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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
790L
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English
Description
A corporate lawyer in Washington goes to war against his own company to defend the homeless. It happens after Michael Brock is abducted by a homeless man and held hostage. The homeless man is killed by a police sharpshooter and the lawyer is rescued, but the experience changes his life. Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better;...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Description
Clay Carter, a public defender, reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of enormous...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
White House lawyer Michael Garrick has a relatively anonymous position at a very public address. That is, until he starts dating Nora Harston (secret service code name: Shadow), the sexy and dangerously irresistible daughter of the President. But the confident young attorney thinks he can handle the pressure. Until, out on a date, Nora and Michael see something they shouldn't. To protect her, he admits to something he shouldn't. And when a body is...
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Paul Madriani novels volume 11
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English
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After a career terrorist threatens to destroy the Supreme Court in a single horrible act, defense attorney Paul Madriani must put his life on the line in order to stop the sinister deed before it comes to fruition.
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Alex Cross novels volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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English
Description
With his resignation from the Washington Police interrupted by a case involving a friend who has been framed for murder, Alex Cross and partner John Sampson journey across military lines to confront the most brutal killer of their careers. Alex Cross is plunged into a case where military codes of honor conceal dark currents of revenge and ambition, and the men controlling the moves have the best weapons and training the world can offer.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Two supreme court justices are murdered within hours of each other, and Darby Shaw, a law student at Tulane, thinks she has the answer. She prepares a meticulous, speculative brief that builds a strong case against a surprise suspect -- a suspect with powerful friends that wants her and her brief out of the way for good.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
710L
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English
Description
Young attorney Michael Fiske broke the law when he took Rufus Harms's prison letter from the Supreme Court. But he also sealed his own fate. Suddenly everyone who has anything to do with Harms or his appeal mysteriously dies. Now Michael's brother John, a cop turned attorney, comes to Washington to find out why his brother was murdered--and what it had to do with a crime that Harms committed twenty-five years before. But the one man who can help John,...
9) Discretion
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Investigating the falling death of a high-paid escort at the U.S. Capitol building, Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Curtis teams up with brash FBI Special Agent Samantha Randazzo to examine clues implicating a powerful elected official.
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Avery Keene thrillers volume 1
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English
Description
Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her strained personal life together. But when the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn--the cantakerous swing vote on the Court--has slipped into a coma, Avery's life turns upside down. She learns that Wynn has appointed her to serve as his legal guardian and hold his power of attorney, plunging her into an explosive role she never anticipated....
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A newly minted Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Anna has developed a thick skin to help her deal with her day-to-day encounters with domestic violence. Yet she's shaken when a client, Laprea, is found beaten to death. Laprea's abusive boyfriend is accused and Anna will prosecute, while her boyfriend Nick is the defense attorney.
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Avery Keene thrillers volume 2
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English
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"Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unraveling a conspiracy that took down the President of the United States. But as the sparks of impeachment hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before...
13) The kingmaker
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Sean Drummond novels volume 3
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English
Description
Major Sean Drummond agrees to defend the husband of an old flame from charges that range from treason to murder and quickly finds himself deep in secrets, cover-ups, and conspiracies.
14) Beyond justice
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Hidden justice novels volume 1
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English
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"Hayden McCarthy is on track to become the youngest partner in her prestigious D.C. law firm, if the case she's just been handed doesn't destroy her first. Hayden McCarthy knows firsthand the pain when justice is not served. It's why she became an attorney and why she's so driven in her career. When she's handed a wrongful death case against the government, she isn't sure if it's the lucky break she needs to secure a partnership--or an attempt to...
15) The cut: a novel
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Spero Lucas mysteries volume 1
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English
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Spero Lucas returned from Iraq and carved out a niche for himself working as a special investigator for a defense attorney recovering stolen property: no questions asked. His talents have also brought him to the attention of a crime boss who hires Lucas to find out who has been stealing from his operation. Is the pay worth his family, his lover, and his life?
16) A good killing
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Newly single after calling off her wedding, sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis is summoned home to Michigan when her old high school coach--a hometown hero--is killed in a fiery car crash. But Anna isn't there to prosecute a crime: she's home to support her innocent sister Jody, who has been wrongfully accused of the coach's murder. But maybe Jody isn't so innocent after all?"--
17) Marine One
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
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English
Description
The President rushes across the South Lawn of the White House to Marine One to fly to Camp David late at night. His advisers plead with him not to fly during the pounding thunderstorm, but he insists. The helicopter crashes into a ravine in Maryland, killing all aboard. The government blames the European manufacturer of the helicopter and accuses them of killing the president. Senate Investigations and Justice Department accusations multiply as Mike...
18) The testament
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
770L
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English
Description
An eccentric, reclusive billionaire looking for a way to die, burnt-out Washington litigator just out of rehab for the fourth time, and a woman who left the modern world to live and work with a primitive tribe of Indians in the jungles of Brazil.
19) Quicksand
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As head of California's task force on narcotics and organized crime, Brock Andrews has earned his reputation as a tough, no-nonsense law enforcement agent. With his hardball tactics and skillful handling of informants, his team has successfully brought down some of the country's most violent and powerful criminals. But it's Brock's superior who's about to become his greatest adversary. Her name: Alison Andrews, First Assistant United States Attorney......
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