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1) Legal tender
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Bennie's former lover and current law partner, Mark Biscardi, breaks the news that he wants to oust her from the firm in favour of an ambitious and beautiful associate. When Mark is found murdered, all the evidence points to Bennie, who has motive aplenty and a dubious alibi. Suddenly her world is turned upside down, as the lawyer becomes the client, and the cops she once prosecuted are now after her with a vengeance.
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The Bone Vault begins in the glorious Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where wealthy donors have gathered to hear plans for a controversial new exhibit. An uneasy mix of scholarship and showbiz. The exhibition has raised fierce opposition from some of the museum's elite: IMAX time trips and Rembrandt refrigerator magnets have no place for them at the Met. Assistant DA Alex Cooper, off duty for the evening, observes the proceedings...
3) Wild justice
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Amanda Jaffe novels volume 1
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It seems a serial killer is at large and the modus operandi points to the murderer being a medic. Vincent Cardoni, a brilliant but unpopular surgeon, is suspected and certain pieces of evidence found in his apartment make the police believe they have a solid case. But the trial collapses when an officer lies on oath and Cardoni disappears, having firmly stated his belief that he was set up by his estranged wife, Justine, who is also a surgeon. A few...
4) Hell gate
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The assistant district attorney who helped create the sex crimes unit in Manhattan, Linda Fairstein is a New York Times best-selling author who writes with the ?heightened realism that only someone who has truly walked the walk can provide? (Harlan Coben). In Hell Gate, Fairstein delivers a riveting work that her many fans are sure to enjoy.
6) The kills
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 6
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Manhattan sex-crimes prosecutor Alexandra Cooper's case against Andrew Tripping, charged with the rape of investment banker Paige Vallis, is in trouble when she is handed a second case: the murder of a former Harlem Renaissance dancer, Queenie Ransome. Queenie was also a one-time mistress to King Farouk of Egypt, and reputedly fled the palace with handfuls of jewels. And as Alexandra begins untangling Queenie's dangerous, complex past, the threads...
7) Entombed
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 7
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Assistant District Attorney and prosecutor, Alexandra Cooper investigates a case involving a twenty-year-old skeleton entombed behind a brick wall and draws a connection between that and a string of rapes committed in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
8) Case of lies
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"As Nina tries to unravel the mystery of one violent Tahoe night, a harrowing journey begins--one that takes her from the dark underworld of Tahoe's casinos to the halls of a prestigious East Coast university to Europe and an emotional reunion with Kurt [Scott, her son's father]. As old feelings are rekindled, Nina's case turns violent. Everyone has something to hide--the brilliant but unstable mathematics student who has made an astonishing discovery,...
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Dana Hill's meteoric rise in a Seattle legal firm is halted when she is diagnosed with breast cancer, discovers her husband is having an affair, and her twin brother is murdered, and her determination to find out who killed James hinges on her ability to convince detective Michael Logan that the murder is more than a simple robbery, and to learn the origins of unique piece of jewelry found at the scene of the crime.
10) The Dark Of Day
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When Rick Slater tells C. J. Dunn that a friend of Alana's could be his alibi, C.J. realizes the girl is someone she knows. Kylie Willis, a seventeen--year--old runaway from the same north Florida town where C. J. was born. The problem is, Kylie won't talk and Slater isn't coming clean, either.
11) Unlucky in law
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Nina Reilly novels volume 10
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Nina Reilly takes on the most dangerous and difficult case of her career in New York Times bestselling author Perri O’Shaughnessy’s latest thriller. An ingenious blend of forensic science, history, and gripping suspense, Unlucky in Law pits the tough but compassionate attorney against the most unbeatable adversary of all: the law.
Nina has just received a last-minute call from her old boss and mentor in Monterey County, California,...
Nina has just received a last-minute call from her old boss and mentor in Monterey County, California,...
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Nina Reilly novels volume 9
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Attorney Nina Reilly returns to her hometown in the hopes of making a fresh start, but instead of some much needed rest and relaxation, she finds herself investigating a series of deadly arsons.
13) Eye of the wolf
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This is for the Indian priest.
The cryptic message was clearly meant for Father O’Malley. The unemotional voice on the answering machine, speaking of revenge against old enemies, wanted O’Malley to visit the site of the Bates Battle. In 1874, Shoshone warriors led Captain Alfred Bates’s cavalry to Arapaho tribal grounds, and nearly everyone living there was massacred. As a nation, the Arapaho were finished, but their people
...14) Intent to harm
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Imagine losing what you love most.
Don't say I didn't warn you...The woman gives her name as Betty. No last name. No phone number. Just a meeting place — a deserted, wooded park on the outskirts of Lake Tahoe. The retainer is a healthy one. The one condition — come alone. San Francisco attorney Kali O'Brien understands client confidentiality, but something about Betty's urgent request has her a little spooked. Whatever secrets the woman is hiding...
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Barbara Holloway novels volume 8
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When music professor Louise Braniff offers Barbara Holloway a large retainer to defend a young woman accused of murder, Barbara cannot even begin to anticipate the bizarre case awaiting her, or what the verdict relies upon.
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Nina Reilly novels volume 8
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Attorney Nina Reilly faces disbarment after an unknown enemy steals client files and reveals their contents, unless her ex-husband, attorney Jack McIntyre, and sometime lover, detective Paul van Wagoner, can find the culprit.
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Outspoken radio talk show host Jim Fate dies tragically when poisonous gas fills the studio while his polarizing show, "The hand of fate," is on the air. In the ensuing panic, police evacuate downtown Portland--and the triple threat of FBI Special Agent Nicole hedges, crime reporter Cassidy Shaw, and Federal prosecutor Allison Pierce begin piecing together the madness, motive, and mystery of what just happened.--From publisher's description.
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 4
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"One of New York City's most haunting buildings is the Deadhouse. This abandoned structure--which sits on a small island in the middle of the East River like the ghostly remains of a castle--plays in the imagination as a likely place for murder. It's the holiday season but there's little reason for cheer at one of New York's most elite colleges. A respected professor is dead, strangled and dumped in an elevator shaft."--from NoveList.
20) Violent crimes
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Amanda Jaffe novels volume 5
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Dale Masterson, senior partner in a large Portland, Oregon, law firm, has become wealthy and successful representing the interests of oil and coal companies. When his colleague, Christine Larson, is found dead, Masterson's business practices are put under surveillance and a lower-level employee stands accused. The controversy surrounding the firm is magnified tenfold when Dale is found beaten to death in his mansion. But this time Dale's son, Brandon,...
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