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61) The simple truth
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Twenty five years ago, Rufus Harms was convicted of a murder he believes he committed. But when his memory is jogged by a letter from the army, he has a shocking realization: he's not guilty. From prison, Rufus secretly files an appeal with the Supreme Court, unaware that the real killers are onto him. But the long-time convict knows he's running out of time when his lawyer and the Supreme Court clerk--the first person to see Rufus's appeal--are murdered....
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Kindle County novels volume 6
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English
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This suspenseful novel is about a vicious triple murder and the man condemned to die for it. Complicating the situation is that the judge who originally found the man guilty is only recently out of prison herself, having served time for taking bribes.
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Theodore Boone volume 4
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English
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Theodore Boone is back in action! As all of Strattenburg sits divided over a hot political and environmental issue, Theo finds himself right in the thick of it. The county commission is fighting hard to change the landscape of the town, and Theo is strongly opposed to the plans. But when he uncovers corruption beneath the surface, no one--not even Theo--is prepared for the risks--and potential harm--at stake. Torn between his conscience and the law,...
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The discovery of a dead infant shakes Lancaster County to its core. Circumstantial evidence suggest that 18-year-old Katie, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the mother, took the newborn's life. Attorney Ellie Hathaway faces a system of justice very different from her own.
66) Cause of death
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Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 7
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English
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The mysterious death of diver Ted Eddings, an investigative reporter, and the murder of a morgue assistant driving her car lead medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, her niece, and police captain Pete Marino on the trail of a deadly supremacist group.
67) Point of origin
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Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 9
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English
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Virginia's chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta matches wits with a wily killer who uses fire to mask his crimes. The case begins with a fire in which many horses die and the embers yield a human body.
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Lady prosecutor Stella Marz investigates a murder linked to the building of a new sports stadium in her town. In the guise of a mystery, a look at who exactly benefits from these stadiums that are the rage, the working class or the rich? By the author of No Safe Place.
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Kerry Kilcannon trilogy volume 2
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English
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When the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court drops dead following the inauguration, President Kerry Kilcannon selects as a replacement Judge Caroline Masters, a woman who hides a secret that could affect her ruling on a controversial case.
70) Limitations
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Kindle County novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2006
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English
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While presiding over a rape case, Judge George Mason questions his professional abilities and the law itself.
71) Midwives
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English
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The trial of a midwife in 1980s Vermont. Sybil Danforth, with several hundred deliveries to her name, claims the mother was dead when she opened her to save the baby. The prosecution claims the mother was alive and the operation was illegal. The story is narrated by Sybil's daughter, portraying the trial as another round in the persecution of midwives by the New England medical profession.
73) Silent witness
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In Ohio, a school teacher accused of murdering a pregnant student appeals to lawyer Tony Lord to defend him. For Lord it will be a tricky business. As a youth he was a suspect in the murder of a local girl, a crime never solved, and the town has not forgotten. By the author of The Final Judgment.
74) First offense
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English
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A woman probation officer is stalked by a ruthless killer who somehow knows intimate details of her life. A tale of steamy sex and a sexist judge. By the author of Interest of Justice, a former probation officer.
75) Buried evidence
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Series
Lily Forrester novels volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
77) God's not dead 2
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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A Christian teacher is forced before a judge for honestly answering a question about Jesus in the classroom. With the principal and superintendent joining forces with a zealous civil liberties group, Grace faces an epic court case that could cost her the career she loves and expel God from the classroom.
78) No safe place
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Series
Kerry Kilcannon trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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A pro-abortion presidential candidate is stalked by a pro-life assassin during an electoral campaign in California. The candidate is Kerry Kilcannon, a senator from New Jersey whose brother was shot when he ran for president.