Sleeping Beauty Sudden Death Margolin, Philip Rosenfelt, David Miles Van Meter is on a book tour that When the Giants' new star running back is ac- promotes his true crime book that left his twin cused of murdering a Jets rival, attorney Andy sister, Casey, in a coma. Miles will discuss Carpenter works for the athlete’s defense, a the recent developments in his sister’s case, task that is complicated by discovery of addi- unaware that pieces of this complex puzzle tional player killings and death threats from a of violence, unknown even to the author, are drug mobster. about to be revealed. Mitigating Circumstances The Finishing School Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor Martinez, Michelle An Assistant D.A. decides to take the law into When two beautiful teenagers from a posh her own hands after she and her daughter are Legal East Side girl’s school suddenly turn up dead brutally attacked. Sequel is Buried Evidence. under suspicious circumstances, it falls to Melanie Vargas, a savvy federal prosecutor, Courting Trouble Thrillers to do anything possible to get to the truth. Scottoline, Lisa Anne Murphy, a rookie lawyer for a Philadelph- The Attorney ia law firm, leaves town for the 4th of July to The legal thriller is a sub-genre Martini, Steve prepare for a trial, but when she buys a of thriller and crime fiction in A child custody battle leads to murder in this newspaper she finds her photo is plastered all mystery, starring lawyer Paul Madriani of San over the front page. And the headline—lawyer which the major characters are Diego. It happens when a woman demands murdered—supposedly refers to her. Anne lawyers and their employees. a share of her parents’ $87 million lottery win, sets out to find her killer, playing dead in order or she will remove her child from their custo- to stay alive. The system of justice itself is dy. always a major part of these A Wrongful Death The Zero Game Wilhelm, Kate works, at times almost Meltzer, Brad Barbara Holloway is forced to play a deadly functioning as one of the Senior staffers to a respected congressman, game of murder, corruption, greed, and betray- characters. Usually, crusading Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler become al when she becomes the prime suspect in a involved in the clandestine Zero Game, but high-profile kidnapping case involving a young lawyers become involved in when someone close to them turns up dead, boy, who happens to be the grandson of a proving their cases to such an they discover the sinister intent of the wealthy family who mysteriously disappears “game” and realize that they are intended to after coming to her for help. extent that they imperil their become the game’s next victims. own interpersonal relationships and frequently, their own lives. Presumption of Death O’Shaughnessy, Perri Returning home to Monterey County to put her life in order and move in with Paul van Wagoner, attorney Nina Reilly is called upon in the case of her former assistant’s son, who Check for these titles on our has been accused of murder in a disturbing Overdrive / Libby and Hoopla arson case. apps for an ebook or eaudiobook. Death Row Temporary Sanity The Firm Bernhardt, William Connors, Rose Grisham, John Death Row Attorney Ben Kincaid defends a After leaving the District Attorney’s office, Marty When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, man accused of a mass murder. When the Nickerson tackles a difficult first case in her Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought he woman who help convict him — whom Ben defense of a client who shot his son’s and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. suspects of perjury– turns up dead, only Ben presumed killer on television and refuses to Mitch McDeere should have remembered what can hunt down a killer determined to cover his enter a plea of insanity, his only available his brother Ray — doing fifteen years in a tracks. means of defense. Tennessee jail — already knew: you never get nothing for nothing. Breach of Trust Jury of One Buffa, Dudley W. Ellis, David King of Lies When the case of a young women who fell Shelly Trotter, the daughter of the state gover- John Hart from a window to her death during a party nor and a children’s rights advocate, comes to Jackson Workman’s life and legal practice are attended by influential alumnae of Harvard Law the aid of a seventeen-year-old former client in shambles. When his father Ezra is School is reopened, attorney Joseph Antonelli accused of killing a police officer, only to dis- murdered, the large fortune he left behind takes the case of accused killer James cover that the boy had become caught up in an makes Workman not only a grieving son, but, Haviland in a trial that could have profound undercover sting to trap corrupt cops and that along with his sister, a suspect in his father’s effects on the upcoming U.S. presidential he claims to be the son she had given up for murder. He must fight to save his sister, clear election. private adoption years before. his name, regain his wife’s love, and above all, redeem himself. Judgment Calls The Bone Vault Burke Alafair Fairstein, Linda Defending Jacob A seemingly simple, open-and-shut trial When a recently deceased body is discovered Landay, William involving a brutal attack on a 13 year old girl in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus during a When his fourteen-year-old son is charged with draws Deputy DA Samantha Kincaid into a donor gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the murder of a fellow student, assistant DA complex and dangerous case that takes her on Assistant DA Alex Cooper must infiltrate New Andy Barber is torn between loyalty and justice a dark trail leading to a high-profile death York’s museum society to catch a killer. as facts came to light him to question how well penalty case, a prostitution ring of underage he knows his own son. girls, and a potential serial killer. High Crimes Finder, Joseph Fatal Flaw Missing Witness A lawyer learns her husband has been living Lashner, William Campbell, Gordon under a false identity for 13 years when he’s Late one night, Victor Carl gets a phone call Recent law-school grad Douglas McKenzie court-martialed for a massacre in an El Salva- from old law school classmate Guy Forrest who takes his first job in Phoenix, passing up an dor village that he claims was the fault of his has just found his fiancé murdered. Convinced offer from a blue-chip firm for a chance to work commanding officer. that Guy is the killer, Victor agrees to represent with legendary defense attorney Dan Morgan. him, all the while vowing to see justice done— When the hard drinking, chain-smoking Blood Money whatever the cost. ex-marine asks Doug to help him with a huge Grippando, James murder case, McKenzie knows it will be the trial When he agrees to defend a sexy night club The Ophelia Cut of his life. waitress and party girl accused of murdering Lescroart, John her two-year-old daughter, Miami defense Defending an old friend Moses McGuire Lincoln Lawyer attorney Jack Swyteck embarks on the most against wrongful murder charges involving a Connelly, Michael dangerous and controversial case of his man who raped his daughter, attorney Dismas Cynical LA attorney Mickey Haller takes on a career. Hardy rises his career when the case threatens wealthy client who, he discovers, has a very to expose old secrets involving him and police dark side. The case connects to an earlier lieutenant Abe Glitsky. client now in prison and tests Mickey’s ethics. .