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All Time Faves: Legal Thrillers
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Undertow After the daughter of a powerful senator dies in a tragic accident, the witness to the accident, an esteemed female attorney, unexpectedly finds herself charged with murder by the girl's vengeful father--a man with his own twisted agenda. Terrific legal suspense.--Lee Child. Original. ...More |
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Try Dying In this fast-paced legal thriller, lawyer Ty Buchanan seeks the truth of his fiance's death, and soon finds himself in a world where it's kill or be killed. As Ty relentlessly navigates the underworld of L.A., he soon realizes that he is the target of a killer. ...More |
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False Testimony Award-winning author Rose Connors breathers new life into the legal thriller with her fresh take on ethics and the law, in her fourth Marty Nickerson novel set on beautiful Cape Cod. ...More |
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A Stain Upon the Robe Third in a series featuring young female attorney Maired O'Clare and her boss Sheldon Gold. The pair assist a superior court judge in a thriller involving legal, political, and church scandals. |
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The Jury Master In the tradition of Scott Turow and Brad Meltzer, this debut novel introduces a bold and entertaining new voice to the legal thriller genre. As he fights for his life, an attorney gets closer to the explosive truth about who he is, how little he knows, and who is really the master of his fate. ...More |
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Eye of the Beholder The Edgar Award-winning author of "Line of Vision" and "In the Company of Liars" delivers a stunning new thriller where every character has a secret--and every secret has a price. ...More |
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The Marriage of True Minds In this unconventional love story, Nick and Lena are divorced, but can't quite separate. They had once run a successful environmental law firm together, until Nick's charmingly erratic behavior got in the way. His actions cause him to run afoul of the law, and Lena must decide whether to rescue him again. ...More |
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The Letter of the Law Young Texas attorney Casey Jordan is hired by law school professor Eric Lipton after the father of one of his students, who is brutally murdered, accuses Lipton of killing his daughter. Lipton maintains his innocence throughout the trial. Just as the jury finds him "not guilty", Lipton whispers a confession in Casey's ear. Now, Casey must decide to either protect her client, or join forces with an obsessed father who demands justice. ...More |
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Last Witness C.J. Townsend, a brilliant prosecutor from Miami, returns in Hoffman's second novel that's filled with vivid crime scene investigations and a thrilling plot. ...More |
 
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Falls the Shadow A beautiful young woman is dead, and her husband convicted of a grisly murder. In seeking his acquittal, defense attorney Victor Carl must confront not only a determined prosecutor and a police detective who might have set up his client, but also a strange dentist named Bob. ...More |
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The Attorney Paul Madriani is back--as both defense attorney and sleuth--in this riveting new legal thriller by the bestselling author of "The Judge" and "Undue Influence." After Jonah, an elderly man who is raising his eight-year-old granddaughter, wins the lottery, he becomes the target of a blackmail attempt and is accused of murder. Mystery Guild( Main Selection. ...More |
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Notorious Martinez delivers her fourth tale of crime and justice featuring the smart and tough-as-nails federal prosecutor Melanie Vargas who is investigating her most explosive case yet. ...More |
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Suspicion of Madness Filled with steamy atmosphere, stunning reversals, and hairpin twists and turns, and certain to be another sensational bestseller, "Suspicion of Madness" is Barbara Parker--one of America's best thriller authors writing today--at the top of her game. ...More |
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Conflict of Interest District attorney Joanne Kulhman shows no mercy to the guilty and gets her conviction. That changes when she finds herself feeling sympathy for a young man accused of armed robbery and trafficking in an ingenious but dangerous new weapon. When Joanne feels an attraction to the defendant's handsome attorney, she knows she's placing her career in grave jeopardy. ...More |
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Final Verdict Now divorced, legal partners Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez are called by Leon Walker, the man Mike kept out of jail through a few questionable maneuvers. Walker's been accused of murder, and it's up to Mike to clear Walker's name--and his own. ...More |
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Counterplay In classic Robert Tanebaum style Counterplay picks up right where Fury left off- hitting the ground running, literally, with corrupt, would-be mayor Andrew Kane escaping from prison. Kane, of course, has designs on killing Butch Karp and his family. Hence, it's no surprise that Counterplay begins with the Karp family scrambling to conjure a viable plan to handle the escape. What they don't know is Andrew Kane's strategy- to join forces with a terrorist group and organize a major attack in New York City. ...More |