Legal Crime Fiction

L'avvocato Josie Baylor-Bates è impegnata in un nuovo e delicato caso, quando il suo compagno, l'ex poliziotto Archer, viene accusato di aver ucciso il proprio figliastro. L'inattesa scoperta della paternità del suo uomo lascia Josie incredula e delusa, senza tuttavia impedirle di assumerne la difesa. Ma i numerosi dettagli che emergono dal passato di Archer gettano continue ombre sulla sua innocenza e minano la loro relazione.

Twenty-two years ago, Ike Rossi’s life was shattered when his parents were murdered in cold blood. He surrendered his football scholarship and returned home to find their killer and raise his nine-year-old sister. Now, the crime of a local 10-year-old genius, Jack Cole, threatens to unearth old wounds rather than provide the closure Ike desperately wants.

Maria is on trial for attempted murder. She has confessed to the crime and wanted her husband dead. Lottie is on the jury, trying to decide her fate. She embarks on an illicit affair with a stranger, and her husband can never find out. You will think you know who is guilty and who is innocent. You will be wrong.

As 1995 dawns in the North of Ireland, Belfast is a city of army patrols, bombed-out buildings, and “peace walls” segregating one community from the other. But the IRA has called a ceasefire. So, it’s as good a time as any for Monty Collins and Father Brennan Burke to visit the city: Monty to do a short gig in a law firm, and Brennan to reconnect with family. And it’s a good time for Brennan’s cousin Ronan to lay down arms and campaign for election in a future peacetime government. But then a man goes off a bridge on a dark, lonely road; a rogue IRA enforcer is shot; and a series of car bombs remains an unsolved crime.

Nearly being indicted convinced Benn Bluestone to quit drug lawyering. Now he just wants to sleep well and turn an honest buck. A case as trustee for an unstable young woman seems like just the ticket…but this ride began in World War II, continued through the Golden Triangle heroin trade, navigated a serpentine trail of spies and international corruption, and ended up on a remote South China Sea atoll, where nuclear war between the United States and China threatens to destroy the world. Now Benn has no choice but to draw on the maneuvers of the past he escaped.

Judge Jim Thompson’s world is unraveling. He’s facing public backlash on a decision-gone-wrong for a young boy in foster care and, even worse, he’s just discovered that his mentor, Judge Meyer, has been murdered. Despite his self-doubt in the face of media scrutiny, Jim is determined to continue his friend’s legacy - and find his killer.

Young lawyer Holly Park is hired to defend teenager Naomi Linser - charged with murder in the stabbing death of the local councilman. The crime takes place in a gritty Koreatown "room salon" with Naomi holding the murder weapon. The case is tried in the LA media, and everyone takes sides. The deeper Holly digs, the darker the secrets become. Holly risks everything to find the truth, only to learn that if she reveals it, Naomi goes to prison for life. If Holly keeps the secret, then Naomi may walk, but Holly will have betrayed her lover.

La Risorse Umane s.r.l. è un'agenzia di collocamento che, sotto copertura, addestra giovani sicari a infiltrarsi nelle multinazionali in veste di stagisti. Il loro scopo è eliminare bersagli di alto profilo, e John Lago, uno dei killer più letali al soldo dell'agenzia, ha appena fatto fuori il manager per cui lavorava. Ma il lavoro sporco non è ancora finito: per portare a termine la missione, John dovrà sbarazzarsi del suo avversario più letale, il suo equivalente femminile, la spietata Alice.

Emerging criminal defense attorney Sam Young has always known he had a gift. Or a curse. He thinks of them as minor psychic abilities. When Sam is hired by an attractive young nun named Camille Paradisi, he agrees to help discover the identity of a serial killer in order to prevent Camille's pastor from being exposed for not reporting the man after a confession - thereby allowing another murder to occur. While Sam's psychic abilities increase as he investigates the case and gets closer to Camille, he realizes that the enigmatic nun is not revealing the complete truth.

John Lago non è un tipo raccomandabile. Eppure, nel suo mestiere è il migliore. Lavora come stagista presso un prestigioso studio legale di Manhattan e passa le sue ottanta ore settimanali portando caffè, rispondendo al telefono e occupandosi di quelle incombenze che per gli altri impiegati sono solo perdite di tempo. Ma non è questa la sua specialità: John Lago è al soldo della Risorse Umane s.r.l., un'agenzia di collocamento che funge da copertura per una rete di killer professionisti da infiltrare nelle aziende.

When Gabe McAllister, decorated former Marine and respected Texas State Trooper, walked out of his condo in West Houston on a Tuesday morning to head to a meeting of the newly formed task force of the DEA, Texas State Police and Border Patrol, he found five Houston cops waiting to collar him for the rape of 6-year-old Annie Bridges. His implicit trust in the fairness of the justice system shattered, McAllister lands in the Huntsville prison, sentenced to three counts of 20-to-life sentences.

Lieutenant Josh Williams is back in this latest thriller from Joe Broadmeadow, Silenced Justice... When his former boss, retired Lieutenant Chris Hamlin, asks him to reopen an old case, Josh uncovers the shocking truth behind an innocent man's death in prison. In 1972, Darnell Grey, accused of a series of rapes and a homicide, is beaten to death in the prison while awaiting trial.

It's 1976, Los Angeles. Sarah Collins, a young mother of two, is brutally raped and murdered at the Hollywood Reservoir. For 19 years the murder remains unsolved, and the case goes cold. In 1995 the streets of Los Angeles are being terrorized by Jake Babbage, a traffic cop who uses his position of power to rape and murder innocent women. On his way to court one day, Babbage sees Judge Daniel Hart.

Delroy Jones isn't exactly coasting through life. He's divorced, drinks too much, and takes care of his law clients better than he takes care of himself. He's facing a long, hot summer in his hometown of Gratis and has more than enough demons to deal with without dead bodies popping up. Dead bodies do pop up, however, in unnerving numbers, and soon Delroy has more than just a bad drinking habit and memories of an ex-wife to worry about.

Lawyer Robert Tarza is surprised when his young, beautiful and wealthy French girlfriend, Tess, proposes marriage. It's not that he doesn't love her, but even after five years, there's a lot about her he doesn't know.

Historia rozgrywki, w jaka podejrzany o zabójstwo mordercy swojego syna Edward Chojar wciaga prokuratora Tomasza Brackiego i adwokata Adama Getza. Tych trzech mezczyzn lacza tajemnice sprzed lat, które wyjda na jaw w toku prowadzonego śledztwa i pelnych emocji przesluchan. Zycie zawodowe przenika sie z zyciem osobistym, sprawiajac, ze kazdy z prawników bedzie musial zmierzyc sie z samym soba, by móc postawic nastepny krok.

When a mutilated body of an African-American girl is found in a park sandbox, the media shows no interest. Instead their attention is riveted on the disappearance of Olivia Safra, a college student and only child of the powerful and dangerous Richard Safra. Beck Oldman, a suspended ADA who has been demoted to rookie PI, is assigned her first cases: find a missing teenager and Olivia Safra.

È il suo processo più importante: quello in cui l'imputato è lui. Ma in un'aula di tribunale anche l'innocenza può essere un crimine. È una sera di ottobre a Los Angeles, e Mickey Haller, a bordo della sua Lincoln, si allontana dal bar dove ha offerto da bere a un nutrito gruppo di colleghi per festeggiare la vittoria in un processo. Quando una volante della polizia gli fa segno di accostare, Haller è tranquillo: lui non ha bevuto neanche un goccio, come ormai da molti anni. Ma non è per questo che l'agente Milton l'ha fermato.

La vita di Evan Birch, docente universitario di filosofia, scorre tranquilla tra la sua adorata famiglia e le lezioni ai suoi studenti a cui cerca di inculcare l'amore per la verità. Tutto cambia il giorno in cui la polizia si presenta alla sua porta, ritenendolo responsabile del rapimento di una ragazza. Sembra un'accusa assurda, ma quando nella sua auto viene ritrovato il rossetto della giovane scomparsa, tutti i sospetti sembrano convergere su di lui. Anche la moglie e i figli di Evan cominciano a nutrire dubbi sulla sua innocenza.

Quando il corpo di un predicatore, abituale frequentatore di uno strip club, viene rinvenuto nella stanza di un motel del Tennessee, a essere accusata del brutale omicidio è l'affascinante quanto misteriosa cameriera Angel Christian. Il proprietario del club, intenzionato a scagionare la sua dipendente, decide di assumere per la difesa Joe Dillard, avvocato un tempo cinico e disincantato ora non più così disposto ad accettare il compromesso tra il lato più brutale della professione e la propria coscienza.