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Author
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Tony Lord leaves town under a cloud of suspicion after his girlfriend is found raped and murdered, but he returns twenty-seven years later to act as lawyer for his old friend Sam Robb who has been accused of killing a female student and finds himself enmeshed in conflicts from the past.
4) Dark lady
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
When two prominent men are found dead within days of each other, it is up to Assistant County Prosecutor Stella Marz to determine if their deaths were coincidence or not.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone, who knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in the small town of Strattenburg, finds himself involved in a murder trial because of knowledge he might have about a cold-blooded killer.
6) Mary, Mary
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Hope, the defense attorney, believes Mary Barton is innocent of murdering 3 young girls, but evidence convicts her until a long buried secret is revealed.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Assistant District Attorney Alexa Hamilton reluctantly sends her seventeen-year-old daughter Savannah, to live with her ex-husband and his family in Charleston after she received death threats against Savannah's life for prosecuting serial killer Luke Quentin.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
In Clanton, Mississippi, the life of a ten-year-old is shattered by two drunken and remorseless men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhumane crime, until her African-American father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands.
9) Ransom river
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Rory Mackenzie, having been selected as a juror in a murder case in Ransom River, California, reluctantly returns to her hometown and is forced to face her past when she realizes the dark secrets she has been keeping can help solve a cold case.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Real-estate agent Lacey Farrell, accidently walked in on a murder. The dying victim entrusts her with a journal that contains information so damaging that even the government's witness protection program can not keep Lacey safe.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
13) The burning man
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
History is about to repeat itself when young attorney Peter Hale, fired from a job with his father's legal firm for mishandling a multi-million dollar case, takes a job as a public defender and lets his ego overule his good sense in a death-penalty case.
14) The alternate
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Courtroom adversaries Grace Harris and Barrett Dickson become dangerously close outside the halls of justice when they are called upon to try the case of Elliot Ashford, an ex-congressman with mob connections who has been accused of killing his trophy wife.
15) Dog tags
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lawyer Andy Carpenter's latest case is defending a dog who is in danger of being put down if his owner, an Iraq war veteran and former cop, is convicted of murder, and as he tries to save the dog, Andy discovers the animal is involved in a much larger case than Andy realized.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bennie Rosato is surprised by the physical resemblance between her and her new client, and when her client announces she is Bennie's identical twin, Bennie doesn't believe her, but she finds herself drawn to her and as she investigates her client's case, she uncovers secrets her family would kill to keep from her.
18) Falls the shadow
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Defense attorney Victor Carl, seeking a new trial for his client who has been convicted as a wife murderer, is assisted by Bob, a busybody who seems to feel compelled to help those around him, but Victor begins to see his mentor in a new light when he discovers a connection between Bob and the victim.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Probation officer Nile Eddgar is accused of arranging for a drive-by shooting that killed his mother and the case stirs up a lot of old, best forgotten secrets, when it is brought before Judge Sonny Klonsky who spent her turbulent college years in the company of Nile's father, a leading campus revolutionary in the 1960s.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Criminal defense lawyer Mickey Haller's newest client is Lisa Trammel, a young woman accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home, and despite mounting evidence and his own suspicions that his client is guilty, Mickey vows to clear Lisa's name, and when he uncovers a conspiracy with millions of dollars at stake, Mickey realizes someone besides Lisa had a bigger motive for murder and a reason to kill Mickey to keep him...
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