The Last Trial (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers)
The Last Trial (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers)
Former law professor Tom McMurtrie has brought killers to justice, and taken on some of the most infamous cases in Alabama’s history. Now he’s tackling his greatest challenge.McMurtrie’s old nemesis, Jack Willistone, is found dead on the banks of the Black Warrior River. Willistone had his share of enemies, but all evidence points to a forgotten, broken woman as the killer. At the urging of the suspect’s desperate fourteen-year-old daughter, McMurtrie agrees to take the case.But as seasoned as McMurtrie is, even he isn’t prepared for how personal and dangerous this case is going to get. With the trial drawing near and his sharp young partner, Rick Drake, dealing with a family tragedy, he recruits his best friend, Bocephus Haynes, to help investigate.As key witnesses disappear and old demons return, time becomes McMurtrie’s most fearsome opponent. Soon loyalties will be tested and the boundaries of law will be broken as McMurtrie fights to save his legacy—and his client’s life—before the truth is buried forever in the muddy waters of the Black Warrior.
- ASIN: 1503953149
- ISBN: 1503953149
- Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer
More Than One Truth
More Than One Truth
For fans of Scott Turow or John Grisham comes this psychologically complex legal thriller from an exceptionally talented new writer.MTOT is the story of an idealistic young attorney who must defend a childhood acquaintance from murder while receiving guidance from his mentor's ghost.After his client and lover exposes their illicit affair, the unnamed narrator is forced to resign his position as an attorney in the Navy JAG Corps. He takes a job with a charismatic criminal defense attorney known for reckless behavior, which reunites him with his hometown of Chico, California. After tragedy strikes and John dies, he must take on his first felony murder case alone. His client is Scotty Watts, a former high classmate and sports superstar turned jail bird. Scotty professes his innocence and remembers nothing about the night in question other than waking up in a pool of blood to sheriff's deputies pounding on his door.Despite a mountain of evidence pointing to Scotty's guilt, Narrator works earnestly to exonerate him. But while he investigates the case, it becomes harder and harder to separate fact from fiction, and his mind starts to unravel. Filled with conspiracy theories, twists, turns, and eleventh-hour evidentiary discoveries, More Than One Truth leads to a climax that shocks to the core. A unique take on the legal thriller, a story about the conflicted emotions of returning home, shattered idealism, and the pernicious effect of loneliness."...will keep many readers guessing until the end." -Kirkus Reviews"...spooky..." -Kirkus Reviews"The groundwork (is) laid early on, but with such a light touch that clues are easy to overlook..." -Kirkus Reviews
- ASIN: B07H3BW4YC
Rule of Law
Rule of Law
What did the president know? And when did she know it?For the members of SEAL Team Six, it was a rare mission ordered by the president, monitored in real time from the Situation Room. The Houthi rebels in Yemen had captured an American journalist and a member of the Saudi royal family. Their executions were scheduled for Easter Sunday. The SEAL team would break them out.But when the mission results in spectacular failure, the finger-pointing goes all the way to the top.Did the president play political games with the lives of U.S. service members?Paige Chambers, a determined young lawyer, has a very personal reason for wanting to know the answer. The case she files will polarize the nation and test the resiliency of the Constitution. The stakes are huge, the alliances shaky, and she will be left to wonder if the saying on the Supreme Court building still holds true.Equal justice under law.It makes a nice motto. But will it work when one of the most powerful people on the planet is also a defendant?A 2018 Christy Award finalist!
- ASIN: 1496418158
- ISBN: 1496418158
- Brand: Tyndale House Publishers
- Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
The Good Lawyer: A Legal Thriller Inspired By A True Story (The Good Lawyer Series Book 1)
The Good Lawyer: A Legal Thriller Inspired By A True Story (The Good Lawyer Series Book 1)
An Amazon Top 10 Bestseller #1 Thriller Bestseller Over 1 Million Copies Sold!Inspired By A True Story "Spectacular. I have not read a book about a legal eagle this good in a long time. I absolutely cannot wait for the next in the series." Amazon 5 star review*****"A good book you cannot put down!!!!! DON'T PASS THIS BOOK UP-GREAT STORY LINE"!!!!! Amazon 5 star review*****"I'd give it 10 stars If I could and can hardly wait to read his next book." Amazon 5 star review*****INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY. A young, ambitious lawyer is eager to prove he is better than the father who abandoned him and worthy of the devoted mother who raised him beyond the siren call of the mobster dominated family he grew up in. Working as a Bronx Legal Aid Attorney he learn show to twist the system, how to become an unbeatable defense lawyer, and he is peacock proud of his perfect record-not a single conviction. But it's 1982. The Spider-man rapist is on the loose and New York City is a city in fear. When an outraged rape victim commits suicide right before his eyes, searching for absolution, he grabs the headline case of a teacher's aide accused of molesting three students. Armed with a firm belief in his client's innocence, he knocks the pegs out from under the prosecution's case. When one of the children turns up dead, he discovers that his client may be strangely connected to the Spider-man. Digging deeper, horrifying revelations about his family's past collide with the true identity of the sadistic sociopath behind the Spider-man's rampage. In the process, this good lawyer comes face-to-face with his greatest conflict and deepest fear: to win, really win-save the city and even the woman he loves-must he sacrifice every principle he believes in and embrace his family's mafia past?
- ASIN: B007OWO0YE
- Manufacturer: Landview Books
LASSITER (Jake Lassiter Legal Thrillers Book 8)
LASSITER (Jake Lassiter Legal Thrillers Book 8)
- ASIN: B007PK92XE
- Manufacturer: Nittany Valley Productions, Inc.
A Young Lawyer's Story (Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers Book 1)
A Young Lawyer's Story (Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers Book 1)
What if your boss wanted you to spy...on the U.S. government?There is no job description and the job isn't advertised anywhere, not even on the Job Board at Georgetown Law. But Thaddeus Murfee just graduated from law school and has $200 left from his student loan. He is so broke he has to borrow his roommate's suit for his first job interview. While he is so desperate to earn rent and food money, he fails to nail down exactly what it is he'll be doing. They tell him a U.S. Attorney is selling government secrets...But is he, really?Thaddeus Murfee likes his new boss, the U.S. Attorney. Good things happen and gifts flow his way. What's not to like? The government lawyer even has a daughter he wants Thaddeus to meet. Were the people who hired him just totally wrong about the guy selling government secrets? What proof do they actually have of this serious accusation? Meet the foreign agents who will pay top dollar for U.S. war plans...This thrilling collection of good-lawyers/bad-lawyers will keep you up late at night. Beware: you might show up late for work. But when you get to work you just might find everyone talking about this new, exciting romp through the backstreets of Washington, D.C. On one side, a new, innocent lawyer just out of school. On the other side, the full force and might of the U.S. government. Watch from your front-row seat as it plays out and careers are built and ruined while lives are won and lost.Buy Thaddeus Murfee today before it becomes a movie in 2017!
- ASIN: B01FN30OBS
- Manufacturer: Subjudica House Press
The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers)
The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers)
Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student Rick Drake to end his career, he is left unsure what to do next.Meanwhile, a devastating trucking accident in Henshaw, Alabama, leaves a young family dead. Drake, now a fledgling lawyer, takes the case against the freight carrier and soon begins to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that is buried in a tangled web of arson, bribery, and greed. On the eve of the trial and with his case unraveling in the midst of a dangerous cover-up that threatens to silence his star witnesses, Drake realizes that only his estranged mentor, Professor McMurtrie, can help him now.With everything to lose and only justice to gain, will McMurtrie and Drake overcome bad blood to defeat a ruthless adversary? Can the Professor turn back the clock and recover all that he’s lost? Revised edition: This edition of The Professor includes editorial revisions.
- ASIN: 1503945545
- ISBN: 1503945545
- Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer
Motion To Kill (Lou Mason Thrillers Book 1)
Motion To Kill (Lou Mason Thrillers Book 1)
A dead partner is bad for business even when he dies in his sleep."Highly recommended!" Lee ChildDon’t Miss Award Winning Author Joel Goldman’s Fast Paced Legal Thriller series. If you liked Michael Connelly’s Mickey Haller or John Lescroart’s Dismas Hardy, You’ll Love Lou Mason.Richard Sullivan was at the top of his profession, a rainmaker in a powerful Kansas City law firm until his body washed up on the shores of a Missouri lake. Now the questions about his death and life are reverberating through a firm that had more secrets than anyone knew.For trial lawyer Lou Mason, that means navigating a maze of corruption, sex, organized crime and cold-blooded murder as he searches for the killer. When another partner turns up dead, his neck neatly snapped, Mason wonders whether it was the same killer. His life depends on the answer.As he gets closer to the truth, Mason discovers a connection between the two murders that runs deeper than he could have ever imagined. With a media firestorm surrounding him, he’s about to get the ultimate lesson that the most explosive crimes aren’t against the law.
- ASIN: B0055I10H4
- Manufacturer: Character Flaw Press
DAMAGED: A Kate Lange Thriller (The Kate Lange Thriller Series Book 1)
DAMAGED: A Kate Lange Thriller (The Kate Lange Thriller Series Book 1)
The thriller that launched lawyer Kate Lange into the hearts of ONE MILLION readers—and into the hands of a serial killer..."...every bit as exciting as books by many New York Times bestselling authors..."-Fresh Fiction What would you do if you faced a serial killer?Meet lawyer Kate Lange. She has one chance to prove herself—and to prove to herself that she can make it—in a firm where everyone wants her to fail. But landing this job is what Kate believes will lead to redemption in the tragic death of her sister years ago. Instead, Kate makes the biggest mistake of her career... and becomes the target of a serial killer."Lawyer Kate Lange is a standout character..."—RT Book Reviews"Pamela Callow has introduced a new hero..."—Amazon Reviewer"Thank you for a heroine that is just like us."—Amazon Reviewer"...an incredibly complex and engaging character."—Amazon Reviewer"Kate Lange is a great energy." —Amazon Reviewer"Kate Lange is one of my heroes."—Amazon Reviewer"She believes in finding the truth."—Amazon Reviewer"I loved the fact that there was an intelligent, ballsy female lead character."—Amazon Reviewer "She is one tough cookie." —Amazon Reviewer "Loved, loved, loved Kate."—Amazon Reviewer Haunted by the death of her sister and wounded by her ex-fiancé's accusations, lawyer Kate Lange throws herself into her new career at a high-powered law firm.When the grandmother of a lonely private school student seeks her counsel, Kate thinks it's just another custody case. But then the teen is brutally murdered. And it isn't only Kate who wonders if her legal advice led to the girl's death. "...a taut, edge-of-the-seat thriller..."-Linwood Barclay, #1 Internationally Bestselling Author Put on notice by Randall Barrett, the firm's charismatic managing partner, Kate must fight for her career, her reputation—and for redemption.Unwilling to live with the damage she may have caused, Kate pursues the case on her own and unearths some chilling facts."..... [Read More]
- ASIN: B01EKQZD3I
- Manufacturer: Pamela Callow Publishing
Winter's Law: Talon Winter Legal Thriller #1 (Talon Winter Legal Thrillers)
Winter's Law: Talon Winter Legal Thriller #1 (Talon Winter Legal Thrillers)
From Stephen Penner, the author of the top-rated David Brunelle Legal Thriller Series, comes the provocative new courtroom drama, WINTER'S LAW.Criminal defense attorney Talon Winter takes on the case of her life--and her client's.Michael Jameson is a successful, forty-something, African American husband and father. And he's just been charged with a 25-year-old cold case murder, a gang-related drug deal gone horribly wrong. Talon agrees to take the case, but the one question she needs answered is the one question Michael refuses to answer: Did he do it?Michael insists it doesn't matter. He's not the same person he was twenty-five years ago. He's built a new life in the intervening years, and nothing that happens now will bring the victim back. Instead, he poses a far more provocative question: Would the legal system reach back that far to take away everything built up by a successful White man?Talon must battle the system itself--as well as a condescending prosecutor, reluctant witnesses, and even her own client--to achieve that most elusive of goals: Justice.
- ASIN: B01NBM5I0E