Law Fiction

Bad Seed is the story of Aurora Blanc, a young and brilliant Stanford science student who, by genetically enhancing the corn fed to cattle, engineers 'Healthy Heart' beef. Her path takes her from poverty to billionaire icon; she is beautiful, emotionally distant and ice-cold in her pursuit of scientific and business perfection. But her work on the corn seed is not entirely her own, and her attempts to maintain control begin to slip from her grasp.

There was a mistake, an error. No king ordered his summoning to battle a demon lord. No god sent him to save the world from destruction. In fact, the closest thing this world has to a god would have been very upset at his presence. Fortunately for him, by the time she noticed, it was too late to interfere. A soul had fallen into the world that did not belong there. A soul not bound by the Law of the world. A soul that was free.

Engaging but caustic and openly ideological, Antonin Scalia was among the most influential justices ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court. In this fascinating new book, legal scholar Richard L. Hasen assesses Scalia's complex legacy as a conservative legal thinker and disruptive public intellectual. The left saw Scalia as an unscrupulous foe who amplified his judicial role with scathing dissents and outrageous public comments.

Deputy Sheriff Nick Rogers found out small-town life meant adjusting to two things - gossips and Laney Cavanaugh. And neither was much help in solving a bridal shower murder. Some days it appeared like everyone in Whitehorse had a secret - including their new lawman. And falling for Laney wasn’t a good way to maintain a low profile. Nick might have been new to Whitehorse, but he wasn’t above getting his hands dirty.

As a mercenary with no Divine Core, Xin Sang is resigned to a life of grunt work, fighting the lesser fiends like wyrmspawn that are far beneath the notice of the mighty Ascendants. But when an Archfiend—an Ebon Wyrm—appears and threatens to annihilate his mercenary crew, Xin must rise above his limitations and show them why he's the best. And why he's been running and hiding for so long.

Morgan Siler is one of Washington, D.C.'s most powerful K Street law firms, its roster of clients stocked with multi-billion-dollar corporations. Through the obsessive efforts of its founder's son, Peter Morgan, his father's old-fashioned business has been transformed into a veritable goliath, embracing bankruptcy and merger divisions that Archibald Morgan had deemed ungentlemanly.

Law student Rachel North will tell you, without hesitation, what she knows to be true. She's smart, she’s a hard worker, she does the right thing, she’s successfully married to a faithful and devoted husband, a lion of Boston's defense bar, and her internship with the Boston DA's office is her ticket to a successful future. Problem is she’s wrong. And in this cat-and-mouse game - the battle for justice becomes a battle for survival.

Melody Bird has discovered an old, abandoned building on the edge of town.... It's a dark, creepy place, but she can't resist its pull. When she goes to explore, she finds a boy hiding out there. Hal tells Melody that he is a spy-in-training, using the house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a nearby suspected criminal. He's very secretive about the details, but Melody trusts him and starts bringing him blankets and sneaking him food. She confides in her friends Matthew and Jake about Hal - they immediately question the likelihood of a 12-year-old spy.

Former mental hospital patients are being found dead, and the FBI’s elite criminally insane unit is summoned to crack the pattern. The murders bear the signature of a psychotic killer, and Special Agent Valerie Law suspects that entering his mind may just bring her down a darker rabbit hole than she would ever dare to venture....

Ever wonder what it would be like to grow up and become a police officer? This book will book will open your child's eyes to the excitement and wonder of public service and start them on a path of understanding of who our police are, why they are needed, and why there is no need to fear them.

From number one best-selling mystery and suspense author Blake Pierce comes book four in a gripping new series: a string of murders in subways and homeless encampments bears all the mark of a killer escaped from a local mental hospital. When the FBI’s new unit targeting criminally-insane killers is assigned, Special Agent Valerie Law suspects this killer may not fit the profile—and may be more sinister than anyone expects.

Former child star Charlie Klein is in a world of trouble. She's broke, jobless, and no longer famous - except with the IRS. She's ready to run, so an emergency call from Texas is all the excuse she needs to get out of Hollywood. But she doesn't expect to crash into the sheriff of her hometown - the boy she loved and lost. One look at Hank Odom confirms what her heart has always known: She never stopped loving him.

The events of the story occupy a single June day in post-World War I Central London, as wealthy and fashionable society hostess Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party she is to give that evening. Through her thoughts and memories, the voices of others who have touched on her life and will attend her party, Virginia Woolf shows her genius as a writer who is both accessible and popular.

The Law of Life is a short story by the American naturalist writer Jack London. It was first published in McClure's Magazine, Vol.16, March, 1901. In 1902, it was published in a collection of Jack London's stories, The Children of Frost, by Macmillan Publishers. This short story covers the last 5 hours of the old and dying Inuit chief Koskoosh. His tribe needs to travel in search of clothing and shelter so he is left to die because of his age and inability to see properly. Even his son has to leave him because he has a new family to feed and take care of.

Kate Johnson, Anwältin bei Black & Chase, stammt aus gutem Hause. Die ihr mitgegebenen Werte sind für sie von großer Bedeutung. Ihr nächster Mandant aber bringt sie an ihre Grenzen, denn Rockstar Danny Morton ist das wandelnde Chaos. Nie kommt er pünktlich zu einem Termin, seine Manieren lassen zu wünschen übrig, und Partys scheinen ihm wichtiger zu sein als die drohende Klage seines ehemaligen Agenten. Kate hat alle Hände voll zu tun, den eigenwilligen Kerl in den Griff zu bekommen. Dass sie ihn wider alle Umstände dennoch attraktiv findet, macht es nicht gerade leichter.

The FBI’s elite new unit targeting criminally insane killers is summoned when a series of murders occurs that bears the signature of a psychotic killer. But something bothers FBI Special Agent Valerie Law about this case: This killer, she fears, may just be more normal than anyone suspects.

Will the hero and heroine of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice find their happily-ever-after when the odds and the wickedest of enemies are against them? Follow Elizabeth and Darcy in this novel-length Regency romance as J. Dawn King takes them through a sweet adventure where their happiness comes only if they obey The Letter of the Law.

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A poor-boy college football hero turned successful partner at a prominent Dallas firm, who long ago checked his conscience at the door, catches a case that forces him to choose between his enviable lifestyle and doing the right thing in this masterful debut legal thriller.

Die junge Anwältin Gillian Hobbs könnte nicht zufriedener sein: In der Kanzlei winkt ihr ein bedeutender Karrieresprung, und auch ihr Liebesleben kommt in Schwung. Ein heißer Flirt mit dem attraktiven Anwalt Parker Simon endet in einer leidenschaftlichen Liebesnacht - und der Aussicht auf mehr. Doch das Blatt wendet sich, als Gillian ihren nächsten Fall übernimmt - und ausgerechnet Parker die Gegenseite vertritt. Gillian muss sich entscheiden: Karriere oder Liebe? Denn sollten sie und Parker als Liebespaar erwischt werden, würde Gillian ihre Beförderung riskieren.