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Théodore Boone, enfant et justicier: roman
Par John Grisham, Emmanuel Pailler. 2010
Theodore Boone a toujours rêvé de devenir avocat. À treize ans, il est d'ailleurs le conseiller juridique gratuit de ses…
camarades et même de ses professeurs! C'est ainsi qu'il recueille bien malgré lui des éléments accablants dans le plus important procès pénal que sa ville ait connu, celui d'un notable jugé pour l'assassinat de sa femme. Theo, qui a juré le secret, ne peut ni parler ni laisser acquitter un meurtrier de sang-froid... -- 4e de couv.The associate
Par John Grisham. 2009
A college misdeed comes back to haunt Yale law-school graduate Kyle McAvoy when he is blackmailed into working at a…
Wall Street firm that is handling a multibillion dollar lawsuit involving a Pentagon contract. Forced into stealing documents, Kyle soon realizes he is in over his head. Bestseller. 2009.Platinum blues
Par William Deverell. 2003
Musician C.C. Gilley plans a comeback with a love ballad written for Elora. When the song is pirated, Elora's father,…
small-town lawyer Oliver Gulliver, battles one of America's largest record companies. The case explodes when innocent people are murdered. Strong language. 1988.Rogue lawyer
Par John Grisham. 2015
Sebastian Rudd takes the cases no one else wants to take. Rudd believes that every person accused of a crime…
is entitled to a fair trial, even if he has to cheat to get one. Arch Swanger is the prime suspect in the abduction and presumed murder of 21-year-old Jiliana Kemp, the daughter of the assistant chief of police. When Swanger asks Sebastian to represent him, he lets Sebastian in on a terrible secret, one that will threaten everything he holds dear. Bestseller. 2015.Conviction: a novel (Christopher Paget Ser. #Bk. 4)
Par Richard North Patterson. 2005
When the body of eleven-year-old Thuy Sen is found in the San Francisco Bay, the police swiftly charge brothers Rennell…
and Payton Price with her grisly murder. A twelve-person jury, abetted by an incompetent lawyer for the defense, is quick to find the men guilty and to sentence them both to die for their crimes. Fifteen years later, Rennell is days from his execution, and overworked pro-bono lawyer Teresa Peralta Paget, her husband Chris, and stepson Carlo, a recent Harvard law grad, become convinced not only that Rennell didn't receive a fair trial, but that he may be innocent. Racing against the clock, and against insurmountable legal obstacles, Teresa, Chris, and Carlo desperately try and stop the execution, taking the case all the way to the Supreme Court. 2005.Degree of guilt
Par Richard North Patterson. 1993
Distinguished attorney Christopher Paget is raising his fifteen-year-old son Carlo. Carlo's estranged mother, television journalist Mary Carelli, is in town…
to interview novelist Mark Ransom but instead is accused of his murder. Not only does her story of Ransom's rape attempt have some inconsistencies for Paget and his assistant to sort out, it also involves a surprising group of well-known people. Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 1992.The secret of magic
Par Deborah Johnson. 2014
Working for a prominent member of the NAACP in 1946 when a request comes from her favourite childhood author to…
investigate the murder of a black war hero, Regina Robichard travels to Mississippi, where she navigates the muddy waters of racism, relationships, and her own tragic past. 2014.The whistler
Par John Grisham. 2016
A previously disbarred lawyer--now with a new identity--goes after a Florida judge who was secretly involved with the construction of…
a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself--and the judge--to a sizable skim. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2016.The rooster bar
Par John Grisham. 2017
Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now,…
as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge-fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam. But maybe there’s a way to escape their crushing debt, expose the bank and the scam, and make a few bucks in the process. But to do so, they would first have to quit school. And leaving law school a few short months before graduation would be completely crazy, right? Bestseller. 2017.Gray Mountain
Par John Grisham. 2014
The Great Recession of 2008 left many young professionals out of work. Promising careers were suddenly ended as banks, hedge…
funds, and law firms engaged in mass lay-offs and brutal belt tightening. Samantha Kofer was a third year associate at Scully & Pershing, New York City's largest law firm. Two weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed, she lost her job, her security, and her future. A week later she was working as an unpaid intern in a legal aid clinic deep in small town Appalachia. There, for the first time in her career, she was confronted with real clients with real problems. She also stumbled across secrets that should have remained buried deep in the mountains forever. Bestseller 2014.Sycamore row (Jake Brigance #2)
Par John Grisham. 2013
Still reeling from the racially charged case in "A Time to Kill", attorney Jake Brigance learns he has been hired--posthumously--by…
reclusive Seth Hubbard. Before hanging himself, Hubbard wrote a will that cut out his children and bestowed his wealth on his black housekeeper. Sequel to "A Time to Kill". Some strong language. Bestseller. 2013.The confession: A Novel
Par John Grisham. 2010
Dying paroled convict Travis Boyette confesses to Lutheran minister Keith Schroeder that he is guilty of the rape and murder…
of Nicole Yarber, a white Texas high school cheerleader, ten years ago. But African American Donte Drumm, Nicole's former classmate, is about to be executed for the crime. Bestseller. 2010.The broker: A Novel
Par John Grisham. 2005
The CIA pressures lame-duck president Arthur Morgan into releasing jailed lobbyist Joel Backman, who obtained stolen satellite software six years…
before. The Agency spirits Backman to Italy to use him for bait, leaks his whereabouts - and waits to see who kills him. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2005.The last juror: A Novel
Par John Grisham. 2004
Clanton, Mississippi; 1970. Twenty-three-year-old Willie Traynor buys the bankrupt county paper and begins building circulation. He inflames readers with his…
reporting of a young widow's rape and murder by Danny Padgitt, who threatens his jury with revenge if they convict him. Years later Padgitt returns for retribution. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2004.The street lawyer: A Novel
Par John Grisham. 1998
At thirty-two, Michael is on the fast track to become a partner in his prestigious Washington law firm, but that…
changes the day he is held hostage by a homeless man. Disillusioned by the realization that his firm had illegally evicted the man, Michael quits his job to work for the homeless. Some strong language and some violence.Small great things: a novel
Par Jodi Picoult. 2016
A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned -…
they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against bringing race into a courtroom. As the two come to develop a truer understanding of each other's lives, they begin to doubt the beliefs they each hold most dear. Bestseller. 2016.The children act: a novel
Par Ian McEwan. 2014
Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her…
fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now, her marriage of thirty years is in crisis. At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a seventeen-year-old boy, Adam, is refusing the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents share his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely held faith? Fiona's judgment has momentous consequences for them both. Bestseller. 2014.The Lasko tangent (Christopher Paget Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Richard North Patterson. 1979
U.S. Attorney Christopher Paget is given the assignment of taking down the corrupt multimillionaire William Lasko. But Paget has two…
problems -- he has to play by the rules, and Lasko has a powerful friend -- the President. Some strong language.Silent terror
Par James Ellroy. 1999
In this crime novel, there is a man on the loose in America. A man who kills for the sheer…
pleasure of spilling blood. A man who rearranges the mutilated bodies of his victims in positions that, to him, have the purity of art. 1999.The ex: a novel
Par Alafair Burke. 2016
Olivia Randall is one of New York City's best criminal defense lawyers. When she hears that her former fiancé, Jack…
Harris, has been arrested for a triple homicide--and that one of the victims was connected to his wife's murder three years earlier--there is no doubt in her mind as to his innocence. The only question is, who would go to such great lengths to frame him--and why? For Olivia, representing Jack is a way to make up for past regrets and absolve herself of guilt from a tragic decision, a secret she has held for twenty years. But as the evidence against him mounts, she is forced to confront her doubts. The man she knew could not have done this. But what if she never really knew him? 2016.