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Series
Jackie Swaitkowski mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Crazy weather, crazy artists, organized crime, and digital wizardry all play a role in a murder mystery that could only happen in the Hamptons.
It's the worst winter on record. Jackie Swaitkowski has made the transition from lackadaisical, pot-smoking real-estate lawyer to obsessive, pot-smoking criminal defense attorney. And now, not only are there blizzards to contend with, her ne're-do-well client is headed for a first-degree murder rap.
Author
Series
Sarah Woolson mysteries volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
The year is 1880, the place San Francisco. Intelligent, outspoken Sarah Woolson is a young woman with a goal and the fortitude to achieve it. She has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. The trouble is, everyone believes women belong in the home,that it is not only unnatural, but against God's will for them to seek a career.
When Sarah finagles an interview with one of the city's most prestigious law firms, no one thinks she has a prayer of being...
4) Escape
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Pub. Date
c2011
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Emily Aulenbach is thirty, a lawyer married to a lawyer, working in Manhattan. An idealist, she had once dreamed of representing victims of corporate abuse, but now she spends her days in a cubicle talking with victims of tainted bottled water--and she's on the bottler's side.
5) Aftermath
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Three best friends attend a concert. Only one makes it out alive... When police stop Dustin Webb with a warrant to search his trunk, he knows there's been a mistake. He's former military and owns a security firm. But he's horrified when the officers find explosives, and he can't fathom how they got there. Criminal attorney Jamie Powell was Dustin's best friend growing up. They haven't spoken since he left for basic training, but she's the first person...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.
8) Sweet talk
Author
Series
Buchanan novels (Julie Garwood) volume 10
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When his carefully planned FBI sting is foiled by IRS attorney Olivia MacKenzie's efforts to untangle an elaborate Ponzi scheme, agent Grayson Kincaid becomes the woman's protector against dangerous and corrupt adversaries.
9) Exposed
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
""Plot twists aplenty raise the stakes." --People Magazine A BATTLE FOR JUSTICE PITS PARTNER AGAINST PARTNER... Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his company, but her partner Bennie Rosatorepresents the parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal strategy between the two ensues--ripping the law firm apart, forcing...
11) Wilde Lake
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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"Luisa “Lu” Brant is the newly elected?and first female?state?s attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make her name by trying a mentally disturbed drifter accused of beating a woman to death in her home. It?s not the kind of case that makes headlines, but peaceful Howard county doesn?t see many homicides."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
373, 10 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Suffering humiliating setbacks for her overuse of social media, Manhattan lawyer Evie resolves to live life without her smartphone and makes a haphazard transition to relationships not dominated by tweets, texts, and posts.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 24 cm
Description
When a girl with Down syndrome is sexually assaulted in a Lusaka slum, human rights lawyer Zoe Fleming and Zambian police officer Joseph Zabuta conduct an investigation that reveals a link between the victim and a powerful local family.
14) Killing Custer
Author
Series
John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24 cm
Description
When Colin Morningside, a descendant of Crazy Horse, is accused of murdering a General Armstrong Custer impersonator, Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden must find the truth, which leads them into a deadly conspiracy that neither of them could have foreseen.
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Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Desperate to clear the name of her loving and charismatic husband in the wake of scandalous accusations, Sophie clashes with a determined prosecution lawyer, Kate, who resolves to uncover the truth and bring Sophie's husband to justice.
16) Night watch
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Series
Alexandra Cooper novels volume 14
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein returns with a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller that takes Alexandra Cooper into the dark underside of New York City's most storied restaurants and a murder case spanning continents. In her thirteen bestsellers, Linda Fairstein has taken millions of fans inside sinister worlds that most of us can't even imagine. Thanks to her extensive experience as a New York City prosecutor, she creates situations...
17) Accused
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"New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Lisa Scottoline revolutionized crime fiction when she introduced her all-female law firm of Rosato & Associates, thrilling readers with her twisty, fast-paced plots and capturing their hearts with her cast of strong yet totally relatable female characters. Fans have been clamoring for more stories with the characters they've come to know and love, so Bennie Rosato, Mary DiNunzio, Judy Carrier,...
18) Juror #3
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"The murder of a woman from one of the town's oldest families has Rosedale's upper crust howling for blood, and the prosecutor is counting on Ruby's inexperience to help him deliver a swift conviction. Ruby's client is a college football star who has returned home after a career-ending injury, and she is determined to build a defense that will stick. She finds help in unexpected quarters from Suzanne, a hard-charging attorney armed to the teeth, and...
19) Post-traumatic
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To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story—a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at a New York City psychiatric hospital. Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and aftereffects of her bad childhood—compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black Latinx woman in America. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple subway ride into a heart-pounding drama. For years, Vivian...
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Series
Hailey Dean thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
355 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
"Psychology student Hailey Dean's fiancé was murdered. Hailey becomes a lawyer in Atlanta and fights back by prosecuting violent crime. However, years of courtroom battles and an endless tide of victims have taken their toll, and the trial of a serial killer who targeted young prostitutes will be her last. After starting over in Manhattan as a therapist, she is forced to match wits with someone who is brutally murdering her clients one by one, using...
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