victor sends the

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Secret Sanction

Brian Haig Β· 416 pages

Army lawyer Sean Drummond investigates the massacre of thirty-five civilians in Kosovo that is being pinned on a team of Green Berets. He slowly uncovers a huge conspiracy.

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Rogue Lawyer

John Grisham Β· 344 pages

Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather chairs, a hidden gun compartment, and a heavily armed driver. He has no firm, no partners, no associates, and only one employee, his driver, who's also his bodyguard, law clerk, confidant, and golf caddy. He lives alone in a small but extremely sa

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Trader of Secrets

Steve Martini Β· 392 pages

While in Paris to find a former NASA employee whose name has been found on papers left in his nemesis's apartment, Paul Madriani stumbles upon a plot to harness the destructive forces of nature using stolen technology.

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Deadlocked

Joel Goldman Β· 384 pages

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Bear is Broken

Lachlan Smith Β· 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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Criminal Intent

Sheldon Siegel Β· 420 pages

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The Last Alibi

David Ellis Β· 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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There Was A Little Girl

Ed McBain Β· 329 pages

Florida attorney Matthew Hope gets shot after some routine legal work for a circus turns into an investigation of the death of a dwarf.

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Deadly Justice

William Bernhardt

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The Gods of Guilt

Michael Connelly Β· 387 pages

"Defense attorney Mickey Haller returns with a haunting case in the gripping new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game. Wh

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Fifty Fifty

Steve Cavanagh Β· 376 pages

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Betrayal

John Lescroart Β· 422 pages

When Dismas Hardy agrees to clean up the caseload of recently disappeared attorney Charlie Bowen, he thinks it will be easy. But one of the cases is far from small-time--the sensational clash between National Guard reservist Evan Scholler and an ex-Navy SEAL and private contractor named Ron Nolan. Two rapid-fire events in Iraq conspired to bring the men into fatal conflict: Nolan's relationship wi

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Irresistible Impulse

Robert K. Tanenbaum Β· 445 pages

A novel on stalked women and the people who protect them. The heroes are a married couple, Butch Carp and Marlene Ciampi of New York, he a lawyer trying to put behind bars a stalker and killer, she running an agency that provides protection.

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Carlos the Ant

John Ellsworth Β· 350 pages

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Treason

Don Brown Β· 336 pages

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The Absence of Guilt

Mark Gimenez Β· 480 pages

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Justice Burning

Scott Pratt Β· 283 pages

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Murder One

Robert Dugoni Β· 374 pages

A year after the murder of his wife, attorney David Sloane reconnects with former adversary Barclay Reid, who upon losing her daughter to a drug overdose has launched a campaign against Russian drug trafficking, only to be accused of murdering a dealer.

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Proof of Intent

William J. Coughlin, Walter Sorrells Β· 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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