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Nina Reilly novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Personal drama mixes with court-room drama in this story of lawyer Nina Reilly. After her client, a documentary film maker is killed, one of Reilly's lovers is arrested for murder. He happens to be the father of her son, and obligingly Reilly takes up his defense.
2) The defense
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Eddie Flynn novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turns out the two aren't that different. Former con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn gave up the law a year ago after a disastrous case, and he vowed never to step foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. The head of the Russian mob in New York City, on trial for murder, has kidnapped Eddie's ten-year-old daughter: Eddie has to take this case whether he likes it or not....
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Jake Brigance novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence...as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town...Clanton, Mississippi.The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
GN 690L
Language
English
Description
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel-a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The...
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When a court in Britain dismisses a case against a rapist, police open an inquiry into Inspector Judy Hill who arrested him and who is suspected of cooking evidence. Judy is at the end of her tether, the man, a serial rapist, having sent word she will be his next victim. By the author of A Shred of Evidence.
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