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The New York Times-bestselling author of Suspicion of Innocence brings her prodigious legal experience and storytelling gifts to this riveting thriller about a disgraced US attorney determined to prove his innocence and get justice Dan Galindo was a highly respected US attorney until a single lapse in judgment cost him everything. A year ago, he refused to put a lying witness on the stand. As a result, a drug kingpin walked, earning Galindo the eternal...
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Miami attorney Gail Conner has her own practice and a wonderful new fiance, Anthony Her happiness is put in jeopardy when she discovers her Cuban-born fiance is tied to her first client through his past involvement in a revolutionary movement, which threatens to destroy his family and Gail's future.
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In modern Israel, warring factions from within and outside the Middle East continue to battle for the soul of a land they all regard as holy while a young Jewish-American lawyer, with help from his father, a famous criminal attorney, defends a possibly innocent Palestinian who has been arrested for an alleged act of terror.
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A New York Times Book Review Summer Thriller Pick. "With its crisp pace and superb timing, Clean Hands is a special treat to read." -- The Wall Street Journal Corporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under a lot of pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on the most high-stakes case in company history, defending a prominent bank. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phone -- and the secret documents...
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When a world-famous law professor is accused of murdering one of his students, he asks his most promising and ambitious former law students, Casey Jordan, to defend him, but Casey soon learns that the teacher she has always admired is hiding some deadly secrets.
7) The whistler
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[2016]
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
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Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims...
8) Innocent
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"INNOCENT continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, twenty years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty's wife"--Provided by publisher.
9) Sycamore row
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IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 28
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When wealthy Seth Hubbard hangs himself from a sycamore tree and leaves his fortune to his black maid, Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial -- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history.
11) A wrongful death
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Oregon attorney Barbara Holloway becomes caught in a web of murder and money when she tries to help Elizabeth Kurtz, a woman on the run from her ex-husband, whose company is involved in illegal activities that, if discovered, could derail a very lucrative deal.
12) Silks
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Defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason agrees to counsel jockey, Steve Mitchell, who has been accused of killing another rider and soon finds himself involved in a web of lies and violence.
13) The summons(
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi--a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the eldest, a Virginia law professor, newly single...
14) Miracle Creek
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"A literary courtroom thriller about a mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son"--
15) The testament
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions—a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.
Nate O'Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who's lived too hard, too fast, for too long. His...
Nate O'Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who's lived too hard, too fast, for too long. His...
17) The children act
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"Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing...
18) Exposed
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Rosato and DiNunzio novel volume 5
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Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal strategy between the two ensues -- ripping the law firm apart, forcing everyone to take sides and turning friend against friend. Sometimes loyalty can be lethal.
19) The rooster bar
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Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own...
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