Legal Political Fiction

In Dark Lady, Richard North Patterson displays the mastery of setting, psychology, and story that makes him unique among writers of suspense, and one of today's most original and enthralling novelists.

A Washington, DC, lawyer and a frequent major media commentator on the Supreme Court, Anthony Franze delivers a high-stakes story of family, power, loss, and revenge set within the insular world of the highest court of our country. Among Washington, DC, power players, everyone has secrets they desperately want to keep hidden, including Sean Serrat, a Supreme Court lawyer. Sean transformed his misspent youth into a model adulthood and now has one of the most respected legal careers in the country.

Appearing before the Senate Select Committee on Eastern European crime, Josie Bates testifies passionately about the brutal Albanian blood feud that has sent Hannah into hiding with Billy Zuni and Archer on a quest to find them. While Senator Patriota, the man sure to be the next president of the United States, promises his patronage, Josie isn't convinced he was even listening - but someone was.

Sie wollten die Welt verändern, als sie ihr Jurastudium aufnahmen. Doch jetzt stehen Zola, Todd und Mark kurz vor dem Examen und müssen sich eingestehen, dass sie einem Betrug aufgesessen sind. Die private Hochschule, an der sie studieren, bietet eine derart mittelmäßige Ausbildung, dass die drei das Examen nicht schaffen werden. Doch ohne Abschluss wird es schwierig sein, einen gut bezahlten Job zu finden.

A young Supreme Court law clerk finds himself caught in the crosshairs of a serial killer in The Outsider, a breathtaking thriller #1 New York Times bestseller James Patterson called "as authentic and suspenseful as any John Grisham novel." Things aren't going well for Grayson Hernandez. He just graduated from a fourth-tier law school, he's drowning in student debt, and the only job he can find is as a messenger.

Chicago-style politics is front and center. When a sitting president has his roots in this sullied political heritage, it makes for news and leads to speculation. Not Black and White is a fictional account of many of the events that led to the meteoric rise of a local charismatic street politician to become America's first African American president and the downfall and imprisonment of two consecutive governors of the state of Illinois, along with several of their most trusted advisors and cohorts.

November 2032, Joe Benton has just been elected the 48th president of the United States. Only days after winning, Benton learns from his predecessor that previous estimates regarding the effect of global warming on rising sea levels have been grossly underestimated. With the world frighteningly close to catastrophe, Benton must save the United States from environmental devastation. He resumes secret bilateral negotiations with the Chinese - the world's worst polluter.

Sophie ist glückliche Ehefrau des charismatischen Parlamentspolitikers James. Bis er ihr eine Affäre mit seiner Assistentin gesteht. Die ihn nun wegen Vergewaltigung verklagt. James leugnet und setzt auf die Loyalität des Premierministers, der ihm noch einen Gefallen schuldet. Staatsanwältin Kate sieht die Anklageschrift mit großem Interesse auf ihren Schreibtisch flattern. Aus Gründen, die in ihre Zeit in Oxford zurückreichen. Ein Prozess mit unerwartetem Finale stellt Loyalitäten auf den Prüfstand. Und verändert nicht nur Sophies und James' Leben.

Juegos de poder nos revela una trastienda en los medios de comunicación que, de existir, pone los pelos de punta. Al juicio del oyente queda cuánto hay en estos relatos de realidad y cuánto de ficción...

Wenn aus der Wahrheit Böses wächst - der neue große Roman von John Grisham 1946 in Clanton, Mississippi: Pete Banning ist einer der angesehensten Bürger der Stadt. Durch den Anbau von Baumwolle hat er es zu Reichtum gebracht. Er ist ein aktives Mitglied der Kirche, ein loyaler Freund, ein guter Vater, ein verlässlicher Nachbar. Doch eines Morgens steht Banning in aller Früh auf, fährt zur Kirche und erschießt den Pfarrer. Ganz Clanton ist erschüttert. Es gibt nur eine einzige Frage: Warum? Banning aber schweigt. Und auch als ihm die Todesstrafe droht, redet er nicht.

Disgusted with presidential elections that revolve around personal insults and partisanship, a group of hobbyists propose a candidate whose identity will be hidden. Their goal is to put the focus on solving problems, not on gender, race, hair, or hand size. Can this unusual group of political amateurs get an unseen person onto the ballot and elected as President of the United States?

Din klient är oskyldig. Din fru är skyldig. Vem skulle du kämpa för? När David Child, en viktig klient till en korrumperad advokatbyrå i New York, grips för mord vänder sig FBI till Eddie Flynn, en advokat med en bakgrund som fifflare, och ber honom övertala Child att vittna mot advokatbyrån. Eddie är inte den som låter sig tvingas till något, men när FBI avslöjar att de har komprometterande uppgifter om hans fru inser han att han inte har något val.

Duncan Cochrane quit politics to escape the sins of his past, but two years later, he's pulled back in to protect his imprisoned son, and a death row inmate who just might be innocent. To do so, he must find new sources of power and new ways to inspire the voters who turned on him.

When Smith Driskill, a 55-year-old East Texas farmer, widowed and abandoned by his children, dramatically executes child molester and murderer Rodney William Markum, he is unprepared for the ensuing media circus painting him as a hero or the political divisions that surface when he chooses death over a day in court.

Thriller Jubilee is a renowned week-long writers conference held every year at the luxurious Hotel Marisol on the sun-drenched island of Punta Maya. Attracting literary luminaries and reading fans alike, this year’s conference is attended by one guest too many - a writer wannabe whose efforts have not received the recognition the author expects or, one might say, demands.

In this fast-paced legal thriller inspired by actual events, attorney N. David Winkler takes on the challenge of a lifetime. His client was Maria Theresa Romero, whose mother died leaving behind a letter revealing a series of shocking family secrets. First, she wasn’t her real mother. Maria Theresa was taken from her real mother by C-section. Her real mother was tortured and killed for her political views by the right-wing military regime during Argentina’s “Dirty War” in the 1970s.

Joe Dillard, ex avvocato diventato procuratore distrettuale, indaga su un caso molto delicato che sconvolge la comunità di Johnson City, Tennessee. Le acque del lago Boone hanno restituito i corpi di tre giovani donne, assassinate. Sembrerebbe un ordinario, per quanto efferato, caso di pluriomicidio, se non fosse che il principale sospettato dell'uccisione delle ragazze è uno degli uomini più ricchi e potenti dello Stato, il che complica le cose...

Once a key player in a clandestine CIA squad, Sam Callahan thought he had finally found a safe, normal life as a rookie lawyer in DC with the woman he loves. But when called to a covert intelligence mission in the heart of Russia, he can’t refuse risking it all once more. This time, he’d be joining his estranged father, the Lion, a deep-cover agent Sam never even knew existed. When the operation goes wrong and his team is ambushed, Sam fears a setup. At least he escaped with his life. And so did his father. But why?

Tonya Hailey, ein zehnjähriges Mädchen, wurde von zwei betrunkenen Männern brutal vergewaltigt und missbraucht. Wenige Tage später erschießt Tonyas Vater Carl Lee Hailey die beiden Täter im Gerichtsgebäude, in dem sie zu einer ersten Anhörung vorgeführt wurden. Das Gerichtsverfahren, das gegen ihn eingeleitet wird, gerät zum Sensationsprozess. Denn: die beiden Gewaltverbrecher sind Weiße; Carl Lee ist ein Schwarzer.

It has been a long time since David Purdue, Sam Cleave, and Dr. Nina Gould worked side by side together, but as they come together to confront a new enemy, they may have to seek help from an old one: Julian Corvus. As tensions mount and old grudges are brought back into focus, the lost prophecies of Nostradamus prove to be the catalyst for a confrontation that could decide the fate of the future.