Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Legal

Sometimes small towns hold the biggest secrets.

Ambitious young attorney Tom Crane is about to become a partner in a high-profile Atlanta law firm. But first he must clear one final matter from his docket--the closing of his deceased father's law practice in his hometown of Bethel, Georgia. Killed in a mysterious boating accident, John Crane didn't appear to leave his son anything except the hassle of wrapping up loose ends.

But instead of celebrating his promotion, Tom finds himself packing up his office, having suddenly been -consolidated.- To add insult to...

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the New England mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan is called in to "handle" the problem. Moving expertly and ruthlessly among a variety of criminal hacks, hangers-on, and bigger-time crooks--a classic cast of misfits animated by Higgins's hilarious, cracklingly authentic dialogue--Cogan gets to the root of the problem and, with five consecutive shots from a Smith &...

With her client's husband somewhere between this world and the next, attorney Alexia Lindale makes an everlasting choice.

The youngest son of a family consumed by greed, Baxter Richardson lingers on this earth in a coma. His wife wants him dead to protect her secrets. His brother wants him dead to gain control of the family empire. And though Baxter's father fights to keep him alive, even he has ulterior motives.

But Baster has a surprising ally. A classically trained painist, Ted Morgan believes music can be used as prayer. And Ted's divinely-inspired playing has been...

A riveting George V. Higgins masterpiece about Jerry Doherty and his trip to Vegas that puts him eighteen grand in the hole.
Jerry "Digger" Doherty is an ex-con and proprietor of a workingman's Boston bar, whosupplements his income with the occasional "odd job," like stealing live checks or picking up hot goods. Hisbrother's a priest, his wife'sa nag, and he has a deadlyappetite for martinis and gambling. On a trip to Vegas, the Diggerfinds himself in the sights of a loan sharkknown as the Greek. Luckily--if you call it luck--the Diggerhasbeen let in on a little job that can turnhis...

Keri is thrilled to be engaged to Kevin. He is handsome, successful, and compassionate-all the things she hoped for in a husband. But then, his car is forced off the road while driving home from work one night, and the crash proves fatal. Following her loss, she vows to never fall in love again. The pain of losing Kevin is too much, and Keri doesn't know if she could go through it twice.

When Shay Robbins enters her life, he is nothing like Kevin; he makes Keri feel somewhat ill at ease. Even so, to escape the drudgery of her Clayborne office job, Keri accepts the offer of a...

Keri is thrilled to be engaged to Kevin. He is handsome, successful, and compassionate-all the things she hoped for in a husband. But then, his car is forced off the road while driving home from work one night, and the crash proves fatal. Following her loss, she vows to never fall in love again. The pain of losing Kevin is too much, and Keri doesn't know if she could go through it twice.

When Shay Robbins enters her life, he is nothing like Kevin; he makes Keri feel somewhat ill at ease. Even so, to escape the drudgery of her Clayborne office job, Keri accepts the offer of a...