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Four teenage boys invent a sex game based on rolling dice and doing what the numbers say. They are charged with multiple sexual offences against three teenage girls. Twelve random jurors are brought together in a trial to work out what actually happened. Only they can say whether crimes have been committed and who should be punished. How does the jury find? Dice is a stunning courtroom drama told from the perspective of a diverse group of ordinary people—the jury.

It is the summer of 1989, and a controversial Supreme Court ruling has opened the door for states to enact stricter abortion laws. Pro-Life Florida Governor Michael Romano, who has built his political platform on morality, is determined to lead the nation in exploiting this first crack in Roe v Wade. But when his extramarital affair results in an unintended pregnancy, Romano is faced with the frightening prospect of losing all that defines his life—a beautiful, loving wife, a brilliant political career, and enormous wealth.

Only a window knows if Robin Moore was robbin’ more! With no things stolen, and one gunshot in the dark, was this really dad’s burglary to steal child custody? And why is this little girl still missing? The seniority of suspicion attracts the legal fight in Miles Turner and the Jury Whisperer for another "street fight on a chessboard".

Wade Darling stands accused of killing his wife and teenage children as they slept and burning their house to the ground. When the case lands on barrister Neve Harper’s desk, she knows it could make her career. A matter of days before the case, as Neve is travelling home for the night, she is approached by a man. He tells her she must throw the case or the secret about her husband’s disappearance will be revealed. Failing that, he will kill everyone she cares about, until she does as she is told.

Follow Adam on his first gripping case that will take him from the murky world of Chambers to the splendour of the Old Bailey. Filled with twists, turns and a cast of unforgettable characters, The Judge is the enthralling fiction debut by broadcaster and barrister Rob Rinder.

Now that attorney Jason Rich has returned home to Guntersville, Alabama, the “In an accident? Get rich!” lawyer is anxious to leave his checkered past behind. Jason hopes this next chapter in his life will be a chance to confront his personal troubles while making amends with his family. But when a former high school football star stands accused of killing a police officer, Jason is unwillingly thrust into the chaos.

Federal prosecutor Nora Carleton has spent years building a case against a powerful New York mobster. She finally has a star witness: an insider whose testimony will lock the defendant away for good. But the courtroom can be an unpredictable place. While the killing of a disgraced former governor appears unconnected to the trial, the fallout from his death makes a guilty verdict hang in the balance.

Chester, England. Nach einem traumatischen Erlebnis hat Clara Pascal sich geschworen, nie wieder eine Strafverteidigung zu übernehmen: Zu oft verwischt die Grenze zwischen Schuld und Unschuld vor Gericht, zu oft muss sich Clara fragen, ob sie als Anwältin wirklich zum Guten beiträgt. Doch die Ruhe der Kleinstadt wird erschüttert, als ein Mann, der schon einmal verurteilt wurde, nun unter Verdacht steht, erneut einen Mord begangen zu haben.

When a twenty-two-year-old convict walks into the courtroom, his eyes confirm what Mia Quinn already guesses: he blames her for his conviction. In seconds, he knocks her to the ground and holds a razor blade to her throat. While she manages to escape without injury, it's just one more reminder that Mia's job prosecuting Seattle's most dangerous criminals is far from low risk. As a single mom, the last thing Mia wants is for her work to follow her home or discover that it already has. Now Detective Charlie Carlson is suggesting the very thing Mia doesn't want to believe.

After a young Chinese prostitute is stabbed to death by her rich American client, the tabloids dub Dandan Yee “Lethal Beauty”—despite the fact that she was the one who ended up dead. Yet even with double standards and naked prejudice working against her, Seattle prosecutor Mia Quinn is determined to get justice for Dandan Yee. But when a key witness goes missing and an unsavory juror shuts down deliberations without explanation, Mia fears the trial—and the law—are being tampered with.

The consequences of fighting for justice in a quiet New Mexico community are unfathomable in this intense medical thriller where powerful enemies hide the truth—no matter the human cost.

Tres emocionantes historias del maestro Grisham con el mundo de la ley como hilo conductor.

Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene is back, trying to get her feet on solid ground after unravelling an international conspiracy. But as the sparks of Congressional hearings and political skirmishes swirl around her, Avery is approached at a legal conference by Preston Davies, an unassuming young man and fellow law clerk to a federal judge in Idaho. Davies believes his boss, Judge Francesca Whitner, was being blackmailed in the days before she died. Desperate to understand what happened, he gives Avery a file, a burner phone, and a fearful warning that there are highly dangerous people involved.

A childhood spent moving around the world left Revelle Lee with an unusual gift—the ability to fluently speak 11 languages. Now, Revelle spends her days translating for witnesses, victims, and the accused across London crime scenes and courtrooms. It's a stressful job, though not as stressful as the process she is currently going through to adopt little boy, Elliot. She is determined to be the mother to him that she never had, and to make up for her own past mistakes.

En form for retfærdighed er tiende bind i serien om kriminalkommisær Adam Dalgliesh fra Scotland Yard.

Advokaten Venetia Aldridge påtager sig at forsvare den unge Gary Ashe, som står anklaget for at have myrdet sin tante med koldt blod. Hun opfatter opgaven som rent rutinearbejde, en triviel lejlighed blandt mange til at brillere i retten og til at fremme sin i forvejen lysende karriere. Men sagen mod Gary Ashe udløser en kæde af frygtelige begivenheder, ingen havde kunnet forudse.

Seriemorderen er ikke under anklage. Han sidder i juryen … De var Hollywoods hotteste par. Verden lå for deres fødder. Men nu er en af dem død, og filmstjernen Robert Solomon er tiltalt for det brutale mord på sin smukke, unge kone. Det er århundredets retssag på Manhattan, og forsvaret vil have en bestemt mand med på holdet: svindleren, der blev advokat, Eddie Flynn. Alle beviser peger på, at Robert Solomon er skyldig, men da retssagen begynder, får en række alvorlige hændelser Eddie til at tvivle på, hvad sandheden er.

Eddie Flynn plejede at være en svindler. Efter det, blev han advokat. Det viste sig at de to ting ikke var så forskellige. Det er over et år siden, at Eddie svor, at han aldrig ville sætte benene i en retssal igen. Men nu har han ikke noget valg. Olek Volchek, den russiske mafias famøse overhoved i New York, har sat en bombe fast til Eddies ryg, og har kidnappet hans tiårige datter, Amy. Eddie har kun 48 timer til at forsvare Volchek i en umulig drabsretsag, og vinde, hvis han vil redde sin datter.

Leonard Howell gennemlever sit livs mareridt: Hans datter, Caroline, er blevet kidnappet. Han har ikke tiltro til politiet, så Howell ringer til den eneste mand, han stoler på kan få hende tilbage. Eddie Flynn ved, hvordan det er at miste en datter, og lover at bringe Caroline sikkert hjem. Flynn er nu en anerkendt forsvarsadvokat, men har en fortid som professionel svindler, og New Yorks dunkle underverden er ikke ukendt for ham. Men da Flynn træder ind i sit gamle liv igen, går det op for ham, at spillereglerne har ændret sig, og at nogen laver numre med ham.

Seriemorderen er ikke under anklage. Han sidder i juryen … De var Hollywoods hotteste par. Verden lå for deres fødder. Men nu er en af dem død, og filmstjernen Robert Solomon er tiltalt for det brutale mord på sin smukke, unge kone. Det er århundredets retssag på Manhattan, og forsvaret vil have en bestemt mand med på holdet: svindleren, der blev advokat, Eddie Flynn. Alle beviser peger på, at Robert Solomon er skyldig, men da retssagen begynder, får en række alvorlige hændelser Eddie til at tvivle på, hvad sandheden er.

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