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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

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.

Desde hace casi un siglo, Biloxi es conocida por sus playas, complejos turísticos e industria pesquera. Pero también tiene un lado oscuro. Esta ciudad de Mississippi es además famosa por el crimen y la corrupción: desde el juego, la prostitución y el contrabando hasta el narcotráfico y los asesinatos a manos de sicarios.

London, 1968: The psychopathic Kray twins have ruled London’s underworld for years, aided by their government connections, bent coppers, and extreme violence. Now, finally, Superintendent “Nipper” Read’s taskforce has a chance to take them down. The catch: Read needs barrister Charles Holborne to testify against them, while the Krays have evidence against him which would end his career and send him to prison. Caught in the middle, and with his pregnant partner’s life and his career at stake, this time Holborne has no choices left.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter’s #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series, where the past refuses to stay buried. A year has passed since Elizabeth Palmer was nearly killed with hundreds more in the attempted bombing of St. Paul’s...

Can this wrongful conviction be overturned? A teenager was found guilty as an accomplice in a robber murder. His brother has tried unsuccessfully for years to get the case reopened. Now a University Law Center has taken it on. It's the boy's last chance.

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.

Mødre ved altid bedst... Men hvem vil lytte til dem? Kriminalassistent Jane Rizzoli og retsmedicineren Maura Isles fra Boston Politi står over for et tilsyneladende meningsløst mord. Sofia Suarez, en enke og sygeplejerske, som var vellidt af alle omkring hende, ligger med kraniet knust i sit eget hjem. Men alt kan ske bag lukkede døre, og Sofia virker til at have haft mange hemmeligheder i perioden op til sin død, hvor hun foretog skjulte opkald til telefoner med taletidskort, der ikke kan spores.

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.

When Broker Assistant Kathy Jenkins overhears a suspicious conversation between her boss and an unknown person, she's thrust into a dangerous situation, leading to her wrongful termination. Hiring Scott Winslow, Kathy aims to expose the wrongdoing, while Lee Henry's unconventional investigation uncovers a network of seasoned brokers dealing in non-public information without a paper trail.