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21) Prime witness
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Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Prosecutor Paul Madriani thinks that he has found the murderer of six people, but when no evidence links the suspect to the last two slayings, Paul realizes that another brutal killer is still free."--from NoveList.
22) Poison
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Series
Dismas Hardy novels volume 17
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English
Description
"Dismas Hardy is looking forward to cutting back his work hours and easing into retirement after recovering from two gunshot wounds. He is determined to spend more time with his family and even reconnect with his distant son, Vincent. But Dismas just can't stay away from the courtroom for long and soon he is pulled into an intense family drama with fatal consequences. Grant Wagner, the vigorous patriarch of the Wagner family and its four-generations...
23) Sudden Death
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Series
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English
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When the New York Giants' new star running back is accused of murdering a Jets rival, attorney Andy Carpenter works for the athlete's defense, a task that is complicated by the discovery of additional player killings.
24) The client
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
730L
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English
Description
Mark Sway, 11, witnesses a Mafia lawyer's suicide, which puts him in danger from Barry the Blade & a politically ambitious U.S. attorney. In the two years since The Firm first captured the imagination of America's readers, John Grisham, with three consecutive number-one bestsellers, has become one of the most popular authors of our time. Now, in The Client, he has written a novel so irresistible, so thoroughly entertaining and satisfying, that it...
25) The motive
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Series
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English
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Detectives Dismas Hardy and Abe Glitsky are called in to investigate when a politically connected socialite and his glamourous fiancee are murdered, and the team soon uncovers a murder plot that reaches the upper echelons of San Francisco society.
26) Falls the shadow
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Series
Victor Carl novels volume 5
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English
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New York Times bestselling author William Lashner returns with a brilliantly twisty tale that probes the dark side of the law — and man
Unlike the rest of you, I cheerfully admit to my own utter selfishness. I am self-made, self-absorbed, self-serving, self-referential, even self-deprecating, in a charming sort of way. In short, I am all the selfs except selfless. Yet every so often, I run across a force of nature that shakes my sublime
...28) First degree
Author
Series
Andy Carpenter novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
New Jersey lawyer Andy Carpenter, longing for a case he can sink his legal teeth into, gets more than he bargained for when a once dirty cop is found decapitated and Andy's lady love Laurie is suspected of the crime.
29) Ties that bind
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Series
Amanda Jaffe novels volume 2
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English
Description
Success is fleeting; nobody knows this better than Amanda Jaffe. The case that put her on the map has left her traumatized, doubting her instincts, and shunning the limelight. This ends when she agrees to handle the case of John Dupre, who runs an upscale call girl service. He is accused of murdering a U.S. Senator. Dupre claims to possess proof of an existence of a secret society of powerful men who have banded together for a commonly held political...
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Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck knows something strange is going on when his client Falcon, a homeless man jailed for threatening to jump off a bridge, posts a ten thousand dollar cash bail,and the situation quickly deteriorates when a dead body is found in the trunk of the car Falcon calls home, pushing the deranged man--who is having flashbacks of torture cells in Argentina--into grabbing some hostages and holing up in a local motel....
31) Short straw
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Series
Ed Eagle novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In his first adventure, Ed fell in love with the seductive Barbara Kennerly, and married her-against his better judgment. Turns out that Ed should have listened to his intuition. Ed Eagle awakens the morning after his fortieth birthday to find that Barbara has vanished, and Ed's money-from his business, his bank, and his brokerage accounts-has been wired to the Cayman Islands. Barbara, it appears, had drugged his birthday wine, neatly cleaned him...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller....
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English
Description
A poor-boy college football hero turned successful partner at a prominent Dallas firm, who long ago checked his conscience at the door, catches a case that forces him to choose between his enviable lifestyle and doing the right thing in this masterful debut legal thriller. Scott Fenney is assigned to provide pro bono defense for the woman accused of murdering the son of a presidential hopeful. As the case unfolds, pressure is exerted on Scott to deter...
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Series
Barbara Holloway novels volume 8
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 15
Language
English
Description
"Julia Rodriguez and her teenage daughter Beatriz fled El Salvador to escape bloodthirsty gangs, random violence and Julia's abusive husband. In Miami, mother and daughter struggle to carve their own piece of the American dream. While life in the States is hard, it is safer, until Julia's rejects her boss's unwanted sexual advances. Suddenly--thanks to an "anonymous" tip to U.S. immigration authorities--she is arrested, locked in detention with criminals,...
37) Turning angel
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Series
Penn Cage novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Lawyer Penn Cage returns to defend his best friend since childhood for the murder of a young female student, with whom his friend was intimate, at their old alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep.
When the body of Kate Townsend turns up near the Mississippi River, attorney Penn Cage tangles with the dark side of his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, to investigate the secret world of a nearby elite high school.
38) The inside ring
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Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 1
Language
English
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Description
General Andy Banks, the Secretary of Homeland Security, is nursing a guilty conscience. Only days before an assassin's bullet winged the president and took the life of the president's longtime best friend, Banks had received a note with a dire warning: "Eagle One is in danger. Cancel Chattooga River. The inside ring has been compromised. This is not a joke." The message-on Secret Service stationery-was signed, "An agent in the wrong place." Banks...
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Series
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English
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“Suspense builds” as a tropical storm and a crazed killer bear down on Connor and Quintana in the Florida Keys, in the New York Times–bestselling series (Library Journal).
Despite storm warnings, lawyers and lovers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana travel to a resort on a secluded island in the Florida Keys when a wealthy former client asks for their help with his troubled stepson, Billy, who...
Despite storm warnings, lawyers and lovers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana travel to a resort on a secluded island in the Florida Keys when a wealthy former client asks for their help with his troubled stepson, Billy, who...
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Series
Jack Tobin novels volume 1
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English
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Description
Best friends in childhood, Johnny and Mikey grew up to take different paths: Johnny to life as a high-powered lawyer, and Mikey to a shattered existence behind bars. Now, haunted by guilt over Mikey's conviction, Johnny finds his one last shot at redemption.--Chicago Tribune.
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