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The legal profession is not all work and no play. When you get a break, sit back and read one or two of these excellent thrillers by some of America's top authors. There are hundreds of legal thrillers, but we only chose the best.
For more legal "fiction", click here for the "Tales from the Rodent", a series of articles by a law firm insider.
LFS Featured Legal Fiction
Steve Martini The Jury
This latest Paul Madriani legal thriller shows why Steve Martini remains one of the form's most popular practitioners. Madriani, still struggling to establish his law practice in San Diego, is defending Dr. David Crone, a brilliant genetic researcher accused of killing colleague Kalista Jordan: her strangled and dismembered body was found washed up on a beach. Fans will happily overlook the frequently awkward, listless prose that is the most glaring drawback in what is otherwise one of Martini's best novels to date.
For more legal "fiction", click here for the "Tales from the Rodent", a series of articles by a law firm insider.
LFS Featured Legal FictionSteve Martini The Jury
This latest Paul Madriani legal thriller shows why Steve Martini remains one of the form's most popular practitioners. Madriani, still struggling to establish his law practice in San Diego, is defending Dr. David Crone, a brilliant genetic researcher accused of killing colleague Kalista Jordan: her strangled and dismembered body was found washed up on a beach. Fans will happily overlook the frequently awkward, listless prose that is the most glaring drawback in what is otherwise one of Martini's best novels to date.
John Grisham
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The Firm
Mitch McDeere, fresh out of Harvard Law School receives his best job offer from a small firm out of Memphis with a dark, deadly secret.
The Pelican Brief
America learns that two of its Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law student prepares a legal brief... Somewhere between the bayous of Louisiana and the White House's inner sanctums, a violent cover-up is being engineered.
The Client
A chance encounter with a suicidal laywer left 11 year old Mark Sway knowing the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America, with attorney Reggie Love as his only ally.
The Partner
Patrick Lanigan faked his own death, stole a fortune from his firm, and gets caught and tortured - and this is only the beginning of this gripping tale.
Steve Martini
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The Judge
When Judge Armando Acosta is charged with soliciting a prostitute, attorney Paul Madriani is less than sympathetic. Nevertheless, Madriani is forced to defend his old nemesis, and when the only witness is brutally murdered, he wonders if the judge is also the executioner...
The Attorney
Paul Madriani is back in a thriller about greed, murder, and multi-million dollar lottery winnings.
Undue Influence
Paul Madriani returns in a complex web of murder and deceit — this time within his own family. On her deathbed, Nikki made Paul promise to look after her younger sister, Laurel Vega, who is mired in a bitter child-custody battle with her ex-husband, a powerful state senator.
Robert K. Tanenbaum
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True Justice
Butch Karp's boss, D.A. Jack Keegan, has ordered the prosecution of a fifteen-year-old girl for murder. Complicating matters further is Butch's wife, Marlene Ciampi, a private investigator who has decided to return to practicing law. Things couldn't get any more tense...until their daughter, Lucy, is put at the center of a horrifying crime. Another great thriller by Robert K. Tanenbaum.
No Lesser Plea
When crafty Mandeville Lewis's method of robbing liquor stores finally fell apart, he hired the best defense lawyer in New York—and had a conveniently timed nervous breakdown.
Reversible Error
Assistant D.A. Butch Karp, his tough-as-nails lover, Marlene Ciampi, and three maverick cops track a serial rapist and a ruthless killer through the streets of New York City.
Justice Denied
Homicide Bureau Chief Butch Karp and his dedicated A.D.A. wife, Marlene Ciampi have their hands full in a city of political terrorism, paid assassins, muggers, shysters, and a Mafia muscle man.
Scott Turow
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Presumed Innocent
Rusty Sabich's fellow prosecuting attorney, Carolyn Polhemus, has been brutally murdered. Rusty is handling the investigation, and he needs results before election day. Rusty's ordeal will uncover corruption, deceit, depravity and incompetence—-and keep you spellbound. Who did kill Carolyn Polhemus?
Burden of Proof
Defense attorney Sandy Stern returns from a business trip to find that Clara, his wife of 30 years, is dead — a suicide. But mourning must wait while Stern defends Dixon Hartnell, target of a federal grand jury investigation.
Personal Injuries
An ambitious personal injury lawyer, Robbie Feaver finds his less-than-ethical practices coming back to haunt him when, in exchange for leniency from prosecution, he is forced into an uneasy alliance with an enigmatic female FBI agent, in a story of greed, human weakness, love, and unexpected heroism.
Other Legal Fiction
Philip Friedman: Grand Jury
In the wake of a huge drug bust, two elderly Chinatown residents are charged, baffling prosecutor Dan Mahoney with incongruous evidence and sending Susan Linwood and David Clark on a dangerous journey into the Far East.
Philip Friedman: Reasonable Doubt
Former Federal prosecutor Michael Ryan is dusting off his legal skills—to defend his daughter-in-law in the murder of his son.
Brad Meltzer: First Counsel
White House lawyer Michael Garrick has a relatively anonymous position at a very public address. That is, until he starts dating Nora Harston (Secret Service code name: Shadow), the sexy and dangerously irresistible daughter of the president. The First Counsel. The President's Daughter. You never dated anyone like this.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars.