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When a cop's body is found burned and decapitated, the last thing Andy Carpenter expected is for a stranger to waltz into his office and admit to the crime. For the wise-cracking millionaire defense attorney suffering from "lawyer's block", the case looks like a no-brainer...until the cops pick up another suspect: Andy's lead P.I., Laurie Collins, who happens to be the love of his life.

The New York Times bestselling novel, from the author of Station Eleven. 'A damn fine novel . . . haunting and evocative and immersive' George R R Martin, author of A Game of Thrones Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost...

Clanton, Mississippi, 1990. Jake Brigance est impliqué dans une affaire qui soulève la controverse lorsque le juge lui demande de défendre Drew Gamble, un garçon timide de seize ans, accusé d’avoir tué un policier local. La majeure partie des habitants réclament un procès rapide et la peine de mort, mais Jake creuse et découvre que l’histoire est plus complexe qu’elle n’y paraît. Son combat pour que Drew échappe à la chambre à gaz met en grand péril sa carrière, ses finances, et la sécurité de sa famille. Un thriller mené tambour battant, aussi haletant que poignant, empli d’intelligence et – surtout – d’humanité.

Mario is still his name, and wrongful death is his game, only now he is chasing planes. His team of extraordinary women has to contend with Mario falling in love and planning to marry into the slightly shady, slightly eccentric, extremely dangerous Camacho family.

Fourteen years ago, prosecutor Jessica Yardley's husband went to prison for a series of brutal murders. She's finally created a life with her daughter and is a well-respected attorney. She's moving on. But when a new rash of homicides has her ex-husband, Eddie, written all over them - the nightmares of her past come back to life.

Bloomsbury presents Ripper by Isabel Allende, read by Edoardo Ballerini ‘A lot of fun to read’ New York Times Book Review The Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, are as close as a mother and daughter can be. Yet, while their bond is strong, they are as different as night and day. Indiana, a...

Lacy Stoltz se ha encontrado en numerosas ocasiones frente a problemas de corrupción en su trabajo como investigadora de la Comisión de Conducta Judicial de Florida. Pero nada la ha preparado para el caso que una asustada pero decidida desconocida quiere poner en sus manos.

One of the earliest psychological crime novels. Mrs Bentley has been arrested for murder. The evidence is overwhelming: arsenic she extracted from fly papers was in her husband’s medicine, his food and his lemonade, and her crimes are being plastered across the newspapers. Even her lawyers...

Ist der wahre Täter viel näher, als du denkst? Vor einigen Jahren hat die erfolgreiche Anwältin Linn Geller bei einem Unfall fast alles verloren, was ihr einmal wichtig war. Eine Narbe im Gesicht und ihr kaputtes Bein erinnern sie täglich an diesen Schicksalsschlag. Fünf Jahre später wird Betty Schneider, die damals für die Tat verurteilt wurde, aus der Haft entlassen. Linn jedoch ist bis heute nicht von ihrer Schuld überzeugt. Als kurz darauf Bettys Leiche auftaucht, keimt in Linn ein alter Verdacht auf. Was ist damals wirklich passiert?

Joshua Kane, un asesino en serie, ha logrado un asiento en el juicio del siglo: como miembro del jurado. Su objetivo es claro: conseguir un veredicto de culpabilidad para el acusado, sin ser descubierto. Pero el abogado Eddie Flynn, el ex estafador convertido en brillante defensor, comienza a sospechar que el verdadero asesino no es el hombre en el banquillo. Se inicia una carrera contrarreloj donde el ingenio de Flynn se enfrenta a la mente maestra de Kane. ¿Podrá desenmascararlo antes de que la justicia se convierta en la coartada perfecta para un depredador?

The debut audiobook by former Director of the FBI, James Comey. A federal prosecutor's case against the Mob is blown wide open with a shocking revelation. The trial of the century. One chance to crack the case. A million ways to lose. Federal prosecutor Nora Carleton has spent years building a...

When Alex Vogel gets a new job working at a corporate Manhattan law firm, she thinks all her dreams have come true. The pay checks are huge, the work is exciting and the drinks are flowing every Friday night. But underneath the glossy veneer of the company, dark secrets are lurking. Her colleagues disappear into the bathroom for hits of cocaine, the partners sleep under their desks (if they sleep at all) and the firm's biggest client sexually harasses a string of women, none of whom will speak up. 

First published by St. Martin's in 1958, Robert Traver's Anatomy of a Murder immediately became the number-one bestseller in America, and was subsequently turned into the now classic Otto Preminger film of the same name, starring Jimmy Stewart and Duke Ellington. It's not only the most popular...

Big-city defense lawyer Dean Lincoln left his picturesque hometown of Beaufort years ago. But now, the lure of small-town life and a family matter have drawn him back. Amidst the sultry heat and the Spanish moss, and beneath the facade of Southern small-town charm, Lincoln begins work again and is immediately thrown into two cases: a rich kid charged with murder and a poor kid accused of arson. Both swear they are innocent. Both feel the system is trying to crush them. And in this corner of the South, guilt is rarely decided in the courtroom…

To defend her client, she must dig up a town’s darkest secrets. Defense attorney Cass Leary thought she’d escaped her hometown for good. But after leaving her high-paying job in Chicago, she decides to revisit her troubled past. When someone murders the beloved high school basketball coach and Cass steps in to defend the girl accused of the crime, she doesn’t expect the death threats that follow.... Confronting the town that shunned her as a child, she unearths secrets that some would kill to keep buried.

From the #1 bestselling author of Presumed Innocent, two formidable men collide in this heartpounding thriller about a celebrated criminal defense lawyer and the prosecution of his lifelong friend—a doctor accused of murder. "A brilliant courtroom chess match." —David Baldacci, #1...

Tess’ number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter, Poppy. But splitting up with Poppy’s father, Jason, means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe. When she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter’s brightly coloured paintings, Tess is convinced that Poppy has witnessed something terrible. Something that her young mind is struggling to put into words. But no one will listen. It’s only a child’s drawing, isn’t it?

It’s 2 A.M. in a Cleveland suburb when a woman is found murdered—ritually slain and left on the altar at St. Andrew’s Church. Reverend Howard Jamison is discovered covered in blood. A Satanic Bible lies open on his desk. And he isn't talking. Attorney Hunter St. James, already battling his own demons, is forced onto the case. His once-promising career is collapsing, his socialite girlfriend is pregnant, and now he’s saddled with a pro-bono defense he has no chance of winning. Raised by an infamous father, Hunter has spent a lifetime outrunning disgrace. But now he’s running straight into it.

Lucia Gomez is a female police chief in a man's world and she's walked a fine line to succeed at the top. Now a trio of police officers in Kindle County have accused her of soliciting sex for promotions and she's in deep. Rik Dudekis an attorney and old friend of Lucia's. He's the only one she can trust, but he's never had a headline criminal case. This ugly smear campaign is already breaking the internet and will be his biggest challenge yet. Clarice 'Pinky' Granum is a fearless PI who plays by her own rules.

Für Familienrichter Krause und für die Scheidungsanwältin Blessing endet an einem sommerlichen Freitagmittag unerwartet ihre kleinbürgerliche Idylle. In den nun kommenden Tagen durchleben sie ein Schreckensszenario gepaart aus nackten Existenzängsten und längst verdrängten Ereignissen ihrer eigenen Geschichte. Die Idylle an den schönen Brandenburger Seen täuscht. Unerbittlich werden sie von ihrem Entführer mit den zerstörerischen Folgen ihres beruflichen Tuns konfrontiert.