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Former track star Sean Kenney used to be on top of the world, but that was a very long time ago. Now he’s been estranged from his loved ones for the past two years—until the unthinkable calls him home. While struggling to make sense of the devastating death that has shaken the Kenney family to its core, Sean grasps at the opportunity to seek forgiveness for his past mistakes—from his family and himself—while clinging to the belief that if he can discover what really happened that day, he might somehow be redeemed.

Hugh’s fees are as formidable as his success rate. But even his reputation can’t help him with a widow who opposes him from day one and is clearly hiding crucial information. And if he can’t get her to open up, this high-profile case could destroy his lucrative career.

Sie wollte das System revolutionieren, doch nun steht ihr Leben auf dem Spiel. Die erfolgreiche Anwältin Justine Callaghan hat einst als Anführerin der VITA-Bewegung die Todesstrafe revolutioniert. Ein einziges Mal hat sie das Urteil dennoch verhängt und damit ihr eigenes Leben verpfändet: Sollte sich herausstellen, dass der Verurteilte unschuldig war, muss Justine auf den elektrischen Stuhl. Als nun ein neuer Beweis auftaucht, sieht sich die alleinerziehende Mutter mit den tödlichen Konsequenzen ihrer einstigen Überzeugungen konfrontiert.

A decade ago, it had been unthinkable when Joe Turner's life-long friend, Owen Prescott, was charged with a grisly murder. Then Owen disappeared, leaving behind a brilliant career and budding romance to live as a fugitive from justice. Now, haunted by the memory and clinging to a belief in Owen's innocence, Joe dives in to solve the cold case as the FBI closes in on his friend. The award-winning Joe Turner Mystery series returns with a haunting, serpentine tale that pushes the snarky defense attorney to the brink.

London, 1980er Jahre: Lord Layton Lawlay ist versiert im diplomatischen Vermitteln zwischen Ost und West. Dem distinguierten Rechtsanwalt werden teils recht unkonventionelle Mandate angetragen. Für deren Erfüllung gilt ihm der Journalist Tony Wilkins - mit seiner locker-leichten Art - als kongenialer Konterpart. Auch Peggy Miller, die wahrlich unübertreffliche Kanzleisekretärin, gehört stets zu den (durchweg fiktiven) Personen der Hörspielserie.

Once the flashy, successful lawyer known for his in-your-face billboards—IN AN ACCIDENT? GET RICH—Jason Rich has fallen from grace, his reputation scrubbed of its glitz and his life stripped of the people he cares about. All thanks to meth kingpin Tyson Cade. But when Cade is shot and killed in the heart of his territory, things go from bad to worse for Jason as he is charged with his murder.

After twenty years of anguish, after twenty years of pain, defense attorney Joe Hennessy has the chance to confront the man who ordered the murder of his ten-year-old son. In Charleston, South Carolina, Hennessy uncovers evidence that Senator Richard Longhouse has links to his son's unsolved murder. Desperate to know the truth, Hennessy digs deep into the past, following the evidence trail into the criminal underworld. Clashing with corrupt cops, dishonest politicians, and ruthless felons, Hennessy uncovers information that has been buried for twenty years.

Ein Freispruch erfolgt, wenn es keine Schuld gibt oder sich nichts beweisen lässt. In diesem Unterschied kann ein Menschenleben liegen. Genau deshalb ist er so gefährlich. Der dritte Fall für die beiden Strafverteidiger Sophie Mahler und Dr. Anton Pirlo von Strafverteidiger und Buchautor Prof. Dr. Ingo Bott. Pempelfort brennt. In der Nacht ging ein riesiges Corona-Testzentrum am Düsseldorfer Rheinufer in Flammen auf. Emre Ben Hamid, Sohn einer Clan-Familie, die gerade richtig groß ins Maskengeschäft eingestiegen ist, soll sich auf diese Weise eines Konkurrenten entledigt haben.

All families have secrets. Some protect. Others destroy. Three sisters. A last wish from their dying mother. Can they forgive her? Brenda Smith shouldn’t feel lucky – she’s only got months to live, if that. But knowing this means she’s got one final chance to make peace with the grown-up...

“A superb entertainment that is a work of power, distinction and high seriousness.” – Washington Post From #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles come the widely acclaimed Natchez Burning trilogy, featuring Penn Cage Natchez Burning Raised in Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage learned...

Ein Duell zwischen Killer und Gerichtsmedizinerin. Etwas Dunkles lauert in den Sümpfen Louisianas: Ein Serienkiller mit der Vorliebe für medizinische Versuche ist am Werk und spielt ein grausames Spiel. Verzweifelt versucht die Polizei, ihn zu stoppen. Doch durch sein perfides Vorgehen macht er sich über seine Verfolger nur lustig. Dr. Wren Muller ist die beste Pathologin weit und breit. Mit einem schier unerschöpflichen Wissen über historische Verbrechen und jahrelanger Erfahrung als Gerichtsmedizinerin gab es noch keinen Fall, den sie nicht lösen konnte. Bis jetzt.

Smack in the middle of a capital murder trial, small-town prosecutor Mara Brent gets a cryptic note from the defendant. He wants to cut a deal. His freedom in exchange for information about the kidnapping and murder of a young girl that made national news a decade ago. Is he telling the truth? Or is this just the desperate ploy of a marked man?

Another high-profile case forces maverick barrister Charles Holborne into the orbit of the Kray twins, the men who refuse to stay in his past and still have the power to destroy him. Will Ronnie Kray’s mental illness finally bring the Firm crashing down? And how are a disgraced Church of England priest, an ex-stripper, and a dead man connected? Charles Holborne must once again cross the most dangerous men in London in his quest for the truth.

L'avvocato californiano è alle prese con una strana cliente, che si presenta con due guanti diversi, e con un delitto ancora più strano. Tutto si gioca nell'aula del tribunale. Un racconto alla maniera di Erle Stanley Gardner

Emily Lloyd, a young widow in Reconstruction-era Virginia, is accused of poisoning her three-year-old daughter, Maud. It isn’t the first death in her home—her husband and three other children all died of mysterious illnesses—so when Maud succumbs to an unexplained malady, the town suspects foul play. Soon Mrs. Lloyd is charged not only with poisoning the child but also with murdering her children, her husband, and her aunt.

Attorney Maureen Gould has a dark secret and a hunger for justice. When a powerful movie producer attacks, and then fires, his young female assistant, Maureen sets out to make things right. Enter defense counsel and Maureen's estranged father, Frank Gould, a man more evil than his client. Inside and outside of the courtroom, Frank pulls every dirty trick known and makes up a few of his own.

In Due Time begins outside a Philadelphia courthouse when Ryan Coleman is kidnapped and delivered to a luxury yacht off the coast of Florida, where his billionaire mentor, Randy Hollis, has decided that Ryan will become his one and only heir to his legacy and fortune. Ryan thinks he has been framed him for the death of Lisa O, the world’s number one escort, despite his plan to save Hollis and himself from being disbarred and going to prison.

Gleich die erste Mandantin ihrer neugegründeten Kanzlei stellt die Anwältin Linn Geller vor gewaltige Probleme: Grace Riccardi ist wild entschlossen, den Mord an ihrem Ehemann zu gestehen - ein gefundenes Fressen für den Staatsanwalt. Linn findet jedoch bei genauerem Hinsehen Hinweise auf die Unschuld ihrer Mandantin. Aber warum sollte eine Unschuldige freiwillig ins Gefängnis gehen? Oder ist Grace Riccardi doch die Mörderin? Linn beginnt auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln, nicht ahnend, wie nahe sie dem Bösen kommen wird und dass sie selber von der Jägerin zur Gejagten wird.

Duncan Cochrane quit politics to escape the sins of his past, but two years later, he's pulled back in to protect his imprisoned son, and a death row inmate who just might be innocent. To do so, he must find new sources of power and new ways to inspire the voters who turned on him.

Single mother Shei Rivera volunteers herself to a plan orchestrated by her father, Liam Rivera, who is a criminal defense prosecutor for the state of Virginia. The situation requires Shei to commit an unimaginable crime of her own—homicide. Liam has ordered her to murder the man that he prosecuted years prior over a reckless-driving-related death of a child.