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This novel is set in early 2017 during Donald Trump's first term as President. Utterly confused by the media coverage of President Donald Trump's first hundred days in office, retired Canadian lawyer Don Smith decides to hitchhike through America in an attempt to discover whether the new President is the savior of the USA or the biggest fool ever to hit the White House. Fifty years ago Don Smith had hitchhiked around America as a university student in the Vietnam War era, and now in 2017 he wants to understand why America seems so divided again. Has the USA and the American dream changed ...

Not all lawyers are complete sleaze-balls. Recently retired Canadian attorney Scott Baxter flies to Las Vegas in order to help a friend of a friend who was cheated by a wealthy customer. Scott's attempted good deed doesn't go unpunished as he faces both seduction and danger in his quest for justice. Scott's long-held theory that Lady Luck loves lawyers will be mightily tested along the way. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian attorney who has written more than 100 novels, most of which feature lawyers as the main characters. Please check out his Author Page on ...

Young accountant Gary Donetsky is shocked to learn on Christmas Eve that his boss has just been murdered in his North Las Vegas office. The police request Gary's assistance in sorting out the financial aspects of the office. He soon discovers that his kindly white-haired employer has somehow misappropriated two million dollars from his trusting clients. Poor Gary feels totally unqualified to unravel this complex financial puzzle. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who took up writing novels as a retirement hobby in 2009. Always a proponent of quantity over ...

This is an uplifting Christmas story about two rival small town lawyers who loathe each other. Raymond Collins is a totally honest guy but a financial failure as an attorney. Parker Jones is the complete opposite, a rich, greedy and shady lawyer. Both run their legal practices in the tiny town of Lakeport, Ontario and they shower each other with caustic insults whenever they meet. When Jones concocts a brilliant scheme to ruin Collins, a series of complex events unfold which ultimately give rise to unexpected payback in the form of The Christmas Lawyer. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. ...

It's often true that no good deed goes unpunished. Military veteran Barry Johnson ignores his personal safety and intervenes in a gangland slaying which he inadvertently stumbled upon. Crime syndicates are ruthlessly efficient in exterminating witnesses and Barry is forced to go underground and flee New York City to avoid the hit attempt. When his whereabouts in Maryland are discovered by the syndicate, Barry decides to use his military skills to turn the tables on his would-be assassins. This is Barry's harrowing story. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a quirky Canadian lawyer ...

Tyler Stevens is a 22 year old who works in a call center in Medina, New York. When he is abruptly fired for refusing to lie to the customers, Tyler decides to fight back. That choice throws Tyler into a series of intriguing events which propel him into travel adventures and bizarre accusations. Tyler begins to wonder if gratitude has gone AWOL in America. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who usually writes about older attorneys toiling in that legal profession that everyone loves to loathe. Breaking out of his normal writing mold, "YOUNG BUT NOT STUPID" ...

Larry Ward retired as a real estate lawyer when he won a lottery three years ago, and now he's having a ball in retirement. When five local real estate attorneys die within a short period of time, Larry poses the theory that a serial killer may be responsible. He is mocked as a senile old pest until someone attacks Larry with a nightstick. Folks could understand someone wanting to rid the world of divorce lawyers, but what possible motive could drive anyone to exterminate mild-mannered harmless real estate attorneys? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who ...

In this third novel in the ongoing series, young attorney Wyatt Mazy continues to struggle in his Bath, New York legal practice. As if his Asperger's quirks didn't make it tough enough to grow his business, more bad press hounds him. At least Wyatt begins to attract a bit of welcome attention from the ladies. Will being seen out on a few dates with pretty girls trigger a pinch of jealousy in Amanda Corbett, the gorgeous fellow lawyer whom Wyatt secretly adores? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 100 novels, most of which deal with ...

Wyatt Mazy is a young attorney newly arrived in Bath, New York who has recently opened his own legal practice. Wyatt suffers from a form of Asperger's Syndrome which causes him to repeat ridiculous rituals especially when a pen or eating utensil is in his hand. In this second novel in the WEIRD LAWYER SERIES, poor Wyatt is falsely accused of sexually assaulting a pretty young client. Establishing his innocence as an oddball stranger in a small town will prove to be a daunting task. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian attorney who has penned more than 100 novels since his ...

Just when his life of violence seems behind him and the ordinary life he craves seems within his grasp, Ty Ward loses his job and his apartment on the same day. Opting to drive around the western portion of America while he decides where to live and what to do, Ty stumbles upon a home invasion in progress in extreme southern New Mexico. That incident propels Ty into a kill or be killed war with a ruthless and powerful drug cartel. His longed-for normal life must once again be put on hold while Ty employs every ounce of his cunning and experience to stay alive and exterminate this new enemy....

For the first time since arriving in the USA in 2011, 300-pound former bodyguard Ty Ward had enjoyed more than a year of peaceful living in northern Kansas. When a motorcycle gang buys up all the other homes in the tiny hamlet, Ty's blessed peace is quickly shattered by a series of violent confrontations. What does a guy have to do to live out his remaining years peacefully? Perhaps the right woman might turn things around. This is the 7th novel in the 10-volume TY WARD ACTION/ADVENTURE SERIES. Please check out the other books in the series, each of which is a stand-alone story. ABOUT THE ...

You've got to feel a bit sorry for veteran attorney Delbert Drunge. Poor Delbert was disbarred by the Iowa Attorney Discipline Board for pooping his pants while trying to close a real estate deal. Delbert was too humiliated to fight the adverse ruling. Then he meets Jake Taalsma who just suffered a similar fate by the same panel of young litigation lawyers. Jake's sin was passing out at his desk and spending a week in hospital. The two old boys join forces and fight the callous legal bureaucracy which determined that a health crisis was grounds for dismissal from the legal profession. ...

This novel is the 4th in the six-book Slimy Lawyer Series about Slymon "Slimy" Robichaud, a shyster attorney adept at putting his own interests ahead of those of his unfortunate clients. When Slimy is caught giving under-the-table bribes to real estate agents in order to secure client referrals, his penalty is a four month period of disbarment. Using a phony name in order to avoid humiliation but retain at least a bit of income, Slimy gets a job washing cars at an automobile dealership during the lonely night shift. That's when his new secret life becomes filled with danger and drives poor ...

Daniel Robespierre detests rich people, considering them to be wasteful, arrogant and a blight on a just society. As a retired Canadian real estate lawyer of very modest means, Daniel missed the gravy train during his career. Under highly unusual and volatile circumstances, he meets Alice Bannon, a phenomenally wealthy beauty from New York City. Will Dan's prejudices against America's elite doom this budding opportunity for romance? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired real estate lawyer from Belleville, Ontario, his beloved hometown, where he ran his business from 1973 ...

This is the 3rd novel in the 6-book SLIMY LAWYER SERIES about sleazy attorney Slymon Robichaud who earned his nickname "Slimy" through many years of ripping off his clients and anyone else who stumbled into his path. When a missed flight connection allows Slimy to meet a rich elderly woman in a Denver hotel restaurant, he decides to help himself to a bit of her wealth. Will it be easy pickings? Not everything is always precisely as advertised. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a quirky retired lawyer from Canada who loves to write about the legal profession that everyone loathes. ...

This is the 2nd novel in the series featuring Ward Jones who was raised in a secluded Montana cabin and wasn't introduced to society until his parents died in an accident two weeks before his 30th birthday. In the 1st instalment WARD JONES #1 (Fledgling Predator), Ward takes a bus away from Montana and settles in a secluded rural home near Coffeyville, Kansas where he decides to put his hunting prowess to good use by robbing and killing drug pushers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In this 2nd novel, Ward is thrown into a battle with a Wichita drug gang after he rescues a damsel in distress. Ward needs ...

Realizing that reopening his law practice after his four month disbarment would be futile, disgraced attorney Slymon "Slimy" Robichaud packs it all in and heads off in his car for parts unknown. He finds romance in Reno and a fantastic job offer which includes a luxury apartment back in his home town of Windsor, Ontario. Will this taste of the good life finally bring Slimy the happiness he thinks he deserves, or does Fate have other plans for this perpetually shady lawyer? This is the 5th novel in the six-book Slimy Lawyer Series. Each one is a stand-alone story about an attorney who ...

Having lived off the grid in an isolated Montana cabin since he was a baby, Ward Jones is thrust into civilization at age thirty when his parents die in an accident. Deciding to travel, Ward hops on a bus and winds up in Coffeyville, Kansas where he soon discovers that without a high school diploma or marketable skills, finding a job is impossible. All Ward knows is hunting and survival skills. When frustration overtakes him, Ward decides to hunt, rob and kill drug pushers in nearby Tulsa, Oklahoma. Will this new hobby as a human predator pan out well? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. ...

Retired Canadian lawyer John Carverton found himself plunked into his hometown in a parallel world in which he had never been born. In this third novel in the six book VANISHING LAWYER SERIES, John falls under the intense scrutiny of the CIA. The American government concludes that his incredible story is true and they bring John into the USA under the pretense of helping him. When John inadvertently discovers that he is to be experimented on like some laboratory rat, he tries to escape their clutches. John will need every ounce of his legal cunning to evade recapture and return to the ...

This is the 4th novel in the 6-novel VANISHING LAWYER SERIES about John Carverton, a retired Canadian attorney who found himself plunked in a parallel world in which he had never been born. Each novel is a stand-alone story although the series progresses chronologically. In this episode, John enters the USA illegally and in disguise where he settles in Charleston, West Virginia. When he becomes suspicious about the goings-on in a workshop next door to his home, John begins to spy on his neighbors. His vigilance results in a dazzling mystery in which the fate of President Trump hangs in the ...