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501) Under fire
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A Boston firefighter is shot and killed in the line of duty while rescuing Amina Diallo and her fifteen-year-old son, Malick, from their burning store. Diallo, a Senegalese Muslim immigrant, is arrested for arson and murder, and will likely be convicted in record time.
Attorneys Sarah Lynch and Buddy Clancy face more than racial and religious prejudice in this impossible courtroom battle. Diallo is targeted by a gunman in open court, a key defense...
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Perfect for fans of Lisa Scottoline and Kimberly McCreight, Michelle Cruz's debut novel will have readers furiously turning the pages as they plunge headlong into the seedy underbelly of glitzy and glamorous Dallas in this gripping Texas noir. Reagan Reyes hunts other people's secrets. A former intelligence officer, she's currently the in-house investigator for pricey criminal defense attorney, Cade McCarrick…and she's his lover, despite the law...
503) If I'm Dead
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It started with a haunting image: a Ford Explorer, iridescent in the moonlight and alone on a desolate stretch of beach. Its owner, Melissa Gibbons, has gone missing. Her husband says she flew the coop. But Los Angeles Deputy DA Rachel Knight is convinced otherwise: Melissa Gibbons has been murdered.
So begins the confounding case that Rachel must present before a disbelieving jury. A dissatisfied heiress and her philandering husband-- what really...
504) Wolf's Revenge
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Lachlan Smith's Shamus Award–winning series continues with attorney-detective Leo Maxwell seeking an exit strategy from his family's deepening entanglement with a ruthless prison-based gang. Caught between the criminals and the FBI, Leo charts his own path in defending a young woman who was manipulated into brazenly murdering a member of the Aryan Brotherhood in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. When the consequences strike heartbreakingly...
505) Cane and Abe
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Unbelievable was the word for her. Samantha Vine was unbelievably beautiful. It was unbelievable that she'd married me. Even more unbelievable that she was gone . . .
Samantha died too soon. Abe Beckham's new wife has helped him through the loss, but some say it was a step back to marry Angelina, a love from Abe's past. Abe doesn't want to hear it, and despite the ups and downs, he's managed to remain a star prosecutor at the Miami State Attorney's...
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The Julip Trees are always there. Seeing, remembering, and growing. If only they could speak.
Kate and Jackson live on a cozy farm in Louisiana with their son, Alec. Their quiet routing of chores, games, laundry, and tending to vegetables is, turned upside-down when Alec finds the Llorianos, an immigrant family of three hiding in the garden.
Kate feels a sudden, strong connection to the Llorianos and insists they stay on the farm. A temporary arrangement...
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Au coeur de l'instruction pénale, la Justice cache parfois ceux présumés être au-dessus de tout soupçon...
Un roman qui se situe dans le monde clos de l'instruction pénale, o se ctoient juges, policiers, avocats, experts… O sous « la foi du palais », s'échangent hors procédure des secrets qui bousculent le cours d'une affaire criminelle, dans laquelle des membres de la famille judiciaire présumés être au-dessus de tout soupçon, s'avèrent...
508) Cold Justice
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Kali O'Brien novels volume 5
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Nowhere do startling intrigue and enthralling authenticity come together so powerfully as in the Kali O'Brien thrillers from former attorney Jonnie Jacobs. Now the San Francisco lawyer takes on a case that hits too close to home: the murder of her best friend by a serial killer who steps from the very pages of Kali's own past ...When her friend Anne misses a dinner engagement, Kali knows that something must be wrong, but nothing could possibly prepare...
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Arthur est un jeune avocat issu d'une famille simple et unie. À la suite de sa prestation de serment, il est recruté par l'un des plus prestigieux cabinets de la capitale dirigé par un ténor du barreau. Malheureusement, sa joie est de courte durée car très vite les portes de l'enfer se ferment derrière lui. C'est alors qu'une rencontre de trop avec le chef d'un réseau terroriste et des opérations de blanchiment d'argent en provenance du Nigeria...
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Three full-length thrillers in one ebook-get them all for a savings of more than fifty percent! Nora Dockson is an ex-con who pulled herself out of the gutter and became an appeals attorney. Nora works only for convicted felons, rescuing innocents trapped by the flawed process that put them behind bars.
Join Nora for three legal battles that take place in the span of a single landmark year of her life.
511) Lawyered to Death
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Arthur Winslow, the successful CEO of a Midwest hospital, begins an affair with a beautiful hospital receptionist, unaware that she and her husband are setting him up for an embarrassing and costly sexual harassment claim. Hospital attorney Karen Hayes is called on to defend Winslow against the claim, but she soon finds herself defending him against a murder charge as well after his ailing wife dies from the administration of a drug to which she was...
512) Internal Affairs
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When the call came in over the radio, Sheriff's Deputy Rafe Franco thought he would be responding to a typical domestic dispute. But he didn't know that the perp was St. Louis's most notorious mobster-or that the victim was his college sweetheart, Lisa Tobin. Now, as Rafe is drawn into a web of crime and danger, he discovers that his feelings for Lisa are stronger than ever. And her three-year-old daughter, Chloe, is melting his heart in ways he'd...
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Después de dieciocho años de servicio en la prisión, la verdad de repente se hizo pública. Nicholas no mató a una chica universitaria, el cargo de asesinato por el cual fue encarcelado. Ahora, Nicholas no quiere salir de la prisión. Él dice que es el único hogar que conocerá. Él dice que su vida ha cambiado por completo a través de su experiencia en la prisión. Si vuelve a vivir con la gente común en la sociedad, sería muy peligroso....
514) Cara's Law
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AUSTRALIA'S FAMILY LAW SYSTEM IS FAULTED.
Newly single mother and domestic violence survivor, Cara Grace, knows this well.
Her children are withheld from her by her abusive and wealthy ex-partner, Cara must struggle alone as she climbs the ladder of inept social services, corrupt lawyers and harsh judiciaries in order to get them back. In a system where hopelessness is rewarded with anguish, Cara will stop at nothing to be reunited with her children.
Cara's...
515) Mystic Wind
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The last remaining fragment of truth-hidden in the mire of the Mystic Creek
Boston star-prosecutor-turned-corporate-attorney Jack Marino has risen fast and far from his upbringing in the Mystic housing projects. But after he's savagely beaten in retaliation for his work as head of the District Attorney's Urban Gang Unit, he's fired because his powerful boss is running for governor and fears the beating may have shaken Jack's formidable confidence.
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An electrifying trio of thrillers in the Edgar Award–nominated series by the New York Times–bestselling author. For Miami's "hot-blooded legal duo," Gail Connor and fellow attorney Anthony Quintana, personal passions collide with professional duties as they take on the city's most dangerous cases (Library Journal). Suspicion of Betrayal: Gail Connor thinks she has a booming law practice, a perfect home, and a forthcoming marriage to a top criminal...
517) Guilt by Association
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A provocative tale that mirrors today's headlines, this page-turning first novel is a gripping, intelligent and totally satisfying account of one woman's brave struggle to triumph over the pain of a vicious rape, her battle to rebuild her life and the ultimate, shocking confrontation with the man who nearly destroyed her.
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Get twice the thrills in these two masterful crime thrillers in the New York Times–bestselling author's Edgar Award–nominated series. Suspicion of Madness: Anthony is in the Florida Keys to clear a former client's stepson of murder. But the simple case takes an unexpected turn when the boy attempts suicide. As a tropical storm looms, Florida's mean season will trap Anthony and Gail in a tinderbox of explosive surprises.
519) The Caverel Claim
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He had been born on a mad, impossible world! Sun-blasted by day, cold-wracked by night-his was a life condensed by radiation into eight days! Sim eyed the Ship-if he only dared reach it and escape!...But, it was more than half an hour distant-the limit of life itself! He had only one chance. Was he courageous enough to try and strong enough to succeed?
520) Image Decay
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Mark Lisac's Image Decay returns to the pugnacious world of backroom politics laid out in his award-nominated Where the Bodies Lie. Set again in that "unnamed capital city east of the Rockies," where the Brutalist architecture of the downtown core reflects the body politic laid bare.
When a cantankerous ex-government photographer seeks ownership of his prints, the powers-that-be are determined to prevent the release of certain sensitive photos. Set...