Federal prosecutor Mickey Crane finds himself on the other side of the courtroom when he testifies as an alibi witness on behalf of his former girlfriend Darlene Turner. Turner is charged with the cold-case murder of magazine publisher Johnny Reed that occurred on July 4, 1976 in California. Crane testifies that he proposed to Turner in Michigan on that date. Despite Crane’s testimony, the evidence against Turner is overwhelming. The prosecution has an eye-witness, the murder weapon, and a...

With her unique blend of courtroom drama and feverish suspense, critically acclaimed author Jonnie Jacobs has won a legion of fans for her Kali O’Brien thrillers. Now the edgy San Francisco attorney is back to handle a simple adoption – and winds up defending her client for murder . . .Straightforward and short term: that’s precisely the kind of case Kali O’Brien needs at the moment. Yet the Harper adoption makes her uneasy from the start. Maybe it’s because psychologist Steven Cro...

When a beautiful, but tough army MP is assigned to be the bodyguard for a general's son, a twenty-one-year-old genius with five PhDs, a mind like a computer, and zero social skills, she is sure she will just be his nursemaid—but she turns out to be his only chance at life.

Jack Allen is a computer nerd from rural Indiana, newly hired by the National Security Agency, and living and working in Washington DC. Jack loves only his work until he does his supervisor a favor and finds unexpected romance with the daughter of the President of the United States. However, the President and the Secret Service aren't feeling romantic and although Jack has finally found something better to look at than his computer screen, he faces one of the toughest challenges of his lif...

A political race against time, life, and death in the nation's capital."Failed Succession" is the much requested and long-awaited sequel to "The First Suitor".Jack Allen, now married to the President's daughter and still the lead trouble-shooter for the National Security Administration, is back, and he has a problem. Jack has happened across some data on the White House Chief of Staff's computer that indicates someone may have stolen the last U.S. Presidential election. Whe...

When a local waitress and her five-year-old daughter are murdered, Wes Harding -- a former classmate of Kali's who had a reputation as the town's worst troublemaker -- becomes the prime suspect. Kali agrees to represent him, but is stunned when he refuses to help in his own defense, and won't explain why.This is the second in the Kali O'Brien series.

Imagine losing what you love most.Don’t say I didn’t warn you . . .The woman gives her name as Betty. No last name. No phone number. Just a meeting place – a deserted, wooded park on the outskirts of Lake Tahoe. The retainer is a healthy one. The one condition – come alone. San Francisco attorney Kali O’Brien understands client confidentiality, but something about Betty’s urgent request has her a little spooked. Whatever secrets the woman is hiding must be very incriminating...

Doctor Sam Russell's wife is missing. The police don't believe his story – and Sam isn't so sure himself since he can remember nothing about the day she disappeared.Detective Hannah Montgomery sees something in Sam and his young daughter that touches her own sense of loss. As she delves deeper, shocking secrets come to light making Hannah wonder whether she's protecting a wronged man or a cold-blooded killer."Brilliant . . .Jacobs moves to the head of the thriller class wit...

San Francisco attorney Kali O'Brien knows that in the legal system, reality can be shaded but she doesn’t like clients who lie to her. That’s what she has in Grady Barrett, a wealthy computer magnate married to Kali's best friend, who is arraigned in the rape of Deirdre Nicholas. Grady’s claim that the sex was consensual doesn't excuse the hurt he’s caused his wife and his reputation, and puts Kali in a bind because she doesn’t believe him. Especially in the shadow of Deirdre's vivid, emot...

Following the death of her brother of an apparent suicide by overdose, Kali reconnects with her sister. To their dismay, they learn that he was the prime suspect in the double homicide of a wealthy heiress and a college coed. As if that weren’t shocking enough, Kali also learns her brother might have ties to a young stripper's murder and the disappearance of a 16-year-old runaway. Kali must dig into the sinister underworld of the sex industry to find her brother’s killer before the missing...

A missing daughter.A stepson who knows more than he's telling.A detective with her own tragic past.The abduction of a teenage girl sends a happily blended family into a tailspin.Paradise Falls is the riveting and provocative tale of a family torn apart by divided loyalties and a dedicated detective who meets her worst fears head on. The razor sharp twists and turns will hold readers captive until its final, explosive conclusion.

Meet Alyssa Dashiellattractive, gifted young attorney, relishing the wellearned reward of a few moments to herself behind the wheel of a founding partners Bugatti Veyron, the worlds fastest car. Powerless to resist taking the once-in-a-lifetime experience to its extreme, she gains the attention of Police Officer Connor Daemanan encounter that proves life-changing for both in ways neither could imagine.A fast-flowing chain of events rapidly unfolds; enthralling, hold-yourbreath occu...