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22 febbraio 2018. All'avvocato Giacomo Meroni pare una mattina come tante, fredda e limpida. I rituali di sempre: la colazione con sua moglie Rossana e il bacio, prima che lei e la sua sedia a rotelle spariscano nel taxi che le porta a scuola. E in quel bacio ci sono due sapori: l'amaro per non aver ancora individuato il pirata della strada che ha investito Rossana l'11 settembre 2001, e il piccante di una donna che non ha perso la voglia di insegnare, di fare l'amore, di essere felice e di sciare.

March 14, 2012 was a typical day for Emma Simpson, a portfolio manager running the Manhattan office of a big-time hedge fund. Emma followed her usual routine, interacting with coworkers and clients before returning to her quiet family home in the Hudson Valley, where she lives with her husband and two children. But more than a year later, Emma’s world is forever changed—all because of a short email she dashed off on her way home that day to simply support routine company practices. That email becomes the focal point of a criminal investigation by ambitious federal prosecutors.

Macy Taylor was born in the shadow of Tanley Square, at the heart of her Manchester estate. It’s kept her secrets and she’s kept its code of silence. If you need something sorting, or want something you can’t get anywhere else—no questions asked—then you go to the square. But everything in life comes at a price. Brianna Taylor is seventeen—she doesn’t get why Macy wants her to keep clear of the square. If it was good enough for her mum, why can’t she hang out there too?

Eric Ward agrees to represent the interests of a local environmental campaign. Then an explosion at the industrial-waste plant leaves his client dead. Joe Paulson wasn’t exactly a criminal. But his after-hours activities—gathering the secrets of everyone from politicians to high-flying businessmen—created a long list of enemies. But who feared the nightwalker enough to kill him? And could Ward be next? When an old favor is called in, Ward may have no choice but to put his own life in danger.

Cleveland lawyer Casey Cort lost more than her job when she crossed the wrong political family; she lost her idealism. Casey’s scraped together a career as a solo practitioner, which has offered her more than one opportunity for redemption…but it also threatened her life. In this thrilling, gritty realistic series by former criminal lawyer Aime Austin, listeners will experience stories ripped from the headlines. This bundle includes Disgraced, Unarmed, and Kidnapped from the Casey Cort series of legal thrillers.

Eric Ward thinks he is happily married—until he discovers that his wife, Anne, has been spending rather too much time with a business associate. Suspicious and angry, Ward finds comfort in the arms of a beautiful stranger. But when his new lover is found dead, he must do everything he can to avoid becoming the focus of a murder inquiry that could wreck his future. As police pressure looms, Ward makes his own inquiries. Increasingly desperate to find the girl’s killer, he begins to learn more about a shady Tyneside world of drugs, dodgy property deals, and illicit nightclubs.

Books five through eight in Scott Pratt's iconic Joe Dillard series are offered in a bundle: Conflict of Interest, Blood Money, A Crime of Passion, and Judgment Cometh (and That Right Soon).

Books one through four in Scott Pratt's iconic Joe Dillard series are offered in a bundle. An Innocent Client, In Good Faith, Injustice For All, and Reasonable Fear.

Lee Mitchell is a young barrister from a working-class Caribbean background: in the cut-throat environment of the courtroom, everything is stacked against her. On her doorstep in South London the 15-year-old son of the pastor at the local Black church is shot, and the local community is shattered. All evidence is pointing to infamously corrupt, racist police officer Sergeant Jack Lambert as the irredeemable suspect. His own boss—rebel-turned-copper Danny Wallace—is certain he is guilty.

Faydra "Spider" Green has had a storied career as a navy lawyer, juggling being the daughter of a former US president. She has successfully navigated complex diplomatic situations, pulse-pounding legal investigations, and dangerous military missions, managing each time to save the day. But now, a man who had nearly cost Fay her life has seemingly returned from the dead. Now, hell-bent on revenge, he poses a threat to Fay and national security. Fay will have to go to extraordinary lengths to stop him, even tampering with the bounds of time and space.

Legal investigator Finley O’Sullivan has had a difficult year in the wake of her husband’s murder. But in her line of work, there’s no time to grieve. Her job is to protect the firm’s clients and defend their innocence through grueling investigative work. Ellen Winthrop is a force to be reckoned with in the financial world. In a male-dominated industry, she shattered the glass ceiling by empowering and promoting women. But now her husband is dead, killed in the Winthrop family home—and she stands accused of his murder.

Former Special Forces Operative Ion Frost has one job left before he vanishes off the grid for good: Deliver his dead comrade’s dog tags to a boy named Lincoln. It should have been a quick easy stop. But for wanderer Ion Frost, things have a way of getting complicated. Upon meeting Lincoln, Ion learns that his older sister, Taya, has been missing for over a week. Ion's plans to disappear get put on hold. Then an assassin takes out Lincoln in a brutally efficient murder.

Criminal defense attorney Talon Winter holds a man's life in her hands. Ezekiel Frazier is just another small-time drug user until he gets pulled over in someone else's car with a gun under the seat. Now he's facing a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Talon doesn't just have to battle a heartless prosecutor who's using the case to get her next promotion. She also has to deal with a social justice lawyer who wants her to throw the case, a former investigator who wants to be more than just friends, and her own brother—fresh out of prison.

Cleveland lawyer Casey Cort lost more than her job when she crossed the wrong political family—she lost her idealism. Casey’s scraped together a career as a solo practitioner which has offered her more than one opportunity for redemption…but it's also threatened her life. In Judged, one thread is pulled and everything unravels. In Ransomed, Casey faces the Brodys again. The Brody family destroyed her. Now they want her back. In Caged, Casey Cort must decide between violation of her sworn duty of confidentiality or forging a path to justice.

Public defender Julia Geary’s star is rising, and now she’s got her first murder case defending local denizen Ray Belmar in the death of a homeless man. Julia can’t shake the suspicion that the murder, and the subsequent killing of a homeless woman, is linked to the death of a state legislator who had been crusading for political reform. With the help of Duck Creek’s homeless community and her old friend, Sheriff’s Deputy Wayne Peterson, she launches her investigation—but then the anonymous threats start pouring in.

Det er en helt almindelig onsdag eftermiddag. Dommer Scott Sampson er på vej hen for at hente sine seksårige tvillinger for at tage i svømmehallen, da hans kone, Alison, sender en besked om, at de skal til lægen, og at hun vil køre dem derhen. Scott tager derfor hjem, men da Alison kommer hjem lidt senere, er hun alene – ingen Sam, ingen Emma – og hun påstår, at hun ikke har sendt nogen besked.

Katastrofen er altid tættere, end man tror. Melanie Barrick havde lært det på den hårde måde, mens hun voksede op i de sociale myndigheders varetægt. Men nu, som voksen og med en hengiven mand, fast arbejde og sin vidunderlige, nyfødte søn Alex troede hun, at det var et overstået kapitel i hendes liv. Lige indtil en tirsdag eftermiddag hvor hun som sædvanlig henter Alex hos dagplejeren – kun for at finde ud af at han er blevet tvangsfjernet af myndighederne.

As changes in Wyoming banking law bring an influx of crypto entrepreneurs to small-town Custer, attorney Sam Johnstone doesn’t think much of the new arrivals. But when a shocking crime throws him straight into the epicenter of the digital world, there’s no turning back. The death of crypto exchange magnate Max Kovalenko shatters the community, sparking local outrage and a long list of suspects. With many betrayed partners, jealous competitors, and bitter family members left in his wake, Max has stepped on plenty of toes since his arrival, and finding his killer is no easy task.

After lonely months spent writing her true crime novel, Michele Lopez Hanson reconnects with her community by offering pro-bono legal counsel. When an open-and-closed drug case takes an unexpected turn, she’s determined to shake off the dust and hit the books. But after a mysterious sickness sends her infant grandson to the hospital, she worries she may have bitten off more than she can chew. Searching for the source of his sickness, she discovers strange parallels between her legal case and the baby’s suspected poisoning.

A decorated war hero, Ty Chapman has built his dream life in the quiet lakeside community of Delphi, Michigan. He has a beautiful wife. A baby on the way. Everything to live for. He’s the last person anyone would suspect of beating a local handyman to death behind a seedy motel. But when two credible witnesses see him running from the crime scene, hands bloodied, the police believe they have him cold. There has to be a reason for the killing. But the prime suspect won’t talk. Not even to his lawyer.