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Returning to her hometown to start a law practice, Jill Strather can't deny the attraction she still feels for Mac Kendrick, a burned-out LAPD cop; when Mafia dons, social workers, and bitter exes enter the picture, Jill and Mac find the simplest romance is complicated.
2) The house
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A workaholic attorney living in a tiny apartment and holding onto a relationship that's going nowhere, Sarah Anderson has always lived life by the book. But now she's about to do something completely out of character. An elderly client has died and left her a generous inheritance, with the stipulation that she must use his money for something wonderful, and to live well. In compliance with her client's wish, she buys a neglected but magnificent old...
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Christopher Paget novels volume 3
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The investigation into a man's death uncovers the vicious custody fight he waged with his estranged wife. The wife's new lover is indicted for the man's murder and courtroom revelations are overshadowed by what threatens to remain hidden.
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Laura DiPalma mysteries volume 2
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Murder and a missing person disrupt a high-profile lawyer's climb up the ladder of success in this mystery by the author of The Smart Money.
Everything's falling into place for attorney Laura Di Palma. She's about to become a partner at her prominent firm, she has a great apartment, and she's paid off her Mercedes. Then disaster strikes. Her sick boyfriend goes missing from his hospital bed, and her firm's detective-who's also her ex-is eager for...
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Greg Monarch volume 02
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Lawyer Greg Monarch of California overcomes his reluctance and reopens a murder case which sent his former lover to Death Row. The woman is mentally unstable, hence his reluctance, but it is a worthwhile effort as it transpires she was framed.
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Willa Jansson mysteries volume 5
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Que serait Montréal sans la souveraineté de ses arbres ?
L'arbre est politique. Bertrand Laverdure sait parler aux arbres. Sans eux, les femmes et les hommes perdraient leur chemin et leur cœur. Une musique infinie, un vertige, un piano, ou une danse projette sa lumière sur la ville. Que serait Montréal sans ce peuple vertical qui enseigne la douceur, l'espoir et l'humilité.
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« Écrire aux arbres, c'est écrire...
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A burned-out attorney investigates a strange small-town suicide in this mystery from the author of The Good Fight.
Laura Di Palma's days as a high-profile San Francisco lawyer are behind her. Four hundred miles north of the city in her peaceful hometown, she now spends her days hiking in the woods and helping her lover cope with his war injuries. But their retreat is soon interrupted by a private detective-Laura's former flame-who's looking for help...
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A lawyer is drawn into a dangerous case after a love guru shakes up San Francisco in this mystery by the author of A Hard Bargain.
Leaving an expensive firm and toxic work environment behind her, attorney Laura Di Palma has opened her own practice. She's eager for business, and she's not about to turn away fellow lawyer Margaret Lenin.
Margaret had been struggling with a midlife crisis. Full of deep questions, she sought answers from a spiritual master,...
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Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. Criminal defense in Los Angeles has virtually dried up, and he has had to expand his business into foreclosure defense. But just when Mickey thinks criminal court is in his rearview mirror, one of his new clients is accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. For Mickey, it's back to what he does best. He puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, despite what seems...
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San Francisco attorney Kali O'Brien knows that in the legal system, reality can be shaded but she doesn't like clients who lie to her. That's what she has in Grady Barrett, a wealthy computer magnate married to Kali's best friend, who is arraigned in the rape of Deirdre Nicholas. Grady's claim that the sex was consensual doesn't excuse the hurt he's caused his wife and his reputation, and puts Kali in a bind because she doesn't believe him. Especially...
11) Blood defense
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Samantha Brinkman volume 01
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[2016]
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Samantha Brinkman, an ambitious, hard-charging Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, is struggling to make a name for herself and to drag her fledgling practice into the big leagues. Sam lands a high-profile double-murder case in which one of the victims is a beloved TV star, and the defendant is a decorated veteran LAPD detective. It promises to be exactly the kind of media sensation that would establish her as a heavy hitter in the world of criminal...
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"The last person family lawyer Sandy Moss expects to walk into her courtroom, right in the middle of a trial, is TV star Patrick McNabb: prime suspect in her first (and she hopes, last) murder case. Sandy knows what Patrick's like. Friendly, overconfident, dazzlingly handsome...and a well-meaning menace. But his request seems harmless enough. His dear friend Cynthia is getting divorced, and he thinks Sandy's perfect for the job. She accepts--because...
14) The jury master
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"In this rapid-fire fictional debut, a personal friend of the president has turned up as the victim of a not-so-apparent suicide--but not before mailing a package to David Sloane, a golden-tongued corporate lawyer with a mysterious past"--Booklist.
17) Acts of malice
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When a champion skier goes off a cliff, police charge his brother with murder. Lawyer Nina Reilly agrees to represent him, but with trepidation. Although her client swears his innocence, his father, sister and wife doubt it.
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Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him...
20) Moral defense
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Samantha Brinkman volume 02
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[2016]
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Samantha Brickman is hired as the legal advocate for Cassie Sonnenberg after a brutal stabbing left the teenager's father and brother dead. It's a tabloid-ready case that has the nation in an uproar--and Sam facing her biggest challenge yet. As Sam digs to find answers, she becomes more personally entangled in the case, and ends up facing a choice she never dreamed she'd have to make--
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