Fiction - Thrillers - Legal

"A true page-turner" -- Kirkus ReviewsJust months on the job, rookie prosecutor Dana Hargrove is faced with an impossible choice between her career and personal relationships. It's 1988, at the height of Colombian cocaine trafficking in New York City, and Dana has been assigned...

A criminal prosecutor is bound to make a few enemies over a decades-long career, and Dana Hargrove is no exception. Who has it in for her?In 2015, the former prosecutor is in her second year as a trial judge in Manhattan. It's a new...

Ever wondered what it's like to be a juror in a high-profile celebrity trial? Well.. now you don't have to. Step inside the jury room to deliberate one of the most talked-about court cases of the decade. SHE SAID......all three men got her drunk,...

Robin Lockwood is a young criminal defense attorney and partner in a prominent law firm in Portland, Oregon. A former MMA fighter and Yale Law graduate, she joined the firm of legal legend Regina Barrister not long before Regina was forced into retirement by...

Two attorney brothers. Two bullet-riddled corpses. Two sides to the story.Ten years ago, a capital murder case in the heart of Texas split the Lynch family in two. Now, estranged lawyer brothers Travis and Jake Lynch find themselves on opposing sides of the courtroom...

Idealistic. Combative. Tenacious. The Bergman-Deketomis Law Firm is back on the case Mike Papantonio introduced Nick "Deke" Deketomis and his associates in Law and Disorder, the powerful first installment of his legal saga. His new book, Law and Vengeance, has them pitted against an...

ALL OF HIS MONEY'S GONE.Will his law license and liberty follow?All of Al Forte's accounts at Charter Bank, including his attorney escrow accounts, are mysteriously emptied via online banking.All signs point to Al being behind the disappearance of the nearly $2M, and Al is...

Every great team needs someone to do the little things...Deep in the heart of winter, things are shifting for the Zoo Crew. Drake Bell is wrapping up his last days in law school and preparing to take the bar exam. Kade Keuhl finally relented...

Garrett Goodlove hates liars. As a lawyer, he's forced to deal with more than his fair share of cheats and con artists, but lately, he's been getting fed up. Goodlove suspects that his latest client, a jolly babushka by the name of Aksana Ivanova,...

2020 Eric Hoffer Award FinalistA new lawyer. A safecracker client. A gang of well-heeled enemies out to silence them."Award-winning author, Jim Garrison delivers a smart, multi-layered plot in the legal thriller, The Safecracker."-JOHNNIE BERNHARD, AUTHOR OF A GOOD GIRL, HOW WE CAME TO BE,...

Corruption. Racism. Faith. When new-age faith healer Amos Anderson is arrested for the murder of vocal Baptist minister Dural Green, he becomes public enemy number one. And criminal defense attorney Tex Hunter is the only man left in his corner...Reverend Green was a fierce...

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST. SABOTEUR. TERRORIST.Her client took direct action to 'stop the coal'. When the rich and powerful take an interest, criminal charges may be the least of their worries ...Cressida Mitsok is a successful corporate lawyer about to make partner at a large city...

Avalanches are deadly, but high in the Rocky Mountains, something even more sinister awaits...Private investigator Katerina Carter and boyfriend Jace Burton embark on a cozy weekend getaway just before Christmas at a luxury mountaintop lodge. While he writes the biography of a billionaire environmentalist,...

A Sinister Crime Lies Deep Underwater... On fraud investigator Katerina Carter's trip to a remote island aboard a luxurious yacht, she suspects the boat's slick and charming owner is hiding a dark secret. With her cunning instinct for sniffing out malevolent cons, Kat tries...

WHY WE LIE examines the unexpected consequences of those who tell the truth about abuse and those who lie, and asks the question: is the truth always worth the cost?Authored by former BigLaw litigator, two-year D.C. federal court clerk, Amy Impellizzeri's WHY WE LIE...

A SINGLE BULLET FIRED IN ANGER; A COMMUNITY OUTRAGED BY THE ACQUITTAL, AND A SECRET MORE DEADLY THAN THE CRIME . . ."HE CONFESSED BUT WAS ACQUITTED." THE VERDICT SENT A SHOCKWAVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY."I'm not making any accusations," Gavin finally said."Well, it sounds...

Move over, garden-variety anti-heroes, and make way for a villain-hero, darker than the darkest knight: a lawyer with a faulty conscience graces us with his unsolicited presence. Not only does Mikoshiba have no qualms about taking on guilty-as-hell clients provided they can pay his...

Lovers of legal thrillers will rejoice in this gripping, timely page-turner about religious fanaticism, freedom of speech, courtroom intrigue, and high-stakes mystery. Ezekiel Shaw and his fanatical followers preach a gospel of hate, picketing the funerals of fallen soldiers, and praising God for sending...

Blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti is faced with his most troubling case yet when he is asked to evaluate Rachel Lazarus, the estranged wife of a slain University of Chicago professor. Months earlier, the professor's body was found stuffed into one of the exhibits at...

Their only child was kidnapped and never found. Six years later, the only remaining portion of Jim Markman's life, remaining relatively unscathed, was his status as assistant district attorney for Davidson County, Tennessee. His marriage had fallen apart, his desire to interact with any...

When Probation probation Officer officer Cate Austin is given her new assignment, she faces the highest-profile case of her career. Alice Mariani is charged with assisted suicide, and Cate must recommend a sentence. Alice insists her story is one of misinterpreted love, forcing those...

From bestselling crime novelist (and deputy district attorney) William P. Wood . . . A killer so savage (and so sly) that the brutal frenzy of his crimes makes an unassailable insanity defense-such is the opponent facing Tony Fraser, a young district attorney willing...

Bobby Decker, a white police officer, arrests a young black burglary suspect one chilly spring night, but can't explain how the suspect's skull was fractured. The elected prosecutor with aspirations of a judicial appointment, claims Decker smashed his skull with a flashlight. Black activists,...

Garrett Goodlove used to be an arrogant criminal defense attorney with a drive to win at all costs. But a pair of tragic events threw him into a bottomless depression, and he retreated into the practice of family law. Now, he tries to settle...

A man in prison for murder. One woman wants him freed. One woman wants him dead.Mick McFarland is stunned when he's arrested for murdering business tycoon Edwin Hanson, brother to David Hanson--one of Mick's former clients. Mick is even more shocked when he's confronted...

A client with delusions of a deadly conspiracy draws attorney David Adams into a darkness where only the paranoid know how to get out alive.Former up-and-coming hotshot attorney David Adams left his glamorous corporate law firm to fight for the disenfranchised. With a caseload...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THEY STRIPPED YOU OF EVERYTHING--FAMILY, HOME, BUSINESS, DIGNITY, EVEN YOUR SANITY?Three prominent Washington politicians assassinated by a vigilante serial killer "challenging" political corruption. Capitol Hill panics. Others whisper they are getting what they deserve.Crafty D.C. homicide detective Frank Lotello...

"Paul Lisnek hits all the right buttons in this story with a twist, which only a life-long Chicagoan can tell...and Paul does it VERY well. Bravo " --Bill Kurtis, Journalist and Anchor, Decades Network With loyalty, family secrets, and death involved, Matt Barlow must...

Revisit the "mean streets" of MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN with this tale about two cousins, both of whom grew up back in the day on those very same mean streets of South Brooklyn, who team up against a powerful bully who will stop at nothing to...

The Answer to Everything: (San Diego, Tijuana, Lake Tahoe, 1990) Attorney Alvaro Hickey assists in the murder of a Tijuana cartel sicaro then becomes the murderer's lawyer. The cartel, which has lately massacred an entire family, now targets another whole family, the Hickey-McGees.Jodi McGee,...

Face to face with the woman accused of killing his son, Michael Ryan was surprisingly calm... When ex-prosecutor Michael Ryan's estranged daughter-in-law is accused of killing his equally estranged son, she wants him to defend her. At first it seems outrageous, but as he...

Idealistic. Combative. Tenacious.The Bergman-Deketomis Law Firm is back on the case Mike Papantonio introduced Nick "Deke" Deketomis and his associates in Law and Disorder, the powerful first installment of his legal saga. His new book, Law and Vengeance, has them pitted against an even...

Masterful Storytelling An Action-packed thriller, an electrifying read Off the coast of Central America, the Sea Diva, a tuna boat, sinks. Members of the crew are missing and what happens remains a mystery. Anthony Darren, a renowned and wealthy lawyer at the top of...

Exciting Short Read Collection Judge Willa Carson returns in these chilling stories from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri "Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher...

She killed a man. Or did she? USA Todaybestselling Judge Willa Carson returns in this fast-paced mystery filled with great characters, humor, and more twists and turns than a roller coaster. It could happen to anyone. Driving home after a long, exhausting work week,...

Bernadette "Bernie" Sheridan, has the Carlos Lunas case in the bag. She's smart, confident, and fueled by personal tragedy. She knows all too well what's at stake for the six-year-old, Mexican-American boy, who lost his parents to a drunk driver. After all, her own...

Libby Thompson is just fourteen years old when she flees her abusive home with her newborn son, Angel. Now they must build a life for themselves on hard work and low wages, dealing with police who are sometimes helpful-but not always-and a drug dealer...

In the tradition of John Grisham, from radio talk show host and "America's lawyer" Mike Papantonio, comes Law and Disorder, a highly suspenseful legal thriller in which a Florida attorney finds the system working against him.Brash, brilliant, handsome Nicholas Deketomis has a respected, high-profile...

"ALMOST A MURDER" is a nonfiction novel of literary realism.It is a starkly honest portrayal of a cub lawyer accepting a case no one else will touch in an attempt to cope with his recent grief and entrenched reflex of inferiority. He is up...

Dallas attorney Stan Turner gets an unexpected appointment as the attorney-ad-litem for a teenager who is caught in the middle of an ugly divorce suit. Melody Monroe, who lost her parents in a tragic auto accident, is thrilled when she is finally adopted by...

A rebellious husband and his avaricious wife battle the authorities for control of their nasty divorce and then duel each other for their very lives.Author: Mike NemethISBN-10: 1683500016ISBN-13: 9781683500018Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/10/2017Pages: 346Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.77dReview Citation(s): Publishers...

Phillip Carmady is on trial for the murder of his wife, Prudence. Sandra Eversol is a wife, a mom, and a Sunday school teacher. When she is called to fulfill her civic duty by serving as a juror in Phillip's trial, her jury service...

Mackenzie Corbett has always dreamed of living in New York City. Now, almost two years into her job as an associate at a premier Manhattan law firm, she's living her fantasy--big salary, high profile deals, cute boyfriend, designer bag on her arm. The giant...

An Amazon Best Seller. Does the devil deserve a legal defense? Defense Attorney Rod Cavanaugh always thought so. And then bullets started to fly . . . The shooter may be a revengeful, Chicago mobster or it might be the one client he despises,...

Next book in the Attorney Rachel Gold Mystery SeriesIn this fascinating and fast-paced legal thriller, attorney Rachel Gold learns that family doesn't always come first...An emotionally propulsive legal thriller, Bad Trust is: Perfect for fans of Sue Grafton and Linda Fairstein For readers who...

From Amazon Bestselling Author Alexi Venice Amanda's desire overtakes her, beckoning her to explore the depths and nuances of Jen--possessing her, protecting her and risking her career for her. Amanda Hawthorne is a powerful District Attorney in San Francisco, defined by her beauty, intellect...

John Rossi is an ambitious young Wall Street trader, sent to the relative quiet of Columbus, Ohio, to facilitate a deal. But almost immediately he is snared by the intrigues of the wealthy Swartz family--made of the mysterious Dorothy, the ruthless Stanley, and their...

A "gripping thriller" (Publishers Weekly) featuring page-turning tension, psychological twists and turns, and an unforgettable voice, perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn.Jonathan Caine is a true master of the universe--a currency arbitrageur earning millions with a trophy wife, a penthouse condo...

From Allison Leotta, the "highly entertaining storyteller" (George Pelecanos) who writes "in a style that's as real as it gets" (USA TODAY), a ripped-from-the-headlines novel featuring prosecutor Anna Curtis at the center of a national story involving campus rape and the disappearance of a...

The stunning new novel from the international #1 bestselling author--a searing, spellbinding blend of cold-case thriller and psychological suspense.Two girls are forced into the woods at gunpoint. One runs for her life. One is left behind ...Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy...