Kate, a forty-three-year-old single mother of three, is trying not to panic. As she hobbles down the street to the courthouse in her new high heels, she quickly realizes that law school has done nothing to prepare her for the real world of practicing law. Ready to embark on a year of articling as part of her last steps toward attorney accreditation, Kate finds herself in the midst of a balancing act she fears she will never get right.As she immerses herself in her new corporate lif...

Shanghaied into jury duty and placed on a hopelessly boring civil case, Stanley Hastings swings into action when a juror is murdered, and engineers a most unusual courtroom climax. An amusing inside look at the jury selection system and a must for any prospective juror.   "This unlikely private detective operates in an exquisitely refined state of paranoia ... he manages to effect a pretty astonishing resolution to the mystery ... (the case) turns out to have a surpr...

Frank Burrows is a two-bit, small-town lawyer in anybody's book, including his own, and now he finds himself center stage in a case involving murder, arson, and computer crimes. This time, however, he isn't representing an accused, he is the accused. A state fire marshal investigator wants him for arson. A Georgia state police investigator wants him for murder, and someone wants him out of the way bad enough to kill, and all for a reason Frank can't fathom. Everywhere Frank turns for answe...

When a homeless mans greedy relatives get him committed, Steve has to prove a multimillionaire who sold his mansion and went to live in the subway is sane. Then he has to prove who killed him.   "Highly entertaining courtroom drama." —Publishers Weekly   "...fine detective work and brilliance in the courtroomsort of remindful of Perry Mason at his best." —Abilene Reporter News   "... puts Hailey in a class with the very best writers of the mys...

What young attorney wouldnt be delighted to get a 10,000 cash retainer in the mail? Steve Winslow might have been if he knew who sent it. As it is, it gets him arrested for murder, grilled by the cops, and hauled before the grand jury. And he still doesnt know who his client is.   "The trial sequence is flashy and great fun." —Kirkus Reviews   "[Hits] the bulls eye." —Publishers Weekly   "Another winner from the author of The Baxter Trust."

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri Returns!For fans of Lee Child, John Grisham, and Michael Connelly"Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too." — Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher ThrillersDarla Nixon is one of Tampa’s most responsible citizens. Principal at the local elementary school, single mother of two grown sons, Darla has served her com...

A Texas governor wants to be president. His wife wants to escape his suffocating ambition. A Mexican drug lord wants him dead. When the drug lord abducts the governor's wife while she is working secretly as a nurse in a colonia on the border, Governor Bode Bonner must choose between his wife and the White House, between his life and hers.No. 2, IrelandNo. 8, South AfricaNo. 22, UK"A breathtaking read." – Joburg.co.za (South Africa)"It could have been t...

A grieving widower gets caught up in the politics of his Texas hometown when he returns to make peace with his father.THE PERK was selected for BOOKS TO DIE FOR: THE WORLD'S GREATEST MYSTERY WRITERS ON THE WORLD'S GREATEST MYSTERY NOVELS, edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke.Best-seller lists:No. 6, IrelandNo. 11, AustraliaNo. 17, UKEditorial Reviews:"Remember when John Grisham exploded on to the courtroom drama market with novels o...

A. Scott Fenney is a hotshot corporate lawyer at a big Dallas firm. At 33, in the prime of his life, he rakes in $750,000 a year, drives a Ferrari and comes home every night to a mansion in Dallas's most exclusive neighbourhood. He also comes home to one of Dallas's most beautiful women, with whom he has a much-loved daughter, Boo. For Fenney, life could not be better.But when a senator's son is killed in a hit-and-run, Fenney is asked by the state judge to put his air-conditioned ...

'Scott, it's Rebecca. I need you.'After years of silence, Texan lawyer Scott Fenney receives a devastating phonecall from his ex-wife. She has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Trey - the man she left Scott for - and is being held in a police cell. Now she is begging Scott to defend her.Scott is used to high-stakes cases, but this one is bigger than anything he has handled before. If Rebecca is found guilty, she will be sentenced to life imprisonment. Her future is i...

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...

Edgar Award Finalist: This Miami crime thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author is "an exhilarating debut [and] a sizzling page-turner" ( Publishers Weekly).Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major South Florida law firm, about to make partner—until her life is derailed by the discovery of her sister's body in the Everglades. What at first appears to be a suicide soon becomes a homicide investigation with Gail as the prime suspect. ...