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- David Baldacci. Absolute Power and others
- Set in Washington, D.C., this fascinating thriller of unparalled suspense dares to explore an unthinkable abuse of power and criminal conspiracy--a vicious murder involving the President and his mistress and a cover-up orchestrated by the chief of staff and the Secret Service. But, one unlikely witness saw everything. Will America ever learn the truth?
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- William Bernhardt. Primary Justice and others
- Oklahoma attorney Ben Kincaid battles murder, corruption, and more, in and out of the courtroom in this bestselling series of legal thrillers.
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- Jay Brandon. Silver Moon and others
- Bexar County District Attorney Chris Sinclair's sharp wit and calculating mind have given him a reputation for being a criminal's worst nightmare. His beloved, Anne Greenwald, turns to him when her ex is shot in the head while standing on a balcony--and the shooter sees Anne watching.
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- William Coughlin. Shadow of a Doubt and others
- When Robin Harwell hires Charley Sloan to represent her stepdaughter Angel, it ' s a dream come true. Sloan, once a high-priced attorney and now a down-on-his-luck recovering alcoholic, knows things look bleak, for Angel has confessed to the stabbing death of her father, millionaire Harrison Harwell. Trying to figure out who killed Harwell and whether Sloan is capable of putting together an adequate defense for Angel keeps the book moving at a smart pace. - Library Journal review
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- William Diehl. Primal Fear and others
- A blockbuster blend of legal tension and psychopathology. When a sainted bishop is found murdered, mutilated, and dismembered, a brilliant young attorney is hired to represent the angelic-looking suspect.
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- Linda Fairstein. Final Jeopardy and others
- The supposed victim is Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper, but Alex is still very much alive. Dead, on the road leading to Alex's summer home on Martha's Vineyard, is beautiful film star Isabella Lascar. There are two possibilities. Somebody despised Isabella enough to trace her to Alex's Vineyard retreat. Or the killer's intended victim was Alex, and Isabella was shot by mistake. If so, the assassin may try again, and the next time Alex may not escape.
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- Mimi Lavenda Latt. Ultimate Justice and others
- In a gripping legal thriller by the author of "Pursuit of Justice, " a young assistant DA finds herself reopening a case when new evidence comes to light--implicating her own father.
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- John Lescroart. The Oath and others
- Defense attorney Dismas Hardy makes a terrifying discovery while investigating the murder of the head of San Francisco's largest HMO: too many patients have been dying, and it looks like it is the hospital that is killing them. In "The Oath, " Lescroart pits Hardy and homicide lieutenant Abe Glitsky against each other in a story of bad medicine and hard-hitting justice.
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- Paul Levine. To Speak for the Dead and others
- Dr. Roger Salisbury knew seductive, beautiful Melanie Corrigan way back when she was a nude dancer in a seedy Miami bar. Now she's accused him of malpractice in the death of her wealthy husband, and, when that fails, she frames him for murder. As he hunts for the real murderer, narrator Jake Lassiter--Salisbury's sympathetic, witty, and nonconformist lawyer--falls for the dead man's attractive daughter, enlists the aid of a brainy ex-medical examiner, and narrowly escapes death himself.
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- John Martel. Billy Strobe and others
- Billy Strobe is a lawyer and an ex-con, a man who believes in the law but always seems to be on the wrong side of it. Working to clear the names of the two men he respects most in life, his quest for justice will ultimately force him to choose between loyalty and the safety of himself and a woman he has come to love.
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- Steve Martini. The Jury and others
- Lawyer Paul Madriani is called upon to defend a brilliant research physician--who just may be a killer. Madriani has ample reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man until a key witness for the prosecution dies unexpectedly, leaving an incriminating note behind. But the lawyer-sleuth soon begins to have doubts when he hits upon a potentially damning loose end.
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- Brad Meltzer. Dead Even and others
- A young Manhattan assistant D.A. is faced with a choice far more complicated than she could ever expect when she takes on a new case and is given the ultimatum: Win the case or her husband will be killed.
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- Perri O'Shaughnessy. Motion to Suppress and others
- In less than a week, attorney Nina Reilly's entire life has been turned upside down. Just recently a happily married lawyer in San Francisco, Nina is now a single parent hanging out a shingle in Lake Tahoe--and the hottest case in town just walked into her office in the form of cocktail waitress Misty Patterson, accused of killing her abusive husband with a small statue.
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- Barbara Parker. Suspicion of Innocence and others
- A smart and successful young attorney, Gail Connor is on the verge of a partnership with a major law firm in Miami. But her success is overshadowed when her sister is found murdered--and Gail becomes the prime suspect.
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- Nancy Taylor Rosenberg. Conflict of Interest and others
- A complex and profound novel featuring a veteran female district attorney attempting to reconstruct her shattered personal life when she is suddenly plunged into a moral, legal, and emotional nightmare.
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- Lisa Scottoline. Mistaken Identity and others
- Legal eagle Bennie Rosato is called to the local prison to consult on representation with Alice Connolly, a woman accused of murder. A dead ringer for Bennie, the incarcerated woman claims to be her long-lost twin sister.
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- Scott Turow. Reversible Errors and others
- The bestselling author of "Burden of Proof" returns with a supercharged, exquisitely suspenseful novel about a vicious triple murder and the man condemned to die for it. Further complicating the situation is that the judge who originally found the man guilty is only recently out of prison herself, having served time for taking bribes.
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