IT’S THE LAW!

Thrillers within the framework of the legal system add an extra dimension to the mystery. Engage your mind with these writers. Look for other titles by the authors you enjoy.

Reed Arvin: The Last Goodbye
A down–on-his-luck attorney gets mixed up with a gorgeous singer with a secret past.

Rose Connors: Temporary Sanity
Brilliant & passionate story set on Cape Cod.

David Ellis: Jury of One
Children’s rights advocate is thrust into criminal court.

Michael Fredickson: Witness for the Dead
Boston Irish Mob boss is ratted out as a snitch; he and his girlfriend flee the Feds, the DA and the Italian Mafia.

John Grisham: The Last Juror
Parolee returns nine years later to seek revenge against the jury that convicted him.

Brian Haig: Secret Sanction
Green Berets accused of atrocity in Serbia; top Army lawyer investigates.

Stephen Horn: The Law of Gravity
Disgraced former White House lawyer investigates the disappearance of a government employee.

Blaine Kerr: Wrongful Death
Worlds of European war crimes and killings in a Colorado hospital converge; author is a medical malpractice lawyer.

Michelle DeKretser: The Hamilton Case
High society murder case sets lawyer’s life on a new course.

Bill Landay: Mission Flats
Former DA sets his debut in Maine & Boston.

John Lescroart: The Oath
Too many patients dying; defense attorney & homicide detective clash in a story of bad medicine and hard-hitting justice.

John Martel: Billy Strobe
Lawyer & ex-con must choose between loyalty and his own safety and the woman he loves.

John Mortimer: Rumpole and the Primrose Path
The comic, courageous and corpu lent defender of humanity prevails as usual.

Perri O’Shaughnessy: Presumption of Death
Lawyer is called upon to defend her assistant’s son against accusations of murder and arson.

Richard North Patterson: Conviction
A possibly innocent man, the politics of death row and one lawyer’s professional and personal crisis.

Peter Rawlinson: The Richmond Diary
The diary reveals past misdeeds between a high level government official and a millionaire industrialist; suicide and a court battle ensue.

David Rosenfelt: First Degree
His closest friend and the love of his life are framed for the murder of a cop.

Lisa Scottoline: Moment of Truth
Inexperienced lawyer suspects her client is not guilty protesting his innocence, but innocent protesting his guilt. Why?

Robert Shapiro: Misconception
Infidelity & unwanted pregnancy lead to lies and legal maneuvering.

Robert K. Tanenbaum: True Justice
DA investigates a dead baby and the 15-year-old mother.

Simon Tolkien: Final Witness
A teenage boy accuses his stepmother of murdering his mother; his father is a witness for the defense.

Scott Turow: Reversible Errors
Triple murders, the death penalty and a judge convicted of taking bribes.

Kate Wilhelm: No Defense
In the Oregon desert, a murder-or-suicide case for which there may be no defense.




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