Fiction - Thrillers - Legal

In a small town north of Los Angeles, Doug Selby claims narrow victory in a hotly-contested race for District Attorney. Then his troubles begin: First, when the local paper, supportive of the incumbent, immediately launches an effort to get Selby recalled. And then there's...

Suspicious Activity is an epic drama of intrigue, suspense, thrills, and legal combat--torn out of today's headlines."The purpose of the lawsuit is to fully expose the bank's willing support to groups that are killing Americans--and others--overseas." This announcement by attorney Nicholas "Deke" Deketomis sets...

We first meet Gabriel when he is packing up his things and resigning from the State Attorney's Office to join his father's civil law firm. As he's leaving, he tells a colleague that he doesn't want to pursue justice through punishment, but through service...

"BASS delivers a legal thriller that meets the American moment - a bold portrait of the twisted truths at the heart of even the most 'normal' of families... A literary whodunit!" -- ERIN BURNETT, anchor, "Erin Burnett Out Front," CNN "MILTON BASS and his...

The sole Asian American partner at a prestigious law firm sees his professional and personal life demolished when he is put on trial for murder. Three decades later, his children reunite to uncover the truth and try to salvage what remains of their family...

Lauren Shepherd, an up-and-coming attorney at a top law firm, accidentally uncovers a dangerous conspiracy that threatens to destroy everything she's worked for. What starts as a simple investigation into a tech giant's diversity policies quickly becomes a fight for her life against corporate...

You're a 32-year-old attorney. Five years ago, you had an affair with your boss's daughter. She was seventeen. Though you didn't go to prison, you work somewhere else now. Guilt-ridden, you've managed to put your life back together; then your old girlfriend, now a...

A Honey Pop November TBR Pick!"The Girl in the Vault is Ledwidge's best."--James PattersonThey stole her dream.Now getting it back will take...The perfect crime.It's summer in New York City and Faye Walker has it all. She's not only scored one of the most highly...

In the captivating fourth Leo Maxwell mystery, Panther's Prey, tragedy once again strikes near the heart for lawyer-detective Leo Maxwell. Now a public defender in San Francisco, Leo has partnered with Jordan Walker, a promising young lawyer on loan from a well-heeled law firm....

Lachlan Smith won widespread critical acclaim for his first novel in the Leo Maxwell series, Bear Is Broken, which won the Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel. In the tense and twist-filled third novel, Fox Is Framed, private attorney Leo Maxwell is forced...

"BASS delivers a legal thriller that meets the American moment - a bold portrait of the twisted truths at the heart of even the most 'normal' of families... A literary whodunit!" -- ERIN BURNETT, anchor, "Erin Burnett Out Front," CNN "MILTON BASS and his...

Only Jack Gamble senses the threat to America created by the huge bribes being paid to push a giant wind and fish farm project off the coast of Florida. Something is definitely wrong, people keep dying and the bribes don't make any sense in...

A gripping and thought-provoking legal thriller that redefines the genre--by critically acclaimed writer and criminal defense attorney, Gabriel Urza, author of All That Followed. What if justice isn't something the legal system is truly capable of? The Silver State follows Santi, a law school...

THE MAYOR IS DEAD! Dingane Mkhize is a criminal defence lawyer who lives in the grey areas of the law and ethics. After leaving the most prestigious law firm in KwaZulu Union Bay City, he built a reputation for himself by taking on difficult...

Murder in a sleepy coastal town... Can attorney Spencer Dunn keep his head above water?When beloved mayor turned state senator Carlton Osborn is found dead on his boat, the prime suspect is the only other person on board: his pregnant teenage girlfriend, Amber Vega.Struggling...

Author: Phillip MargolinISBN-10: 1250408547ISBN-13: 9781250408549Publisher: Minotaur BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2020Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.91d

Book Nine of the True Blue Detective Series Is trust possible in a world where betrayal is widespread, and death is the ultimate outcome.After years of chasing Otto Ricci, Detectives Mario DeLuca and Howard Blitz finally caught their target. They watched with satisfaction when...

From a New York Times-bestselling master with over one million copies in print: Prosecutor Butch Karp hunts a psychopath targeting the innocent. He is the Bogeyman: a remorseless monster stalking the streets of New York in search of fresh victims--his chosen prey being children....

After 27 years of service, energy executive Kevin Walters is fired when he reports a lethal mine explosion. Attorney Scott Winslow takes on the case, and soon finds it rife with blackmail, sanitized records and treachery.When Scott and his client are threatened by someone...

Some cases never let you go.Reeling from the sudden death of a close friend, James Butler and Erica Walsh are pulled back into the shadow world of Mexican cartels and the CIA. Seeking to avenge the murder of their friend with only his haphazard...

Author: Lynda La PlanteISBN-10: 178512370XISBN-13: 9781785123702Publisher: ZaffreLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2025Pages: 320Format: Paperback

Author: Jade FergusonISBN-13: 9798348224776Publisher: Jade FergusonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/03/2025Pages: 100Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d

Author: Fern ReevesISBN-13: 9798348224707Publisher: Fern ReevesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2025Pages: 110Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

A new standalone legal thriller from the international bestselling author of GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.Charlie Webb is a third rate lawyer who graduated from a third rate law-school and, because he couldn't get hired by any of the major law firms, has opened his...

Defense attorney Joseph Antonelli delves into a case of White House intrigue that has dangerous implications for the upcoming United States presidential race, and for a group of friends who thought they had put the past behind them...When Antonelli attends a Harvard Law School...

I look up to find twelve strangers staring back at me... and I realize I'm the one they're waiting for.Lila Dalton has no memory of how she came to be in this courtroom; no memory of how she got to the courthouse at all,...

"Pray For Us Sinners" is a legal thriller, a courtroom drama, and a murder mystery. A new basketball prodigy from Jamaica, hailed as the next Jordan, is signed to play ball at LSU. A girl's mutilated body is found dumped in the Tiger cage...

Abby is a beautiful, young New York State Supreme Court Justice whose personality flaws are far reaching. From the outside it looks as though she lives a simple and rewarding life in the Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. However, her self-destructive nature...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels comes a gripping novel filled with heart and hope, as a young woman wrongly found guilty of murder receives the gift of a second chance . . . Ten years have passed since young nurse...

In a small town north of Los Angeles, Doug Selby claims narrow victory in a hotly-contested race for District Attorney. Then his troubles begin: First, when the local paper, supportive of the incumbent, immediately launches an effort to get Selby recalled. And then there's...

In the shadows of Canyon Park, attorney Samuel Ross confronts his greatest case yet-one where justice can't be found in a courtroom. Still haunted by personal tragedy, he reluctantly joins a memorial hiking trip that transforms into a nightmare of deception and human trafficking....

Both a razor-sharp thriller and a poignant love story, this twisting tale of psychological suspense is Patterson's most compelling novel in years Mark Darrow grew up in a small Ohio town with no real advantages beyond his intelligence and athletic ability. But thanks to...

The Middleman is an epic drama of whistleblowers, murder, thrills, and legal combat--torn out of today's headlines. Nicholas "Deke" Deketomis and his law firm take on America's Big Pharma when Deke's college pal, Matt Redmond, presents him with a case of possible fraud involving...

You can buy anything in Atlanta. Especially sex. When a serial killer brutally murders one of the lost girls of the city, Chance Meridian and his murder squad dive deep into the dark underbelly of human trafficking, only to learn that money has no...

A twisty and prescient new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Avery Keene series, by nationally renowned author and leader Stacey Abrams, Coded Justice follows Avery down a dark rabbit hole into the breathtaking--and dangerous--use of AI in the medical industry. Avery...

The Middleman is an epic drama of whistleblowers, murder, thrills, and legal combat--torn out of today's headlines.Nicholas "Deke" Deketomis and his law firm take on America's Big Pharma when Deke's college pal, Matt Redmond, presents him with a case of possible fraud involving EirePharma,...

Based on the true story of a famous trial, this novel is Law and Order: 1800, as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr investigate the shocking murder of a young woman who everyone--and no one--seemed to know.At the start of a new century, a shocking...

Dr. Jason White and Ricky Gold, a former professor and defense attorney in New York City, find themselves blacklisted from their professions after Jason is denied tenure and Ricky is disbarred from the legal profession.Desperation leads the two to start working as consultants for...

In the wake of his victorious battle against the Navy during The Sargo Incident, the audacious Engineer, Michael Matrozos, returns. This time, however, it's not just the US Navy that stands in his path. The US Air Force makes its presence known and threats...

Steve Anders is the chief of staff for Senator Edward Buchanan. Senator Buchanan is a powerful and controversial figure surrounded by intrigue. The Senator is rumored to be in possession of classified information and of having affairs with a staffer. Steve is the Senator's...

Another mysterious investigation by Coroner Jenny Cooper, a fearless yet human heroine and the last hope for the unjustly killed. Matthew Hall's novels have been adapted into the hit TV series, Coroner.Author: Matthew HallISBN-10: 0330530097ISBN-13: 9780330530095Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2017Pages: 464Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 7.70h...

In the wake of his victorious battle against the Navy during The Sargo Incident, the audacious Engineer, Michael Matrozos, returns. This time, however, it's not just the US Navy that stands in his path. The US Air Force makes its presence known and threats...

How far will you go to get what you want?Marc and Sabine, a sophisticated Parisian couple, sparkle on Calgary's cultural scene. Marc is a renowned architect who's hired Evie's law firm to ensure his latest project, the Ballet House, is eco-friendly. Sabine, a former...

For readers of Harlan Coben and Laura Dave, a gripping modern-day noir thriller featuring a hotshot lawyer unexpectedly drawn into a web of violence and intrigue by the ex-wife he hasn't spoken to since their bitter divorce, written by the former president of Court...

Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter's #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series, where the past refuses to stay buried.A year has passed since Elizabeth Palmer was nearly killed with hundreds more in the attempted bombing...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Robert Rotstein, A True Verdict is an edge-of-your-seat legal thriller filled with secrets.MediMiracle Corporation manufactures Sophrosyne, a miracle cure for opiate addiction. Ellison Ricard, a research analyst for the company, claims to have uncovered data...

"The boy watched in horror as one of the robed and hooded men pushed the Negro off the stool. A second man kicked the stool away. The Negro's body jerked. It swung back and forth and then it was still. The only sounds heard...

Suspicious Activity is an epic drama of intrigue, suspense, thrills, and legal combat--torn out of today's headlines."The purpose of the lawsuit is to fully expose the bank's willing support to groups that are killing Americans--and others--overseas." This announcement by attorney Nicholas "Deke" Deketomis sets...

She fights for justice; he bends the rules. Together, they break all of them in this scandalously sexy legal drama. Soon after passing the bar exam, Talia Tate is tasked to assist her father, the head of Tate & Associates, with the controversial State...

With her reputation on the line, one woman must make the ultimate gamble to save her career, her client, and a young boy's life.Jacqueline Stone is an accomplished criminal defense attorney whose tenacity to uncover the truth has earned her the reputation as the...