A Plethora of Legal Thrillers & Courtroom Dramas
WILLIAM
BERNHARDT
Primary
Justice. Ballantine, 1991. San Antonio DA Chris Sinclair is
a man so dedicated to the truth that he often finds himself in great jeopardy
for his dedication and ideals.
Angel of Death.
Forge, 1998 Also by Jay Brandon:
Local Rules.
Pocket, 1995. Defiance County.
Pocket, 1996. Fade the Heat. Pocket,
1990. Executive Privilege.
Forge, 2001. Joseph Antonelli
is a brilliant but cynical defense attorney who is a master of courtroom razzle-dazzle.
He has never lost a case--even when his clients are guilty, something for which
he has no remorse until one debacle sends him into self-imposed retirement.
The Defense. Holt,
1997. Burned-out, middle-aged Italian defense lawyer, Guido Guerrieri, takes on a series of cases that test him personally and professionally in this series penned by a prosecutor.
Involuntary Witness. Bitter Lemon, 2005. Once a great trial lawyer,
recovering alcoholic Charley Sloan eeks out a minimal living in Pickeral Pont,
Michigan, where he hides from his illustrious & jaded past. But soon a murder
case puts his legal talents to the test.
Shadow of
a Doubt. St. Martin's, 1991.
Ben Kincaid is a
former corporate lawyer who returns to the legal fray as a defense attorney.
He may not be Perry Mason, but he does have knack for pulling off the impossible
in the courtroom.
Blind Justice. Ballantine, 1992.
Perfect Justice. Ballantine, 1993.
Deadly Justice. Ballantine, 1993.
Cruel Justice. Ballantine, 1996.
Naked Justice. Ballantine, 1997.
Extreme Justice. Ballantine, 1998.
Dark Justice. Ballantine, 1999.
Silent Justice. Ballantine, 2000.
Murder One. Ballantine, 2001.
Criminal Intent. Ballantine, 2002.
Death Row. Ballantine, 2003.
Hate Crime. Ballantine, 2004.
Capitol Murder. Ballantine, 2006
Capitol Threat. Ballantine, 2007
Capitol Conspiracy. Ballantine,
2008
Captiol Betrayal. Ballantine, 2010.
After-image. Forge, 2000
Silver Moon. Forge, 2003
Grudge Match. Forge, 2004
Running with the Dead. Forge, 2005
When former Ass't D. A. Jordan Marshall is ticketed for speeding in a small
town, the judge "punishes" him by making him the court-appointed defender of
a local boy charged with the attempted murder of his best friend.
A young Ass't D.A. is dispatched to Galilee, Texas, as special prosecutor in
a murder/kidnapping case that has torn the small town apart.
Only months after becoming District Attorney, Mark Blackwell finds his career
on the line when his son is framed for rape. Followed by: Loose Among
the Lambs (1993).
When the First Lady decides to divorce her husband, she hires Texas divorce
lawyer David Owens to represent her. But President McPherson has many secrets
to hide and Owens soon finds both his career and his life in jeopardy.
The Prosecution. Holt, 1999
The Judgment. Warner, 2001
The Legacy. Warner, 2002
Star Witness. GPPS, 2003
Breach of Trust. GPPS, 2004
Trial By Fire. GPPS, 2005.
A Walk in the Dark. Bitter Lemon, 2006.
Reasonable Doubts. Bitter Lemon. 2007.
Death Penalty. HarperCollins, 1992.
The Judgment. St. Martin's, 1997.
Proof of Intent. (with Walter Sorrels.) T. Dunne, 2002.
A decorated ex-Marine, David Sloane has made a name for himself as a brilliant and hugely successful wrongful death attorney with a long string of court victories thanks to his knack for making juries see things his way. But his talents tend to bring him BIG cases that bring the phrase "bodily harm" all too close to home.
The Jury Master. Warner, 2006. LINDA
FAIRSTEIN
Tough and dedicated, smart and sassy assistant district attorney Alexandra Cooper
is Manhattan's top sex crimes prosecutor. She's also a pretty classy gal comfortable
in the upper echelons of New York society, with an Ivy League education and a
house in Martha's Vineyard. She tackles cases with the help of Detective Mike
Chapman and homicide cop Mercer Wallace.
Wrongful Death. S&S, 2009
Bodily Harm. S&S, 2010.
Final Jeopardy. Scriber, 1996 Grand Jury. D.
I. Fine, 1996. Miami-based Jack
Swyteck is a brilliant and tough young defense attorney, who just happens to
be the son of Florida's tough-on-crime, pro death-penalty governor. In the first
novel of the series, father and son collide in a way neither of them could have
ever anticipated when Jack himself is accused of murder. A fast-paced, page-turning
series
The Pardon.
HarCol, 1994 A Time to
Kill. Wynwood, 1989. The Firm.
Doubleday, 1991. The Pelican Brief.
Doubleday, 1992. The Client.
Doubleday, 1993. The Chamber.
Doubleday, 1994. The
Rainmaker. Doubleday, 1996. The Runaway Jury.
Doubleday, 1996. The Partner.
Doubleday, 1997. The Street Lawyer.
Doubleday, 1998. The
Testament. Doubleday. 1999. The Brethren. Doubleday,
2000. The Summons.
Doubleday, 2002. The King of Torts.
Doubleday, 2003. The Appeal. Doubleday, 2008. The Associate. Doubleday, 2009. The Confession. Doubleday, 2010. JAG hot-shot Maj.
Sean Drummond is an irreverent, wise-cracking and intelligent military officer
with a dedication to justice and penchant for ticking off his superiors, as
well as a magnet for trouble.
Secret Sanction.
Warner, 2001. Dismis Hardy is a
former San Francisco prosecutor and defense attorney who would rather tend bar
than be a member of one, but he invariably finds himself back in the courtroom
time and again.
Dead Irish.
D. I. Fine, 1990. Also by John
Lescroart:
Guilt.
Delacorte, 1997. Jake Lassiter is
an ex-Miami Dolphin linebacker turned trial lawyer, who lives by his own code:
"I won't lie to a judge, bribe a cop, or steal from a client. Other than that,
anything goes." And in this series, that's usually the case.
To Speak for the
Dead. Bantam, 1990. Also by Paul Levine:
She is strictly by-the-book.
He prefers to write his own book as he goes. Still mismatched duo Steve Solomon
and Victoria Lord manage to make an effective team in both the court room and
the bedroom.
Solomon Vs. Lord.
Bantam, 2005. The Last
Innocent Man. Little, Brown, 1981. Gone But Not Forgotten.
HarCol, 1993. After Dark.
Doubleday, 1995. The Burning Man.
Doubleday, 1996. The Undertaker's
Widow. Doubleday, 1998. Wild Justice. HarCol, 2000. The Associate. HarCol, 2001. Executive Priviledge. HarCol., 2008. Also by Philip Margolin
Ties that Bind. HarCol, 2003 Brilliant criminal
defense attorney Paul Madriani seemed to have it all working for a prestigious
law firm, until he has an affair with the wife of one of its cofounders. Reduced
to struggling in a solo practice, he is called upon by his former lover when
she is charged with her husband's murder. As the series progresses, Madriani
is faced with one challenging case after another.
Compelling Evidence.
Putnam, 1992. Kathryn Mackay must
balance her job as an assistant DA with single-motherhood and her relationship
ship detective Dave Grnatz.
Until Proven Guilty.
Pocket, 1993 Horace Rumpole is
a rotund, cigar-loving, irascible, but keen-witted criminal English barrister
with a genial contempt for judges and who refers to his wife Hilda as as She
Who Must Be Obeyed. Despite attempts by his friends and family to get him to
move on to a more elevated and respectable position for a man of his age, he
prefers the simple pleasure of defending his clients at The Old Bailey, London's
criminal court. And his skill at getting his clients off the hook has made him
something of legend among the city's criminal classes.
Rumpole of the
Bailey. Penguin, 1978 Nina Reilly is a
tough, tender-hearted & unpredictable Lake Tahoe attorney with a one-woman
law practice, a young son and a very interesting love life.
Invasion of Privacy.
Delacorte, 1996. Ex-debutante Gail Connor,
an associate at a respected Miami law firm is more married to her career than
to her marriage, which eventually falls apart, especially when she falls for
Cuban attorney, Anthony Quintana, a top criminal defense lawyer.
Suspicion
of Innocence. Dutton, 1994 Also by Barbara Parker:
Blood Relations.
Dutton, 1996. The Lasko
Tangent. Ballantine,
1979. The
Final Judgment Knopf, 1995. Private Screening.
Villard. 1985. Dark Lady.
Knopf, 1999. The Spire. Holt, 2009. Eclipse. Holt, 2009. In the name of Honor. Holt, 2010. Mitigating
Circumstances. Dutton, 1993.
Likely to Die. Scriber, 1997
Cold Hit. Scribner, 1999
The Deadhouse. Scribner, 2001
The Bone Vault . Scribner, 2003
The Kills. Scribner, 2004
Entombed. Scribner, 2005
Death Dance. Scribner, 2006
Bad Blood. Doubleday, 2007
Killer Heat. Doubleday, 2008
Lethal Legacy. Doubleday, 2009
Hell Gate. Dutton, 2010.
Silent Mercy. Dutton, 2011.
Two jurors find themselves increasingly involved in a drug conspiracy case against
two elderly Chinatown residents.
Beyond Suspicion. HarCol, 2002.
Last to Die. HarCol, 2003.
Hear No Evil. HarCol, 2004.
Got the Look. HarCol, 2006.
When Darkness Falls. HarCol, 2007.
Last Call. Harper, 2008.
Born to Run. HarCol, 2009.
Afraid of the Dark. Harper, 2011.
A tale of uncertain justice in a small Mississippi town that probes the depths
of racial violence.
A brilliant & ambitious Harvard law graduate joins a small & prosperous
firm and uncovers a web of corruption and murder.
A law student stumbles upon the truth behind the assassinations of two Supreme
Court justices.
An 11-year old boy becomes the target of both good and evil forces after overhearing
the dying words of a suicide victim.
A young Chicago lawyer is determined to save his grandfather-a former Klansman
whose execution is looming.
A rookie lawyer who is in over his head in a high-profile case hires a feisty
paralegal, and together they uncover a trail of corruption.
Why is the jury sitting on a landmark tobacco trial acting so strangely?
Patrick Lanigan, who absconded with 90 million dollars & faked his own death
four years earlier, is tracked down & snatched by bounty hunters. But where
is the money?
Michael Brock's legal career is on the rise (his marriage, alas, is not) when
he and 8 colleagues are taken hostage by a Vietnam Vet with a grudge.
A washed-up, alcoholic litigator is sent into the wilds of Brazil in search
of a mysterious heir named in the will of an eccentric millionaire with a number
of grasping & greedy ex-wives & children.
In a minimum-security prison, three ex-judges have concocted an elaborate blackmail
scheme that preys upon wealthy gay men who prefer to remain "in the closet."
But their scam ensnares the wrong victim-- a powerful man with dangerous friends.
Law professor Ray Atlee stumbles upon more than $3 million in cash in the rural
Mississippi house of his recently dead father, a respected judge, then tries
to discover the source of the money while dealing with a menacing extortionist.
When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street
killing, Public Defender Clay Carter assumes it is just another senseless D.
C. murder. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against
one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.
Back in 1970, accused murderer Danny Padgitt threatened revenge against the jurors
trying his case if they convicted him. He was found guilty and sentenced to life
in prison. Nine years later, Danny is out on parole and former jurors begin to
die.
When a jury returns a verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping
toxic waste in a small Mississippi town, Carl Trudeau, the company's billionaire
owner seeks to influence the appeal process by using his money to "buy"
a seat on the state Supreme Court.
Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle McAvoy becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where he is blackmailed into taking part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed.
Right before the execution of an African-American college football star, for the of a white cheerleader whose body was never found, a multiple sex offender confesses that he's guilty of the crime to Kansas minister Keith Schroeder, who tries to convince the man to go public with the truth and persuade the condemned man's attorney that the story needs to be taken seriously.
Mortal Allies. Warner, 2002.
The Kingmaker. Warner, 2003.
Private Sector. Warner, 2003.
The President's Assassin. Warner, 2005.
Man in the Middle. Warner, 2007.
The Vig. D. I. Fine, 1990.
Hard Evidence. D. I. Fine, 1993.
13th Juror. D. I. Fine, 1994.
Certain Justice. Island Books, 1996.
The Mercy Rule. Delacorte, 1998.
Nothing But the Truth. Delacorte, 1999.
The Hearing. Dutton, 2001.
The Oath. Dutton, 2002.
The First Law. Dutton, 2003.
The Second Chair. Dutton, 2004.
The Motive. Dutton, 2004.
Betrayal. Dutton, 2008.
A Plague of Secrets. Dutton, 2009.
The Hunt Club. Dutton, 2006
The Suspect. Dutton, 2007.
Damage. Dutton, 2011.
Night Vision. Bantam, 1991.
False Dawn. Bantam, 1993.
Mortal Sin. William Morrow, 1994.
Slashback. William Morrow, 1995.
Fool Me Twice. William Morrow, 1996.
Flesh & Bones. William Morrow, 1997.
9 Scorpions. Pocket, 1998.
The Deep Blue Alibi. Bantam, 2006.
Kill All the Lawyers. Bantam, 2006.
Trial & Error. Bantam, 2007.
A trial lawyer faces his worst fear-freeing a dangerous psychopath to kill again.
One by one, the wives of affluent and respected men are vanishing from their
homes. The only clues to their disappearance are a single black rose and a note
that reads, "Gone, But Not Forgotten." The killings evoke a similar
killing spree 10-years earlier, one supposedly solved, Feminist defense attorney
Betsy Tannenbaum risks everything to defend a cold, powerful, and manipulating
client who may be a victim . . . or a monster.
Matthew Reynolds, a legendary attorney who specializes in death-penalty cases,
is hired by a prosecutor who has been charged with the murder of her husband,
a State Supreme Court Justice.
A young attorney struggling to make his mark in his father's law firm becomes
lead counsel in a multi-million dollar case when his father suffers a heart
attack. Defying his father's wishes to move for a mistrial, Peter moves ahead
with the case and loses. Unemployed & disinherited, he takes a job as a
public defender in a small town where he hopes to redeem himself. A chance comes
along when he takes on a death-penalty case. But has he learned his lesson?
A young judge in Portland, Oregon, struggles to save his marriage & career
after he becomes personally involved in the case he is presiding over-the murder
of a wealthy undertaker.
Defense Attorney Amanda Jaffe helped get a surgeon accused of heinous crimes
involving organ harvesting off on a technicality. Now, four years later, another
slaughterhouse is discovered and Amanda searches for the truth. Followed by
Ties that Bind (2003) & Proof Positive (2006).
A young associate in a law firm uncovers a scam designed to prove that a pharmaceutical
company's product causes birth defects...with dire personal consequences.
It's a simple assignment for p.i. Dana Cutler: follow and report on the activities of a college student working on a challenger's campaign against the incumbent U.S. president.But when the student is murdered, she must flee for her life, while junior lawyer Brad Miller discovers strange coincidences between Dana's case and another killing with ties to the Oval Office. Followed by: Supreme Justice (2010).
Proof Positive. HarCol, 2006.
Prime Witness. Putnam, 1993.
Undue Influence. Putnam, 1994.
The Judge. Putnam, 1996.
The Attorney. Putnam, 2000.
The Jury. GPPS, 2001.
The Arraignment. GPPS, 2003.
Double Tap. Putnam, 2003.
Shadow of Power. Morrow, 2008.
Guardian of Lies. Morrow, 2009.
Rule of Nine. Morrow, 2010.
Until Justice is Done. Pocket, 1995
Until Death Do Us Part. Pocket, 1997
Until the Bough Breaks. Pocket, 1998
Until We Meet Again. Pocket, 1999
Until the Day They Die. Pocket, 2001
Until the Final Verdict. Pocket, 2002
Until Judgment Day. Pocket, 2003
The Trials of Rumpole. Penguin, 1982
Rumpole's Return. Penguin, 1982
Rumpole for the Defense. Penguin, 1984
Rumpole and the Golden Thread. Penguin, 1984
Rumpole's Last Case. Penguin, 1988
Rumpole and the Age of Miracles. Viking, 1989
Rumpole a la Carte. Viking, 1990
Rumpole on Trial. Viking, 1992
Rumpole and the Angel of Death. Viking, 1995
Rumpole Rests His Case. Viking, 2002
Rumpole and the Primrose Path. Viking, 2003
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders. Viking, 2004
Rumpole and the Reign of Terror. Viking, 2006.
Rumpole Misbehaves. Viking, 2007.
A Rumpole Christmas. Viking, 2009.
Obstruction of Justice. Delacorte, 1997.
Motion to Suppress. Delacorte, 1995.
Breach of Promise. Delacorte, 1998.
Acts of Malice. Delacorte, 1999.
Move to Strike. Delacorte, 2000.
Writ of Execution. Delacorte, 2001.
Unfit to Practice. Delacorte, 2002.
Presumption of Death. Delacorte, 2003.
Unlucky In Law. Delacorte, 2004.
Case of Lies. Delacorte, 2005.
Show No Fear. Pocket, 2008.
Suspicion of Guilt. Dutton, 1995
Suspicion of Deceit. Dutton, 1998
Suspicion of Betrayal. Dutton, 1999
Suspicion of Malice. Dutton, 2000
Suspicion of Vengeance. Dutton, 2001
Suspicion of Madness. Dutton, 2003
Suspicion of Rage. Dutton, 2005
Criminal
Justice. Dutton, 1997.
Dark of the Day. Vanguard, 2008.
In Washington, D.C., Christopher Paget,
a lawyer for special investigations, starts looking into the financial manipulations
of an important industrialist who happens to be a close friend of the President.
Followed by: Degree of Guilt (1992) Eyes of a Child
(1995), Protect and Defend (2000), Conviction (2005).
California Judge Caroline Masters, who defended lawyer Christopher Paget in
Eyes of a Child, returns to the small New England town and
to her estranged family to defend her young niece who has been charged with
murder.
Lawyer Tony Lord defends a man accused of assassinating a presidential hopeful.
Lord returns for another outing in Silent Witness [Knopf, 1996],
as he comes to the aid of an old friend arrested for the murder of a teenage
girl.
Ass't County Prosecutor Stella Marz---known to defense attorneys as the Dark
Lady---investigates the murders of two prominent men in Steeltown, a struggling
city whose economic fortunes are just starting to turn around.
16 years after his graduation from Caldwell College, trial lawyer Mark Darrow returns as its president. But both the school and mark are haunted by the long-ago of a student for which Mark's best friend, Steve, was convicted. As the school is once again rocked by scandal, Mark cannot shake the agging feeling that Steve might have been wrognly convicted.
As he is being divorced by his wife, California attorney Damon Pierce is contacted by a woman he loved years ago with a plea for help when her husband (the man she left him for) is arrested.
Capt. Paul Terry, one of the army's most accomplished young lawyers, must defend Brian McCarran, a general's son who recently returned from a harrowing tour in Iraq and now stands accused of shooting his former commanding officer under circumstances he claims were self-defense.
DA Lily Forrester has dedicated her life to upholding the criminal justice system,
but when her daughter is raped she must take matters into her own hands. Followed
by: Buried Evidence (2000), Cheater (2009) & My Lost Daughter (2010).
Interest of Justice.
Dutton, 1993.
Judge Lara Sanderstone puts her career ambitions on hold to hunt for the murderer
of her younger sister and brother-in-law. Soon she herself becomes a target.
Trial By Fire. Dutton, 1996.
A star DA's world falls apart when she is falsely accused of the murders of
her parents and boyfriend.
Conflict of Interest.
Hyperion, 2002.
While trying three young men for robbery, Joanne Kuhlman discovers that a far
more serious crime may be unfolding involving one of the defendants, who is
developmentally disabled.
Sullivan's Law. Kensington, 2004.
Single mom Carolyn Sullivan, a Ventura County probation officer attending night
school to become an attorney, begins to fear for her life when she comes to
believe that new parolee Daniel Metroix,
a brilliant schizophrenic, may have been innocent of the rape/murder conviction
that put him in prison for 23 years. Followed by: Sullivan's
Justice (2005), Sullivan's Evidence (2006), & Revenge
of Innocents (2007).
Flashy, smart-ass criminal lawyer Andy Carpenter is in for a big surprise when his father dies and leaves him $22 million dollars. Now the unabashed animal lover (he has a golden retriever named Tara), who has established a reputation as a lawyer who saves both dogs and humans from Death Row, has the luxury of taking on those cases that appeal to him.
Open & Shut. Warner, 2002. In Tudor England, hunchback barrister Matthew Shardlake must deal with a variety of politically dangerous cases while trying to keep his head in the process.
Dissolution. Viking, 2003. Everywhere
That Mary Went. HarperPaperbacks, 1993. Other Rosato and Associates
novels are:
Final
Appeal (1994) Directed Verdict. WaterBrook,
2002. Irreparable Harm. WaterBrook, 2003. By the same author Self-Incrimination. WaterBrook, 2005 Power of
Attorney. Avon, 1994. Cry for Justice.
Avon, 1996. Will to Murder.
Avon, 1996.
Now now for something completely different...
After she inherits her uncle's law practice in Savannah, GA, Bree Beaufort discovers that many of her clients are a bunch of stiffs--literally. Soon, with a long list of ethereal clients who need her help, Bree finds her career choice is beginning to haunt her.
Defending Angels. BPC, 2008. This series, set
in 1970s, features NYC prosecutors Butch Karp, Chief of the Manhattan DA's Homicide
Bureau and Marlene Ciampi, who become romantically involved after she is badly
injured by a letter bomb meant for him.
No Lesser Plea.
F. Watts, 1987. Presumed
Innocent. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1987. The Burden of Proof.
Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1990. Pleading Guilty.
Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1993. Laws of Our Fathers.
Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1996. Personal Injuries.
FSG, 1999. Reversible Errors. FSG, 2002. Limitations. Picador, 2006.
Bury the Lead. Warner, 2003.
Sudden Death. Mysterious, 2004.
Dead Center. Mysterious, 2006.
Play Dead. Warner, 2007.
New Tricks. Grand Central, 2009.
Dog Tags. Grand Central, 2011.
Dark Fire. Viking, 2005, 2004.
Sovereign. Viking, 2007, 2006.
Revelation. Viking, 2009, 2008.
Heartstone. Viking, 2011, 2010.
While trying to become a partner at a prestigious all-female
Philadelphia law firm, Mary DiNunzio begins to receive threatening phone calls
from a stalker. Faced with the prospect of fighting for something a lot more
important than partnership, Mary uses her wit--and her heart--to catch a killer.
Running from the Law (1995)
Legal Tender (1996)
Rough Justice (1997)
Mistaken Identity
(1999)
Moment of Truth (2000).
The Vendetta Defense
(2001)
Courting Trouble (2002)
Dead Ringer (2003)
Killer Smile (2004).
Lady Killer. HarCol, 2008.
RANDY
SINGER
Young attorney Brad Carson files an unprecedented civil rights suit against
Saudi Arabia and the ruthless head of the Muttawa in the aftermath of the torture
and murder of a missionary and the wrongful deportation of his wife, whose life
insurance company has refused to pay, citing a bogus charge of cocaine addiction.
The case, which brings up international law issues, as well as issues of faith,
ends up in the courtroom of the Hon. Cynthia Baker-Kline, a pro choice judge
who had an earlier run-in with Carson over a pro life protester he represented.
When she learns that her unborn child has Down's Syndrome, a doctor's widow
wants the surrogate (who is an illegal alien) carrying the fetus to have an
abortion. The case creates a moral dilemma for Christian lawyer Mitch Taylor,
who must defend his client without sacrificing his beliefs. Dying Declaration. WaterBrook, 2004.
Thomas and Theresa Hammond are charged with murder and their other children
taken away, after their son dies after their attempts to cure him with prayer
rather than seek medical assistance until it is too late. In their upcoming
trial they are represented by maverick defense attorney Charles Arnold who must
face off against an ambitious, unethical prosecutor who (among other sins) has
engineered evidence. Followed by: The Judge Who Stole Christmas
(2005).
False Witness. WaterBrook, 2007.
By Reason of Insanity. Tyndale, 2008.
The Justice Game. Tyndale, 2009.
Atlanta attorney Bobby Vine once took the fall for a false friend in a shady
investment scam. Now he is being framed for the con-man's murder.
A serial slayer with literary pretensions is taking Shakespeare's immortal words,
"First, kill all the lawyers," seriously.
Tax lawyer Mae-Mae Cosgrove's routine probate work for the widow of a murdered
man stirs up a brew of forgery, pornography & family skeletons.
Angel's Advocate. BPC, 2009.
Avenging Angels. BPC, 2010.
Angel's Verdict. BPC, 2011.
Depraved Indifference. NAL, 1989
Immoral Certainty. Dutton, 1991
Reversible Error. Dutton, 1992
Material Witness. Dutton, 1993
Justice Denied. Dutton, 1994
Corruption of Blood. Dutton, 1995
Falsely Accused. Dutton, 1996
Irresistible Impulse. Dutton, 1997
Reckless Endangerment. Dutton, 1998
Act of Revenge. HarperCollins, 1999
True Justice. Pocket, 2000
Enemy Within. Pocket, 2001
Absolute Rage. Atria, 2002
Resolved. Atria, 2003
Hoax. Atria, 2004
Fury. Atria, 2005
Counterplay. Atria, 2006.
Malice. Atria, 2007.
Escape. Atria, 2008.
Capture. Pocket, 2009.
Betrayed. Gallery, 2010.
An up-and-coming prosecutor is accused of murdering a female colleague with
whom he once had an affair.Sequel: Innocent. (2010)
Sandy Stern must deal with the suicide of his wife while defending a client
who is the target of a federal grand jury investigation.
G&G's star litigator has disappeared...along with millions of dollars from
a fund to settle an air-disaster civil action lawsuit.
The drive-by shooting of an aging white woman at a gang infested housing project
brings a group of people from the turbulent 60s into the courtroom of "Sonny"
Klonsky.
In return for leniency, a successful but crooked personal injury lawyer agrees
to wear a "wire" while he continues to fix decisions with judges.
Arthur Raven, a corporate lawyer appointed to represent a convicted triple murderer
in his last minute appeal to avoid execution, learns that another inmate may
have new evidence clearing Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph os the crime. But the truth
will complicate the lives of all involved in the case.
George Mason, a former criminal defense attorney, is now serving as a judge
on Kindle County's Court of Appeal. A troubling rape case involving a horrific
case of sexual assault, combined with threatening e-mails he has started to
receive, forces him to question the very nature of the law, his role within
it, and his fitness to judge.
Oregon attorney Barbara Holloway has a habit of taking on cases no one else wants. Her quest for truth and justice often includes the assistance of her semi-retired lawyer father, Frank.
Death Qualified. St. Martin's, 1991.
The Best Defense. St. Martin's, 1994.
For the Defense. Fawcett, 1997.
Defense for the Devil. St. Martin's. 1999.
No Defense. Minotaur, 2000
Desperate Measures. Minotaur, 2001.
Clear & Convincing Proof. Mira, 2003.
The Unbidden Truth. Mira, 2004.
Sleight of Hand. Mira, 2006.
A Wrongful Death. Mira, 2007.
A Cold Case. Mira, 2008.
Heaven is High. St. Martin's, 2011.
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