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Attorney Daniel Raine has recently gone out on his own and is now struggling to make rent. So when he's invited to a fundraiser gala at a downtown Seattle art gallery, he sees it as a chance to find some new clients among the city's wealthy elite. And it works in the most unexpected way—when a young artist is found dead in the women's restroom. The assigned detective declares it a suicide, and the young woman's parents promptly sue the gallery owner for driving their daughter to take her own life. Raine is hired to defend the lawsuit and embarks on a mission to exonerate his client.

Returning from her late shift as a barmaid at a casino in Lake Tahoe, Misty Patterson struck her violently jealous husband in self-defense. She admits that—but did she kill him? She says she can't remember. Like so many times before, Misty blacked out and the rest of the evening is a blank. Now her husband has disappeared, leaving behind a trail of blood, and she's the number-one murder suspect with no one to turn to for help.

Far from the neon glare of the Vegas Strip, attorney Piper Danes walks away from a hotshot law firm to work as a guardian ad litem (GAL). Piper was once a vulnerable youth herself, and a GAL gave her hope when she needed it most. Now she’s committed to paying it forward. Her latest case is unlike any other: fifteen-year-old Sophie Grace is the sole survivor of a gruesome family murder. Teaming up with the formidable Judge Hope Dawson and enigmatic Detective Lazarus Holloway, Piper delves into a world more sinister than she could have imagined.

Sarah Morgan is one of the best criminal defense attorneys in Washington, DC. With a perfect case record and having made named partner before the age of thirty-five, her life is going exactly as she planned. However, the same cannot be said for her husband, Adam, a failed author, who’s grown to resent his wife’s meteoric success as he feels it’s come at the expense of their relationship.

El verano llega enardecido al pueblo de Mora: la ciudad cambia su fisonomía, se llena de turistas, las plazas hoteleras y los restaurantes se ven sobrepasados, y el lago Siljan se puebla de personas en traje de baño. Como todo lo que es cíclico, el verano regresa con la...

Uno dei romanzi più amati di Michele Navarra, con protagonista Alessandro Gordiani, qui giovane avvocato incaricato della difesa di un uomo accusato di omicidio.Un’auto viene ripescata dalle acque del lago di Bracciano, alle porte di Roma. All’interno del bagagliaio il cadavere di Giuseppe Finotti, un uomo misteriosamente scomparso tempo prima.

When Arianwen Hughes is arrested driving with a home-made bomb near Caernarfon Castle, her case seems hopeless. Her brother Caradog, her husband Trevor, and their friend Dafydd are implicated in the plot, the evidence against them damning.

Jill Clark is determined to hold a hospital accountable for the death of her mother, who died during the chaotic early days of the COVID pandemic. Her death was attributed to the virus. But was COVID the cause of death? Adamant that hospital staff essentially murdered her mother through sheer negligence, Jill hires Tony Valenti and Penelope Brooks to sue the hospital. A fissure soon opens in Tony and Penelope's relationship as the case plunges them into a bewildering maze of explosive secrets that hint at alternative explanations—revelations that unleash hidden dangers.

He started the fire. Nate Shepherd's client didn't intend to kill anyone. That doesn't matter. After an old friend recruits him, Nate Shepherd heads north to defend a teenager charged with igniting a blaze that killed a toddler and a firefighter. When he arrives, Nate finds a neglected case and a looming trial date for double murder. As he scrambles to discover what happened, Nate is resisted by a stonewalling prosecutor and a grieving town, each bent on punishing his client. Worse, every fact Nate uncovers confirms that his client started the tragic Mission Road fire.

Lawyers and legal system abuse have strangled America, and now a serial killer strangles the legal system in this suspenseful vigilante thriller. When Dr. Ron Rellick loses everything—including his sanity—from an unjust malpractice lawsuit, he takes justice into his own hands. Get inside the mind of a good man turned violent. See how the evil of corrupt lawyers leads to unforgiving vengeance.

Los Angeles 1947: Auf einem verlassenen Grundstück wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau entdeckt – nackt und bestialisch zugerichtet. Der Mord der Schwarzen Dahlie macht Schlagzeilen und löst die größte Verbrecherjagd in der Geschichte Kaliforniens aus. Für Bucky Bleichert und Lee Blanchard vom Los Angeles Police Department wird die Suche nach dem Mörder zur Obsession.

A new standalone legal thriller from the international bestselling author of GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. Charlie Webb is a third rate lawyer who graduated from a third rate law-school and, because he couldn’t get hired by any of the major law firms, has opened his own law firm, where he gets by...

Aus Sorge um seine Mutter reist Georg Dengler in den Schwarzwald. Über den Hof, auf dem er seiner Kindheit verbracht hat, schleichen nachts Gestalten. Oben am Feldberg besitzt die Familie Dengler ein Grundstück – die ideale Lage für ein Windrad. Wäre da nicht der örtliche Widerstand. Georgs Jugendliebe, mittlerweile die Heilpraktikerin seiner Mutter, ist eine der Wortführerinnen. Nachdem die Denglers auf einer schmalen Straße abgedrängt werden, landet Margret im Krankenhaus – und ihr Sohn ist endgültig beunruhigt.

While growing up together in a Boston neighborhood, Timmy Flaherty and Donny Faye are as different as night and day. Timmy lives by the rules while Donny refuses to accept them. After the boys serve in Vietnam, Timmy earns a law degree, but Donny stays in the military—a decision that surprises everyone who knows him. After Donny violates the army’s rules, he receives a dishonorable discharge and afterwards begins to work for Percy Dwyer, a notorious Boston crime boss.

Qui a tué Carolyn, une talentueuse avocate aussi belle que sans scrupules, retrouvée ligotée dans son luxueux appartement ? Viol suivi de meurtre ou crime prémédité ? L'enquête menée en pleine campagne électorale par l'adjoint du procureur Rusty Sabich n'avance pas. Et quand on découvre que cet homme secret et complexe a été l'amant de Carolyn, il fait aussitôt figure de coupable idéal.

Discover the gripping tale of ambition, betrayal, and redemption in "Behind The Firm." A prestigious law office hides a web of deceit. Will Selena Martinez expose the scandal and rebuild the firm's reputation? Dive into this riveting legal drama!

En medio de un juicio oral, una mujer se plantea si es capaz de hacer su trabajo: defender a un hombre acusado de violar a su sobrina. A pesar de que ella es una abogada con experiencia y conoce el caso, su cuerpo se pone en alerta. Duda. Poco a poco, se anima a recorrer hacia atrás el...

Nos situamos en 2016. Fidel Castro ya no ejerce el poder ejecutivo en Cuba, pero su régimen, perfectamente engrasado, le sobrevivirá. No se atisba cambio alguno en el último país comunista de Occidente. Semanas antes de que Barack Obama realice su histórica...

Brought to you by Penguin. A gripping new novel set in the universe of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker...

Emmas Welt bricht zusammen. Als sie endlich von Aleksander die Wahrheit über den Unfall erfährt, der ihr Leben zerstörte, ist nichts mehr so wie vorher. In der Hamburger Justiz jagt ein Mord den nächsten und ausgerechnet Emma gerät unter Verdacht. Die Kommissare Marcus Winter und Elisabeth Wolf heften sich unerbittlich an ihre Fersen, während sie verzweifelt versucht, hinter die schrecklichen Ereignisse zu kommen. Als sie endlich den Drahtziehern gegenübersteht, muss Emma erkennen, dass es längst zu spät ist.