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SUSPENSEFUL LEGAL THRILLER BY A DEBUT AUTHOR
2. Feared
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Rosato and Associates novels volume 17.
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3.9 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT
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"When three men announce that they are suing the Rosato & DiNunzio law firm for reverse sex discrimination--claiming that they were not hired because they were men--Mary DiNunzio and Bennie Rosato are outraged. To make matters worse, their one male employee, John Foxman, intends to resign, claiming that there is some truth to this case. The plaintiffs' lawyer is Nick Machiavelli, who has already lost to Mary once and is now back with a vengeance--determined...
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2.6 stars
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"It's the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver, heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune, vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher Bobby Nock, a twenty-five-year-old African American man, is the prime suspect after illicit text messages are discovered between them--and Jessica's blood is found in his car. The subsequent trial taps straight into America's most pressing preoccupations: race, class, sex,...
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5 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: VANISHED
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"Private investigator Nick Heller is hired to infiltrate a powerful family whose wealth and reputation hide something far more sinister"--
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1 stars
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SUSPENSEFUL NOIR
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"It's New Year's Eve and the stage is set for a lavish party in one of Edinburgh's best postcodes. The party's host, Tess, diagnosed with a terminal illness, saw this as a chance for her to make things right...in more ways than one. To organize a vow renewal with her drifting husband, Tess recruits her best friend and circuit court judge, Sylvie. Stalked by guilt, Sylvie struggles with the memory of a decade-old incident. She and Tess both know time...
6. Lion & Lamb
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3.3 stars
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LEGAL THRILLER
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"Philadelphia is in a state of shock over the fate of two hometown heroes: Eagles starting quarterback Archie Hughes, and his even more famous wife, Grammy-winning singer Francine Hughes. One spouse is murdered. The other is suspect #1. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it's the hottest ticket in town. For the defense: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to the stars. For the prosecution: Veena Lion, a sleuth so bright she's got to wear shades....
7. Long shadows
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Amos Decker novels volume 7.
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4.2 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: MEMORY MAN
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"When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge's face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she'd made one too many enemies over her years on the bench. What at first seems cut and dry is anything but: Not only did the judge have more enemies than Decker can count--from violent gang...
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4 stars
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DOMESTIC COURTROOM DRAMA
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"A literary courtroom thriller about a mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son"--
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 19.
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FIRST IN SERIES: DEAD IRISH
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"In his role as DA, [Wes] Farrell had helped put away Paul Riley, a young man charged for the rape and murder of his then-girlfriend Dana Rush, only for Riley to later be released from his life sentence--after eleven years of time served--when the Exoneration Initiative unearthed DNA evidence that pinned the crime on someone else. But just months after walking free, Riley is murdered at his home, and Farrell is roped back into defending the prime...
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Robin Lockwood novels volume 6.
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4 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: THE THIRD VICTIM
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"Defense attorney Robin Lockwood is summoned by retired District Attorney Francis Hardy to meet with him at Black Oaks, the manor he owns up in the Oregon mountains. The manor has an interesting history: originally built in 1628 in England, there's a murderous legend and curse attached to the mansion. Hardy, however, wants Lockwood's help in a legal matter: righting a wrongful conviction from his days as a DA. A young man, Jose Alvarez, was convicted...
11. Pleasantville
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Jay Porter novels volume 2.
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5 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: BLACK WATER RISING
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"Acclaimed author Attica Locke reintroduces us to environmental lawyer Jay Porter (her Black Water Rising protagonist), who takes one last case on the behalf of the community of Pleasantville in this new thriller--only to become embroiled in its shadowy politics, a disturbing education in how far those in power are willing to go to win"--
"Locke reintroduces us to environmental lawyer Jay Porter (her Black Water Rising protagonist), who takes one...
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Mickey Haller novels volume 7.
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4.1 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: THE LINCOLN LAWYER
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Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. He agrees to represent a woman in prison for killing her husband, a sheriff's deputy. Despite her conviction four years earlier, she still maintains her innocence. Haller enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, as investigator. Reviewing the case, Bosch sees something that doesn't add up, and a sheriff's department...
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4 stars
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"Kevin Moore, once a high-flying Virginia attorney, hits rock bottom after an inexplicably tumultuous summer leaves him disbarred and separated from his wife. Short on cash and looking for work, he lands in the middle of nowhere with a job at SUBstitution, the world's saddest sandwich shop ... He's determined to set his life right again, but the troubles keep coming. And when a bizarre, mysterious stranger wanders into the shop armed with a threatening...
14. Suspect
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Kindle County novels volume 12.
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2.8 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: PRESUMED INNOCENT
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"For as long as Lucia Gomez has been the police chief in the city of Highland Isle, ... she has known that any woman in law enforcement must walk a precarious line between authority and camaraderie to gain respect. She has maintained a spotless reputation--until now. Three male police officers have accused her of soliciting sex in exchange for promotions to higher ranks. With few people left who she can trust, Chief Gomez turns to an old friend, Rik...
15. Twenty
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 17.
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4.3 stars
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FIRST IN SERIES: THE PARDON
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"A nightmarish shooting at their daughter's school finds Jack Swyteck and his law-enforcement officer wife, Andie, investigating a chief suspect's alleged ties to Al Qaeda amid growing anti-Muslim fervor"--