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Custody of the state (Chambers of justice. #2.)
Par Craig Parshall. 2004
Small town Georgia farmer Joe Fellows and his young wife Mary Sue are falsely accused of committing a heinous act…
against their own child. After Joe is imprisoned, Mary Sue flees from the law. On the run and desperate, she calls attorney Will Chambers for help. Now it's up to one honest lawyer to right the wrongs and save a family from destruction. 2004.Criminals: a novel
Par Margot Livesey. 1995
A disturbing letter from his sister Maggie sends an uptight middle-aged London banker to Scotland to see her. Along the…
way he discovers a baby girl abandoned in a bus station restroom and takes her along with him. When Maggie conspires to keep the baby, she and her brother find themselves in murky legal and moral waters. 1995.Cry guilty
Par Sara Woods. 1981
Antony Maitland appears - unusually for him as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel and for reasons that are far from simple. In…
a long and absorbing court scene the outcome depends upon witnesses of character, an unusual legal twist. 1981.Courting trouble (Rosato & Associates. #7.)
Par Lisa Scottoline. 2002
Philadelphia lawyer Anne Murphy leaves town for the Fourth of July weekend only to read in the newspaper that she's…
been murdered. Anne realizes that her cat-sitter must have been killed by mistake, and so she remains in hiding to catch the culprit. Bestseller. 2002.Circumstantial evidence
Par James Bell. 1997
Tracy Shepherd is a young widow with two small children, working as a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles. When…
she gets her first case she wonders at first if she is up for the task. But soon she feels something just isn't right. 1997.Blood money (Jack Swyteck series. #10.)
Par James Grippando. 2013
It is the most sensational murder trial since O. J. Simpson. The nation is obsessed with Sydney Bennett, a sexy…
nightclub waitress and good-time girl accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter for cramping her party life. Agreeing to defend Sydney, Jack Swyteck knew he was taking on the toughest and most controversial case of his career. Sequel to "Afraid of the dark", followed by "Black horizon". 2013.Catherine's heart (Tales of London.)
Par Lawana Blackwell. 2002
Eighteen-year-old Catherine Rayborn is thrilled with her first taste of independence when she begins Girton College in Cambridge in 1880.…
Amidst all the excitement, however, comes the painful realization of the vast difference between true love and shallow. 2002.Caleb's kingdom
Par Essie Summers. 1996
Greta Mountford discovers that her fiance Martin has been having an affair. But before she can break her engagement, Martin…
is killed on the way home. Faced with this double grief, Greta escapes to New Zealand to run a farm while its owner, Caleb Armstrong, is away in Europe. The change of scene works its magic on Greta, but her new-found peace is shattered with the return of Caleb - for his presence is far too disturbing for comfort. 1996.Christmas gifts: Small Town Christmas Her Christmas Cowboy
Par Gail Gaymer Martin, Brenda Minton. 2011
In “Small Town Christmas”, when seven-year-old twins act up in temporary teacher Amy Carroll's class, she meets their very apologetic…
widowed father. The handsome man has his hands full - but can two mini matchmakers and holiday cheer open his heart to Christmas romance? In “Her Christmas Cowboy”, Elizabeth Harden attends a bull-riding event for her dad, where she tries – unsuccessfully - to avoid bull fighter Travis Cooper, a too-handsome heartbreaker. But could her first impression of Travis be mistaken? c2011.Christmas Eve baby (Medical Romance Ser.)
Par Caroline Anderson. 2007
Dr Lucy Tremayne's title is about to change from doctor to mother. She knows she must tell Ben Carter he's…
going to be a daddy by Christmas - but she's running out of time. Why is she stalling? Because she knows that when her secret gets out it will destroy her father. As head of A&E at St Piran Hospital, Dr Ben Carter hasn't seen Lucy since that wonderful, perfect night they shared together. He's been warned to stay away, but now, as he arrives in the picturesque Cornish village of Penhally Bay, he is determined to fight for the woman he loves, and their baby. 2007.Chill factor
Par Chris Rogers. 2000
Attorney-turned-bounty-hunter Dixie Flannigan is shocked when she witnesses Edna Pine, an old friend and neighbour, rob a bank and die…
in the process. When two other "granny bandits" are also killed, the subsequent investigation leads to a mysterious "Shepherd" and his network of associates. Some violence and some strong language. 2000.Bitch factor (Dixie Flanagan stories ; #1)
Par Chris Rogers. 1998
Former Houston assistant district attorney Dixie Flannigan, now a bounty hunter, helps an attorney friend ensure that a client, on…
trial for a young girl's hit-and-run death, appears in court. Dixie catches up with the accused in North Dakota, where a blizzard forces her to get to know him. 1998. (Dixie Flanagan stories ; 1)Blue diary
Par Alice Hoffman. 2001
On a glorious June morning, Ethan Ford makes love to his wife, Jorie, in their happy home. But before the…
day is over, Ethan's secret past will catch up to him, and his perfect marriage will crumble. 2001.Blood flag (Paul Madriani novel. #14.)
Par Steve Martini. 2016
At odds with love
Par Betty Neels. 1993
Nikolaas van der Vollenhove was a workaholic surgeon, who didn't need complications in his well ordered life, yet he went…
out of his way to help Jane when she badly needed a friend, which seemed to indicate that he was interested in her. However, his subsequent proposal of marriage was not that of a man head over heels in love. Had Jane any hope of changing his feelings? 1993.April fool
Par William Deverell. 2005
Arthur Beauchamp comes out of retirement to defend an old client, Nick "the Owl" Faloon, a diminutive man accused of…
raping and murdering a psychologist. Meanwhile, Beauchamp's new wife, Margaret Blake, takes up residence in a tree she is determined to save. Beauchamp shuttles between Vancouver and his island home, doing what he can to save the tree and get his wife back - and defend Faloon. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. Arthur Ellis Award Winner 2006. 2005.Animal's people
Par Indra Sinha. 2007
Orphaned Bhopal slum resident Animal, who used to be human before an industrial chemical accident left his bones twisted like…
a hairpin, and who walks on all fours, describes the events surrounding the impending trial of the Kampani responsible for the accident. He falls in with a group led by musician Somraj; Somraj's daughter, Nisha; and Nisha's boyfriend, Saint Zafar. Tensions mount as suspicious doctor Elli Barber opens a clinic in the slums, lawyers from the Kampani arrive to negotiate a settlement, and Animal, desperately in love with Nisha, copes with his desires and frustrations. Some descriptions of sex and violence, explicit strong language. 2007.All else confusion
Par Betty Neels. 1982
Probably Annis should never have married Jake Royle: he had said from the start that he didn't think that love…
was necessary to make marriage work - meaning that he didn't love her! But she loved him even more than she loved her own family. 1982.Al-Tounsi: a novel
Par Anton Piatigorsky. 2017
Tells the behind-the-scenes story of U.S. Supreme Court Justices as they consider a landmark case involving the rights of detainees…
held in an overseas military base. Inspired by a true case from 2008 addressing Guantanamo Bay, the fictional lawsuit of Al-Tounsi v. Shaw pits Majid Al-Tounsi, an Egyptian prisoner, against the President of the United States. It challenges U.S. laws that apply to non-citizens under wartime circumstances and the extent of executive power. As the controversial case maneuvers through the minds and hands of the Justices, the novel explores in detail how the personal life dramas, career rivalries, and political sympathies of these judicial titans blend with their philosophies to create the most important legal decisions of our time. 2017.Alex Cross's trial (Alex Cross series. #15.)
Par James Patterson, Richard DiLallo. 2009
Inspired by his grandmother's tales about her uncle Abraham, Alex Cross presents his own novel, Trial. Abraham risks his life…
to help Ben Corbett, an attorney sent to Mississippi by President Teddy Roosevelt to investigate lynchings believed to be linked to the Ku Klux Klan. Bestseller. 2009.