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Rumpole and the golden thread (Rumpole Ser.)
Par John Mortimer. 1983
The twelve apostles
Par William J Coughlin. 1984
The twelve apostles of the title are the principal partners of one of the world's richest and most prestigious law…
firms. The death of one of the partners fires a battle between the primary contenders for his place in the firm--a beautiful woman and the man who loves her. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexA dime to dance by
Par Walter Walker. 1983
Once a football hero in his hometown near Boston, Chuckie Bishop is now a rookie lawyer there. He innocently enters…
the world of cutthroat politicians and petty racketeers when he is ordered to defend a local cop who killed a local boy in the line of duty. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexDecision
Par Allen Drury. 1983
A melodrama about an unusual Supreme Court case. A radical, intending to destroy society in order to save it, blows…
up an atomic energy plant, killing the daughter of one Supreme Court justice and injuring that of another. Pressured by a nation-wide law-and-order group, the justices face a complicated moral dilemma in adjudicating the fate of the terroristPeople versus Kirk
Par Robert Traver. 1981
A Michigan courtroom is the setting for lawyer Frederic Ludlow's attempt to find out what really happened the night his…
client Randall Kirk seems to have murdered his lover, the socialite Connie Spurrier. Kirk's loss of memory about the fatal evening complicates the defense in this low-key court dramaEl bosque
Par Harlan Coben. 2008
A homicide forces widowed Newark, New Jersey, county prosecutor Paul Copeland to confront past tragedy. Twenty years ago, two teenagers…
were murdered at summer camp and two others, including Paul's sister, disappeared. Paul reconnects with a long-lost love to learn the truth. Some violence and some strong language. Spanish language. 2007Elizabeth Webster and the court of uncommon pleas (Elizabeth Webster #1)
Par William Lashner. 2019
When star swimmer Henry Harrison asks twelve-year-old Elizabeth Webster to help dispel a ghost that speaks her name, she calls…
on her estranged father and learns he is an attorney for the damned. For grades 5-8. 2019Justice returns
Par William Bernhardt. 2017
Attorney Ben Kincaid represents former friend Oscar Kirby in a murder case. Oscar--an Iraq War veteran--was subjected to the CIA's…
"enhanced interrogation techniques," and is the prime suspect when his interrogator is killed. But Ben has to navigate dangerous secrets surrounding the case. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017Rough justice: three Ben Kincaid stories
Par William Bernhardt. 2016
Collection of three stories featuring lawyer Ben Kincaid. In "Yuletide Justice," Ben and his assistant Christina McCall must solve a…
mystery for their neighbor to resolve their frosty relations. "What We're Here For" sees Ben helping a disfigured fashion model. "After Hours" features Ben's former brother-in-law, homicide detective Mike Morelli. 2014The gold of Cape Girardeau: A Novel
Par Morley Swingle. 2002
A treasure trove of gold is found buried next to a skeleton with a bullet hole in its skull. The…
secrets of the gold are revealed in a story that takes the reader from a modern courtroom to the glory days of steamboating on the Mississippi; from young love on the river to the perils of living in a town of split loyalties during the Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Governor's Book AwardThe witness
Par Richard S. Wheeler, Richard S Wheeler. 2000
Amos Burch, a wealthy banker has the frontier town of Paradise in his pocket and is accused of a crime.…
He tries to buy the silence of his bookkeeper, Daniel Knott, but Daniel's silence cannot be bought no matter what the cost is to him or his familyTexas weather
Par Tricia Allen. 2000
In 1947, Dallas County assistant DA David Weather prepares to prosecute a rich, remorseless killer, known as "the Maniac," while…
dodging a spurned mistress, an angry husband, and a protocol-driven boss. When he meets a beautiful reporter, sparks fly. Then an anonymous messenger threatens his fiancee, while old and new family secrets endanger his job. Contains some violence and profanityPublic trust
Par Sarah Gregory. 1997
Beautiful, brainy Texas attorney Sharon Hays thought she knew her way around the labryinth of the law and the crooked…
corridors of power. But she had to take the word of a savage rapist-killer that the D.A. had put the wrong man on death row. She had to take on the top candidate for governor of the Lone Star state in a cutthroat courtroom contest and a campaign of primal terror. And she had to fight losing her head in the arms of a lawyer lover who might be too good to be true. Contains some sex, profanity, and violenceShoveling smoke: a Clay Parker crime novel
Par Austin Davis. 2003
When burned-out Houston tax attorney Clay Parker chucks it all for a job, sight-unseen, working for a tiny firm in…
dusty, small-town East Texas, he's searching for his lost integrity and a simpler life. Instead, he lands in the middle of a bungled fraud case, defending the disreputable and downright nasty Bevo Rasnussen, who's accused of torching the stables housing his over-insured thoroughbred. Immediately confronted with corrupt officials, crazed survivalists, an incompetent hit man, an emu, and a naked county clerk, along with an assortment of vengeful wives and great barbecue, Clay discovers that nothing and no one is quite what they seem to be. Contains explicit descriptions of sexTheodore Boone: el secuestro (Theodore Boone #2)
Par John Grisham. 2018
Theodore Boone de trece años, una vez más utiliza sus conocimientos legales y habilidades detectivescas para resolver un caso esta…
vez la desaparición en mitad de la noche de su mejor amiga, AprilBlood double
Par Neil McMahon. 2002
This fast-paced thriller (sequel to Twice Dying DBC 19513) continues the adventures of Dr. Carroll Monks, an emergency room physician…
caught up in a mystery with high stakes in the scientific world of genetic engineering. Descriptions of sexDeadbolt
Par Jay Brandon, Dana Isaacson. 1992
Grey Stanton once thrived in the hard-edged courts of criminal law. Now, on a lawyer's sabbatical, he's writing a book…
and spending the time he never had with his wife and child on their remote and peaceful Texas homestead-- blissfully unaware that his idyllic world is soon to be brutally disrupted. It starts when a vivacious young woman, a student, stops by to ask him questions about an old case-- an assault and robbery trial that Grey had lost and all but forgotten. Then he receives a series of bizarre visits from his former client, a dangerous man whose awkward words quickly turn menacing. Some violence and some profanityWill's war: a novel
Par Janice Woods Windle. 2001
Based on events in the author's family history, this ably written historical novel follows a century-old court case. The author's…
German heritage caused her ancestors grief at the time of WWI in the Texas town of Seguin, where America's rabid anti-German hysteria revealed itself in deep suspicion and persecution of German Americans like Will Bergfeld. Will is tried for treason, though he, in fact, is guilty of nothing but union sympathies. The trial is an uphill battle against the press and public sentiment, and the case is stacked against him, but Will has right on his sideCapitol scandal (Sarah Hays #04)
Par Sarah Gregory. 1999
The son of a political icon, Texas Congressman Will John Benedict falls from grace when he is accused of murdering…
an office intern with whom he was having an affair. He enlists high-profile Dallas defense attorney Russell Black and his fiery associate Sharon Hays to come to the nation's capital to defend him. Contains explicit descriptions of sexAs summers die
Par Winston Groom. 1980
When oil is discovered in Holton a sleepy port town on the Gulf of Mexico, the Holt family assumes the…
bonanza is rightfully theirs. A scrappy lawyer, however, shakes up the "Old South" establishment by representing some black families contesting ownership of the property. Black Muslims, racist vigilantes, and a romance between a Holton lady and the upstart lawyer all form part of the action. Strong language and descriptions of sex