Legal category: 4736 books

When a well-respected Princeton trial lawyer is compelled to defend a distinguished anesthesiologist accused of murdering her husband, he fails to grasp that the seeds of their mutual destruction, or salvation, already were embedded in earlier events over which they had no control. Seventy years of theft,...

Whatever happened to Jane Roe's baby? Norma McCorvey, of Caddo-Comanche heritage, did not terminate the pregnancy that led her to become the anonymous plaintiff of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court women's rights case Roe v Wade because in 1971, when the motion was first argued, abortion in the U.S....

This is a detective and trial story with a complicated plot that will grip the reader. Victoria Lamartine is on trial for the murder of her supposed lover, whom she is accused of having stabbed. There are only five suspects including Lamartine. But evidence that doesn’t fit the police theory of...

By day, rookie lawyer Nicole Farmer runs a struggling solo practice in the tough town of Amistad, Connecticut.  But Nicole hides a terrifying secret: by night, unquiet spirits call to her on the dream plane, seeking revenge and healing. Nicole takes on these special cases pro bono, despite the toll...

A young girl disappears and her mother Maple is desperate for help. All she wants is her daughter home again and she believes someone from her past has taken her. But when her body is found, the local detective is convinced that she had something to do with the murder. As he nears retirement, an open-and-shut...

Angela Pisel’s poignant debut explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, and their quest to discover the truth and whether or not love can prevail—even from behind bars.   Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant son, her...

Steinopoly is a fictional account inspired by the events of the Steinhoff corporate crash that shocked the world. City lawyer Josh Carter has developed a sterling reputation as a commercial lawyer representing big corporations. After another impressive victory in the courtroom he joins an investigative...

London 1558. An orphan from a far-off land is renamed "Noah Ames," and given every advantage the English Crown can bestow. London 1592. Now an experienced barrister, Noah witnesses what appears to be a botched robbery outside the Rose Theater, a crime he soon suspects to be part of...

En pleine République de Begou, un jeune magistrat s'oppose à la corruption. Nous sommes dans un État moderne au XXIe siècle, en Afrique : la République de Begou. Le pouvoir exécutif est aux mains des Gounda qui veulent imposer leur loi face aux Bounda qui occupent les hauts postes de...

Sleuthing journalist Maggie Fiori returns in “a fast-paced, intelligent tale of intrigue that will keep readers guessing until the refreshing end” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). After nearly getting killed while investigating her boss’s murder, Maggie has promised her husband that...

“Early in my working life I had discovered that salesmanship consisted not of providing people with what they needed, but with that was essential to their dreams. I was confident that our dining-room suite, complete with carpets, curtains and an artificial fireplace, would shortly be snapped up by...

The sole witness to an elderly couple's murder is an eight-year-old boy, struck dumb by the trauma, and courtroom revelations place his life in jeopardy as well. By the author of State v. Justice.

“Though I rarely had occasion to use it, I know the word and its implications well. It was truly a Southeast Asian word, soft as its people and well-understood from Marang to Manila, Surabaya to Sulawesi, Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu. It describes a love bound to sadness, a tenderness trembling on...

A brutal murder rocks a city.  An innocent man stands accused.  And justice is the next to die. In a city of tolerance and hope, everything came apart.  One man died  at the hands of another.  The next victim was killed by a mob.  Now fires burn in the night, helicopters throb through...