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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date"--
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
A thriller told in reverse centers on a woman who is undergoing a murder trial overseen by a prosecutor who is strongly pursuing a death penalty and an FBI agent who would force the defendant to betray her family.
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Series
Penn Cage novels volume 4
Description
Penn Cage must investigate when his father, a beloved family doctor and pillar of the community, is accused of murdering Violet Davis, the beautiful nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the early 1960s.
4) Smash cut
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The murder of Paul Wheeler has all the elements of a blockbuster: family rivalries, incalculable wealth, and a prominent man dying in the arms of his beautiful mistress. It's a case that could earn Derek Mitchell even greater star power. When the Wheeler family approaches him about defending Creighton for his uncle's murder--even before he's charged--he jumps at the chance. But the more Derek learns about Creighton and his darker side, the more he...
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence. • LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”—Entertainment Weekly
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“Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”—Entertainment Weekly
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Description
"Sybil White Brown returns from Boston to the small West Coast city where she once lived, hoping to heal after a terrible loss. Summoned to jury duty, she is dismayed to be assigned to the jury of a murder trial alongside her ex-husband with whom she had a rancorous divorce. As the trial progresses, she and her ex tiptoe around each other but eventually become disastrously entangled. Meanwhile, Sybil obsesses about the female defendant, whom she believes...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
173 pages ; 22 cm
Description
The place: central Florida. The situation: a sensational murder trial involving a rich, white teenage girl--a twin--on trial for the horrific murder of her toddler brother, and the sequestered jury deciding her fate. . Two of the jurors sequestered (she, Juror C-2; he, F-17), holed up at the Econo-Lodge off I-75. As the shocking and numbing details of the crime and its surrounding facts are revealed during a string of days and seemingly endless court...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Colleen is an Iraq-war-veteran-turned-Pitchlynn, Mississippi-homemaker, and she works hard to keep her deployment behind her-until her pregnancy churns up trauma so acute it threatens her husband, her family, and herself. Magnifying her anxiety is the media frenzy surrounding the retrial of Colleen's father-in-law, Hare Hobbs, for a Civil Rights-era murder. As the trial draws nearer, the question of Hare's guilt grows to implicate the town of Pitchlynn...
Author
Series
Perry Mason mysteries volume 61
Publisher
W.J. Black
Pub. Date
c1959
Physical Desc
176 p. ; 20 cm.
13) Th1rt3en
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"The serial killer isn't on trial. He's on the jury. "Outstanding - an intriguing premise, a tense, gripping build-up, and a spectacular climax. This guy is the real deal. Trust me." --Lee Child "A dead bang BEAST of a book that expertly combines Cavanagh's authority on the law with an absolutely great thrill ride. Books this ingenious don't come along very often." --Michael Connelly It's the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed...
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Publisher
BookShots, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
446 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Collects four fast-paced suspense novellas, including "The Trial," in which a vicious drug lord unleashes unexpected violence on the lawyers, jurors, and police involved in his case.
15) Guardian of lies
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Series
Paul Madriani novels volume 10
Description
Defense attorney Paul Madriani gets caught in a web of deceit and murder involving Cold War secrets, a rare coin dealer who once worked for the CIA, and a furious assassin in one of the most entertaining novels yet in this New York Times bestselling series.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"In 1950's Glasgow, a household of women were found slaughtered in their beds. The father, William Watt, had a cast iron alibi but police were convinced he was guilty. Determined to clear his name, Watt let it be known that he would pay for information. Step forward career criminal Peter Manuel, with compelling details only the murderer could know. Watt agreed to meet him. They spent twelve hours together, driving and drinking in Glasgow pubs and...
18) Conviction
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"A small-town boy questions everything he holds to be true when his father is accused of murder"--
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Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]-
Physical Desc
volumes (unpaged) : chiefly illustations ; 19 cm.
Description
"At Tenbin Elementary, there is only one way to settle a dispute--in a court of law! All quarrels bypass the teachers and are settled by some of the best lawyers in the country...who also happen to be elementary school students. The accused this time is a boy named Tento. His crime? The murder of a beloved member of the classroom! Luckily for him, the state has sent him a defense attorney--Abaku Inugami. But is this wild young lawyer skilled enough...
20) New tricks
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Series
Andy Carpenter novels volume 7
Description
"Edgar-award nominated author David Rosenfelt's hilarious hero, Andy Carpenter, plunges into a high-profile murder case in which a Bernese puppy and his golden retriever play instrumental roles"--Provided by publisher.
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