Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Thrillers - Legal

In Weighing the Truth, a character-driven legal suspense novel, 32-year-old attorney Natalya Drummond struggles with significant challenges in her life--a demanding job representing criminals in their felony appeals, crushing grief over the sudden death of her husband, and the difficulties of raising a young child on her own.

The novel opens as Natalya travels with her slacker colleague Rick Cropper to visit their death-row client Jared Hegner at San Quentin prison. Hegner claims he's innocent and is furious that his appeal is moving too slowly....

A GRIPPING LEGAL THRILLER FROM A CELEBRATED L.A. DEFENSE LAWYER, WHO KNOWS HOW THE SYSTEM REALLY WORKS

Bobby Earl is the guy you call when it's time to fix bayonets and go to trial. But when he's tapped to defend a notorious safecracker arrested for killing a decorated LAPD officer, Earl's own life is suddenly in danger, and Earl must dive into LA's dangerous underworld, and battle a court system in which the news media and politics corrupt the wheels of justice.

Conner Phoenix, a Detective with the Miami Dade Police Department, found himself assisting with an interview on a minor narcotics offense. He agreed to help out due to his fluency with Farsi, Arabic. The interview morphed into a full blown international investigation. Conner found himself at the right place at the right time. His liaison and FBI handler, Casey Maclemore, utilized Conner's talents in order infiltrate a growing domestic and international 'Network' focused on making their mark in history.

Conner is introduced into the prison system as an undercover operative. His...

In Weighing the Truth, a character-driven legal suspense novel, 32-year-old attorney Natalya Drummond struggles with significant challenges in her life--a demanding job representing criminals in their felony appeals, crushing grief over the sudden death of her husband, and the difficulties of raising a young child on her own.

The novel opens as Natalya travels with her slacker colleague Rick Cropper to visit their death-row client Jared Hegner at San Quentin prison. Hegner claims he's innocent and is furious that his appeal is moving too slowly....

Rafiq A. Medawar, M.D., is a rakishly handsome young surgeon. When the police find the body of his wife, Ann, in a park overlooking the Ohio River, they also discover a video on her cell phone. It shows him going into a sleazy inn with an attractive young nurse.

The prosecutor sees in the video evidence that Rafiq was having an affair. He concludes Ann confronted Rafiq, and he killed her.

Ann was taking a documentary-making class. Her classmates believe the video was part of the class project.

Ann's best friend has her own, darker theory.

Can Devin Garner, a...

On the eve of the unveiling of his latest dinosaur discovery, Dr. Wallace Darwyn is murdered by his religious associate, Dr. Frank Miller. Ruth Martinez, an up and rising attorney, is given the impossible task of defending a man caught red handed. With the help of the mysterious Jonathan Steel, Ruth must overcome her rival, Byran Nicholas in the courtoom while looking for the real murderer. And, in the process, she faces a deadly creature who truly lives out the principle that nature is "red in tooth and claw."

The awful dreams won't stop tormenting Michael Kincaid's sleep, bloody reminders of what he's lost. Trying to get his head straight, he flees LA and heads back into the remote deserts of the Four Corners region to reunite with friends and surrogate family from long ago. But an elderly acquaintances murder which the cops claim is an open and shut case, and a chance encounter with Erin, an old flame from his wasted teenage years, turn Michael onto an unexpected path. Who are those sinister figures who turn up. lurking in the shadows? And what are the spirits trying to tell him as he...

When down on his luck lawyer Jonas Calver is hired to defend an ex-soldier on a murder charge, things seem to be looking up for the maverick attorney. But he soon discovers he’s bagged a client who is not quite what he seems, and a case he can’t win.    

But with the clock ticking down on a slam dunk guilty verdict Calver’s not finished yet; when he gets wind of a witness who may hold vital evidence – an ex-army buddy from the defendant’s old bomb disposal unit, allegedly linked to the unsolved killing of an Afghan family – the...

Smart, sexy, sassy and driven--Victoria Rodessa just graduated from one of the country's top law schools and joined the international firm Acker, Smith & McGowen, respected for its advancement of female lawyers. When Victoria lands a prized assignment vital to the ambitions of the firm's powerful partners, she sets out to become the first woman to join their ranks. But behind closed doors, deviant agendas dominate. With only her intellect and guts to guide her, Victoria confronts a perfect storm of misogyny, lies and criminal intent. If she follows her conscience, she could lose...

In this fast-moving, fast-talking legal thriller, brash young New York lawyer Tom Weldon happens to witness the 2 a.m. murder of a business tycoon and finds himself held captive with the murdered man's arrogant daughter. The two escape and go on the run, trying to stay one step ahead of a hitwoman while Tom unravels the mystery behind the violence.

Alan Hruska is the author of the novels Pardon the Ravens and Wrong Man Running, the writer of several plays, and the writer and director of multiple films, most recently The Man on Her Mind. A...

Bob Ellinger is a sometimes successful lawyer whose personal life is a mess. He drinks too much and cares too little. Life and people just aren't important to him so he never anticipated getting dragged into the heart of a political scandal.

But that's exactly what happens when Chuck Wilson-the governor's confidant and his sister's boss-is found dead, after plummeting from the fourth floor of the capitol building. Is it suicide? Or murder?

As Ellinger awkwardly attempts to comfort his sister, he begins to realize how complex this mysterious death really is and sees the...

At the age of ten, Sicilian John Palermo was sent by his dying papa, alone and terrified, to live with the Amico family in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Accepted by a loving family and taken in by the community, John grew to cherish and finally defend his hard-working neighbors in court against those forces that would steal their rights and their dignity.

Following the death of his beloved wife, John struggles to continue his fight for what’s right while being a single father and finding comfort in new love. He’s not only recovering from grief but also a difficult trial in...

Evan Reynolds is a husband and father with a history of alcohol abuse. He masterfully manages his demons without disrupting his daily life... until the day his infant daughter is found drowned to death. Evan has no memory of what happened, but holds himself accountable. Willing to accept whatever punishment that comes his way, Evan is assigned a young public defender who is too caught up in his own personal issues to focus on Evan's case. Ryan Du Bois, Evan's attorney, seeks out the help of experienced lawyer Michael Ayers only to be turned away.

Michael, the wealthy attorney...

Is it possible that one person can change the opinion of eleven others in a criminal trial?

The Judge requires a unanimous verdict. It is Friday and, increasingly, there are compelling reasons why several of the jury members need to be released from service. The foreman, a local business women, struggles to hold on to her authority.

The first vote results in a count of eleven for 'not guilty' and one saying 'guilty'. As the discussions proceed, and the drab, secured jury room produces additional pressures, the jurors begin to clash. This leads to an...