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A walk to remember
Par Nicholas Sparks. 1999
Fifty-seven-year-old Landon thinks back to 1958, the year that changed his life. Pious, bible-carrying Jamie Sullivan asks seventeen-year-old Landon to…
costar with her in the Christmas play written by her preacher father. As they spend time together, Landon is shocked to realize he's falling in love. Bestseller. 1999.A time to kill
Par John Grisham. 1989
In Clanton, Mississippi, black, ten-year-old Tonya Hailey is raped, tortured, and left for dead by two white men. She survives…
and identifies her abductors, who are quickly arrested. Tonya's father, Carl Lee Hailey, takes matters into his own hands, shooting and killing the two prisoners. As his attorney prepares Carl Lee's case, the town is overrun with reporters and avenging Klansmen. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1989.A rebel princess
Par Barbara Cartland. 1985
Balkan Princess Tora has been promised in marriage to an elderly king. She is horrified at having to marry a…
man she has never met. Disguising herself, she goes to the palace as a musician, where she has many adventures, and discovers true love. 1985.A question of proof
Par Joseph Amiel. 1993
Set in Philadelphia, this story is about Dan Lazar, a tough, street-smart criminal lawyer who fights an internal battle between…
love and justice. When asked by the wife of a murdered newspaper owner to defend her against charges that she killed her husband, Dan finds himself torn between a growing love for his client and doubts about her innocence. 1993.A question of guilt
Par Frances Fyfield. 1988
The latest object of widowed, unloved Eileen Cartwright's adoration is her married solicitor. When she convinces financially desperate part-time P.I.…
Stanislaus Jaskowski to kill the solicitor's wife, Jaskowski is quickly caught and tells all. As prosecutor Helen West and Detective Geoffrey Bailey build their case against her, Cartwright calmly concocts a plan of revenge against her new opponents. Strong language and violence. 1988.A party to murder
Par Michael Underwood. 1983
Pixieish young lawyer-sleuth Rosa Epton of London rushes to the rescue of her friend and fellow-lawyer Caroline Allard, who is…
accused of murdering a gossipy co-worker, Tom Hunsey. During the trial scene, Rosa arranges for evidence by a surprise witness to expose the felon. Some strong language. 1983.A married man: a novel
Par Piers Paul Read. 1979
A kind of wild justice
Par Hilary Bonner. 2002
He's a barbaric killer, guilty of the most terrible crime: he abducted and tortured an innocent seventeen-year-old girl, brutally raped…
her, then left her to die. Yet when James Martin O'Donnell stood trial at Exeter Crown Court he was acquitted. Twenty years later, a chance DNA test makes it tragically clear that there has been a shocking miscarriage of justice, but the law of double jeopardy means that O'Donnell cannot be tried again. Descriptions of violence. 2002.A duel with destiny
Par Barbara Cartland. 1977
A dream came true
Par Betty Neels. 1982
After her parents die Jemima has to make a new life for herself. She finds a job as a companion…
help to Lady Manderly. But her new job is not easy, perhaps because she has to cope with Lady Manderly's nephew, Professor Alexander Cator. 1982.A kind of magic
Par Betty Neels. 1992
Rosie knew that the man she married must dote on her and love her even when she was bad tempered…
or sneezing her head off, but Fergus Cameron didn't fit the bill at all. Annoying, exasperating, determined to have his own way, he would annoy any girl, and Rosie was no exception. Of course he could be charming when it suited him ... not that it mattered to Rosie; he'd already told her he'd found the girl he was going to marry. 1992.A happy meeting
Par Betty Neels. 1992
Cressida had nobody to turn to for help, so she was grateful when Aldrik van der Linus interested himself in…
her affairs, and glad to accept the job he found her in Holland. Not that he was interested in her as a woman, of course - and she couldn't blame him for not noticing her when he was involved with the glamorous Nicola van Germert - but that didn't stop her falling in love with him. 1992.A girl in a million
Par Betty Neels. 1993
Marius van Houben was the sort of man who could have any woman he wanted. Rich, attractive, successful, he was…
still a bachelor and apparently not looking for a wife, although it was inevitable that he would marry one day. When he chose his bride it wouldn't be a student nurse like Caroline, with nothing to attract a man's attention except common sense and a talent for plain speaking. 1993.A girl to love
Par Betty Neels. 1982
Sadie was appalled at the idea of leaving not only the cottage but also the village where she had spent…
twenty of her twenty-three years. Then, at the eleventh hour, Mr. Oliver Trentham saved the situation, by buying her cottage and then offering her a job as his housekeeper. 1982.A death in Live Oak (Jack Swyteck novel. #14.)
Par James Grippando. 2018
When a black fraternity president is murdered and the white president of another fraternity is accused, defense attorney Jack Swyteck…
must dig into the area's racist history to find the truth. Sequel to "Most dangerous place". 2018.A company of swans
Par Eva Ibbotson. 2008
Escaping her father’s stifling household and pursuing her dream to join a ballet company, Harriet Morton journeys up the Amazon…
to perform in Brazil’s famous opera house in Manaus. Pursued by her outraged father, she is rescued by a dashing, wealthy Englishman. 2008.A common life: the wedding story (The Mitford Years series. #6.)
Par Jan Karon. 2001
Father Tim Kavanagh finally gets up the courage to ask Cynthia Coppersmith to marry him. Tensions mount as each struggles…
with doubt and preparations. Meanwhile the entire town becomes involved in the planning. Bestseller. Sequel to "New song" (DC20871), followed by "In this mountain". 2001. (The Mitford years ; 6)The brass verdict (Mickey Haller. #2.)
Par Michael Connelly. 2008
When down-at-heel lawyer Mickey Haller gets the news that his old colleague Jerry Vincent has died, he also gets an…
unexpected windfall. Jerry had left instructions that Mickey should inherit all of his clients - putting Mickey's stalled career back on track at a stroke. Not only that, but Vincent was about to go to bat for Walter Elliott, the Hollywood mogul accused of brutally slaying his wife and her lover, in a trial that promises big fees and an even bigger place in the media spotlight. If Mickey could find the magic bullet and win that one against the odds, he'd really be back in the big leagues. The only problem is that Vincent was murdered, shot at close range in his office garage. And the detective handling the case - a certain Harry Bosch - is convinced the killer must be one of Vincent's clients. Suddenly Jerry Vincent's legacy is beginning to look more like a poisoned chalice, and Mickey is faced with the biggest challenge of his career: how to successfully defend a client who might just be planning to murder him. Sequel to "The Lincoln lawyer", followed by "The reversal". 2008.The jury (A Paul Madriani novel)
Par Steve Martini. 2001
Attorney Paul Madriani and his San Diego partner, Harry Hinds, defend David Crone, a genetic research physician accused of murdering…
his beautiful African American rival at the university. Their case is threatened, however, when the main witness for the defendant commits suicide. Some violence. Bestseller. c2001.The summons
Par John Grisham. 2002
Law professor Ray Atlee arrives at the family home in rural Mississippi to discover his elderly father dead, and three…
million dollars in cash. Ray decides not to tell his drug-addicted brother about the loot, but someone is soon after him and the money. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2002.