Legal Drama

A rising star is murdered. A crusader is accused. And in a town built on secrets, the truth is the darkest thing of all. Rosie Beckett had a bright future—a political intern with charm, ambition, and a long list of admirers. But her life ends on a quiet Georgian backstreet, her body found shot and thrown into a dumpster behind a row of houses in small southern town, Brunswick. And standing at the center of it all is Jake Tully. The host of a popular anti-corruption podcast, Tully has spent years exposing the dark secrets of the powerful, earning him fans—but too many enemies to count. ...

When a husband is brutally murdered, all fingers point to his wife. But should it? Angela Ross joined the D.A.’s office right after law school. As a young and ambitious prosecutor, she’s still learning the ropes through trial and error in the criminal courts of New York County. Enter Memphis Ford, a seasoned and brilliant attorney with a stellar track record of wins and analytical skills to rival any criminal defense attorney. His help and mentorship could be Angela’s salvation. There’s only one problem. Angela is assigned to a highly-publicized case that rocks the community. Ellen ...

When Phillip is abducted, his family's hidden secrets and the town's dark mysteries come to light. Josie must confront the prejudices of their small community and uncover the sinister truth to bring her son home. A tale of courage and resilience, this story dives deep into family bonds and the shadows lurking in a seemingly peaceful town.

In the early hours of January 29, 2022, Boston police officer John O’Keefe was found dead beneath a blanket of snow outside a fellow officer’s home. His girlfriend, Karen Read, a respected analyst and educator, soon found herself accused of backing her car into him and leaving him to die. But was it a crime of passion—or a cover-up? "Snowfall and Lies: The Karen Read Mystery That Shook Massachusetts" dives deep into one of the most sensational and controversial trials in recent Massachusetts history. From suspicious police behavior and missing surveillance footage to shocking autopsy ...

A sinister secret lies buried—one that swallows two young teens into an abyss of mystery. When two young teens at a county fair are drawn to desperate cries emanating from the House of Horrors, their world spins into chaos. They never enter, but suddenly, they're gone—vanished into thin air. Thus begins a baffling mystery into which rookie detective Teresa Simmonds and veteran Allan Yeats are thrown headfirst into a maze of secrets and lies. As they unravel the web of secrets and cover-ups, the question haunts them: What happened to Yasmine and Jerry, and why does no one want the truth ...

A white supremacist charged with murdering a transgendered woman. A case where nobody is as they seem. A shocking 11th hour twist that changes the entire case. Heather's back! Heather Morrison is back in Damien's office, but this time, she's not just there to work. Her boyfriend, Beck Harrison, is accused of killing a transgendered friend of Heather's. The prosecutors are charging the murder as a hate crime. Beck insists that he's innocent. After investigating Beck's background, Damien's not so sure. Beck has a dark past of involvement with the Aryan Brotherhood. But Damien soon finds out...

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"Defending Alex Murdaugh" Not Guilty by Reasonable Doubt, by Crime and Cask is a deep dive into the murder trial that shocked the nation. When Paul and Maggie Murdaugh's tragic story unfolded, many were left confused as to who did it. In this book, Crime and Cask explores the major pieces of evidence against Alex Murdaugh, and questions what we thought we knew about these murders. His theories use the prosecution's timeline, evidence and testimony from the trial to present you with different results based on real-world thinking and experiments. Crime and Cask made fans with his Murdaugh ...

Criminal Trial Lawyer… Memoirs of Managing Chaos and embracing it. The book, sometimes humorously, describes my memoirs and adventures as a successful criminal trial lawyer both as Prosecutor and Defense Counsel. It begins as a child and explains the influences which made me a criminal trial lawyer driven by my desire to serve The Lady of Justice, Justicia. I fell in love with her and lived a Samurai of Justice love story. Beginning with a Trial Lawyers philosophy, I describe the entire chaotic thinking and acting process from meeting the client and trial preparation, through actual ...

Defense attorney Leland Monroe lost it all: his big-city job, his reputation, and, worst of all, his loving wife. Now he’s back in his hometown to hit restart and repair the relationship with his troubled son. But the past is always present in a small town. Leland returns to find his high school sweetheart hasn’t had the easiest of lives - especially now that her son faces a death sentence for murdering his father.

A single night, a vanished child, and a hidden truth that turns desperation into a deadly game In this riveting abduction mystery, Chloe's world shatters when her daughter vanishes, dismissed by police as a custody issue. Driven by maternal instincts, she embarks on a frantic search, uncovering a personal vendetta against her by a ruthless predator. As Chloe battles against time and a psychopathic kidnapper, she's drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse. This heart-stopping novel offers relentless suspense, a courageous heroine, and a villainous twist that will leave you breathless. ...

Star defense lawyer Grace Cockburn was a lioness in the courtroom – until her life turned into a total mess. Turns out marrying your best friend’s brother and then breaking his heart is not the best career move when both best friend and ex-husband are also very well-liked lawyers in Adelaide’s small legal fraternity. Within weeks, Grace is blacklisted from any decent cases, and reduced to taking dull medical insurance claims. It’s a far cry from the glamorous, high-profile criminal law career she envisioned.

She’s an accomplished attorney. He’s an arrogant District Attorney. When the sparks start to fly, her past rears its ugly head threatening to take them both down. Kiera Burke is an enigma. The super-star District Attorney is thoroughly taken by the beautiful, Mensa-smart woman but can't figure her out. What he assumes is aloof superiority, he quickly realizes is painful shyness. Which he could have handled. It was when he saw worrisome signs of a much deeper trauma, that he admits he is facing his biggest challenge yet. Fleeing from her prominent San Francisco law firm, Kierra hoped she...

In the quiet, close-knit town of Lake Redding, a sudden abduction shatters the community's calm. When seven-year-old Lacy Peters vanishes, her teenage cousin Blakely is left haunted by secrets that everyone in town seems to be hiding. As Blakely digs deeper into the mystery, she uncovers a web of lies that could unravel the town’s reputation and bring a long-buried truth to light. In a race against time, Blakely must piece together the clues before Lacy’s fate is sealed forever.

A thriller book set in London and North America during the early 20th century. "Dark Documents" plunges readers into a world of intrigue and suspense as the return of Morris Thornton, an influential but sickly client, shatters the secret schemes of Cooper Young, a partner at the prestigious law firm of Eversleigh, Young, and Eversleigh. When Young’s web of deceit threatens to be exposed, the lives of everyone around him spiral into chaos. The story begins with the revelation that Thornton is coming back to London due to his grave illness. Terrified of being discovered, Young confesses to ...

So, you think you can judge me? Trust me—you'd have done exactly the same... If ambition could kill, Morgan Steele would be six feet under. One of DC’s shrewdest attorneys, she is hungry for a case that will catapult her to national prominence. So when the notorious Vivien Gibson ends up without legal representation in a high-profile kidnapping trial, Morgan is only too happy to step in. But Vivien is a client like no other. Masquerading as a betrayed Dallas housewife, she plays fast and loose with the law, claims innocence despite being caught red-handed, and drags Morgan into her ...

Brian Dunn killed his wife with a deer rifle in the basement of their home. The police thought it was an accident. But was it? Brian remarried, moved from Petoskey, Michigan downstate to Grosse Pointe and started a new family. Six years later, an ambitious prosecutor finds new evidence and hunts Brian down. The police burst into Brian's house while he's decorating the Christmas tree with his new wife and their five-year-old daughter. They haul him away and charge him with first-degree murder. Burr Lafayette, the deposed head of a major Detroit law firm, is recruited by his beautiful ex-...

L. A. Sheriff Lieutenant Max Cort is accused of killing his wife, but how do you prosecute a murder trial without a body? This high-profile courtroom drama has local TV newscasts scrambling for legal commentary. One station invites law professor and attorney Jake Clearwater to handle the nightly updates on the hearing. Jake gained fame for defending a convicted murderer on death row, winning him a retrial, exposing the real killer, and getting his client released from prison. Early in Cort’s trial, Jake realizes it's not going the prosecution's way, and when it ends in a hung jury, the ...

Small-town lawyer Bocephus Haynes comes home late one night to find District Attorney General Helen Lewis waiting for him. Her ex-husband has just been killed. She’s about to be arrested for his murder. And she wants Bo to represent her. There’s a lot working against them. Just before his death, Helen’s ex-husband threatened to reveal a dark secret from her past. Bo has been in a tailspin since his wife’s death.

Ambitious criminal defence barrister Robyn Palmer gets her first big break when she's briefed as junior counsel in a high-profile murder trial. Unfortunately, her leader has lecherous designs and their client looks guilty as hell. However, nothing is going to stop her starring in the biggest trial of her career. A comic legal thriller set in Sydney, Australia