Reed Arvin, Blood of Angels.
A Nashville D.A. is assigned to prosecute a Sudanese man accused of killing a white woman in a case that threatens to tear the city apart.

Larry Axelrood, The Advocate.
After successfully defending a woman accused of murdering her husband, attorney Darcy Cole finds himself and his client charged with insurance fraud by a zealous U.S. Attorney who’s running for governor of Illinois.

David Baldacci, The Simple Truth.
A man wrongly convicted of murder appeals to the Supreme Court, but the clerk who opens his appeal is murdered in an apparent cover-up.

Michael Baron, The Mourning Sexton.
After serving time for embezzlement, an attorney tries to make a fresh start and investigates the death of the daughter of a member of his minyan.

William Bernhardt, Primary Justice.
Ben Kincaid quits his job at the D.A.’s office and joins a prestigious law firm, where he learns that doing the right thing and representing his clients’ interests can be mutually exclusive. First in a series.

Jay Brandon, Rules of Evidence.
With his reputation on the line, an African-American criminal lawyer accepts as a client a white police detective accused of beating a black motorist to death.

D. W. Buffa, The Defense.
Joseph Antonelli, a brilliant defense attorney who has never lost a case, is forced to face up to the dark side of his profession when he defends a child rapist who is undoubtedly guilty. First in a series.

T. Davis Bunn, The Great Divide.
A lawyer who lost his children in a car accident agrees to represent a couple whose daughter disappeared in China while investigating the use of slave labor by U.S. companies.

Alafair Burke, Judgment Calls.
When a teenage prostitute is raped and left for dead, District Attorney Samantha Kincaid is determined to prosecute the perpetrator for attempted murder.

Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer. Mystery
An attorney defending a man accused of a violent assault realizes there may be a connection to one of his previous cases that resulted in a client getting a life sentence.

Rose Connors, Absolute Certainty.
After successfully convicting a man of a gruesome murder, a Cape Cod D.A. is troubled when a similar murder occurs.

Natasha Cooper, Prey to All. Mystery
While coping with her father’s illness, barrister Trish Maguire works to clear a woman accused of murdering her own sick father in a fit of anger. Part of a series.

William Coughlin, Shadow of a Doubt.
Charley Sloan, a recovering alcoholic on the verge of disbarment, agrees to help his ex-lover’s daughter who’s accused of killing her stepfather. 1st in a series.

David Cray, Bad Lawyer.
An attorney trying to revive his failed career eagerly takes on the defense of a woman accused of murdering her drug-dealing husband, but his client’s motives are unclear.

Robert Daley, Tainted Evidence.
Racial tensions in New York City explode during the trial of a man accused of killed five police officers.

Alan Dershowitz, Just Revenge.
Attorney Abe Ringel defends a man who exacted revenge on the officer who massacred his family 50 years ago.

Terry Devane, Juror Number Eleven.
Two criminal defense attorneys who get their Boston gangster client acquitted of murder receive a call for help from one of the jurors who then turns up dead.

William Diehl, Primal Fear.
Chicago Public Defender Martin Vail is assigned to defend an angelic-looking altar boy accused of slaughtering a beloved archbishop. First in a series.

Michael Eberhardt, Body of a Crime.
Representing a former baseball player who is accused of murdering his missing ex-girlfriend, rising young attorney Sean Barrett attempts to find out the truth behind the girl's disappearance.

David Ellis, Line of Vision.
An investment banker is tried for killing the abusive husband of a woman he was having an affair with.

Linda Fairstein, Final Jeopardy.
Alexandra Cooper, Manhattan's top sex crimes prosecutor, awakens one morning to shocking news: a headline announcing her own brutal murder.

Joseph Finder, High Crimes.
A lawyer learns her husband has been living under a false identity for 13 years when he’s court-martialed for a massacre in an El Salvador village that he claims was the fault of his commanding officer.

Michael Fredrickson, A Defense for the Dead.
A struggling attorney investigates when his name and phone number are found on the back of a photo among the possessions of a suspected serial killer.

J. F. Freedman, Above the Law.
Attorney Luke Garrison is asked to investigate when it appears that the DEA may have murdered a drug lord following a raid on his compound. Sequel to The Disappearance.

Philip Friedman, Reasonable Doubt.
Former Federal prosecutor Michael Ryan dusts off his legal skills in order to defend his daughter-in-law against accusations that she murdered his son.

Frances Fyfield, A Question of Guilt. Mystery
When a rich widow falls in love with her solicitor, she cold-bloodedly arranges for his wife's murder, and Crown Prosecutor Helen West and Detective Superintendent Geoffrey Bailey are assigned to investigate the case. First in a series.

Ira Genberg, Reckless Homicide.
An attorney at a prestigious law firm finds himself charged with reckless homicide for concealing the drug test results of his brother, an airline pilot who subsequently crashed his plane, killing 120 people.

Mark Gimenez, The Color of Law.
A Dallas attorney is forced to take the pro bono case of a prostitute accused of murdering the son of a senator and presidential candidate.

Joel Goldman, Cold Truth.
Lou Mason is hired to defend a troubled girl who confessed to pushing her mother—a popular radio psychiatrist—out a window. Part of a series.

George Dawes Green, The Juror.
A juror on a Mafia trial is told she must find the defendant not guilty or her son will be killed.

Tim Green, The Letter of the Law.
A Texas lawyer agrees to defend her former law school professor, who is accused of the mutilation death of a young law student with whom he was sexually involved.

James Grippando, Hear No Evil.
Jack Swyteck agrees to defend a woman accused of murdering her husband at Guantanamo Bay after she claims to be the adoptive mother of a son Jack never knew he had.

Lee Gruenfeld, The Expert.
The case against a computer mogul charged with treason for allegedly selling encryption technology to the Chinese is called into question by an expert witness who claims the technology cannot exist.

Brian Haig, Mortal Allies.
A JAG lawyer and his law school rival defend an officer accused of raping and murdering the son of South Korea’s defense minister. Part of a series.

Gary Hardwick, Supreme Justice.
When a conservative, African-American Supreme Court justice is assassinated in Detroit, it falls to U.S. attorney Marshall Jackson to investigate the inflammatory case.

Robert Heilbrun, Offer of Proof.
A public defender who gave up a high-powered career defends a kid from Harlem accused of killing a businesswoman.

George V. Higgins, Defending Billy Ryan.
A Boston lawyer who specializes in defending lowlifes takes on a case no one else wants when a public works commissioner is charged with corruption.

Jilliane Hoffman, Retribution.
A Miami D.A. realizes that the serial killer she’s prosecuting is the man who raped her years ago and that her involvement in jeopardizes the case.

Stephen Horn, In Her Defense.
A struggling attorney is hired by a socialite accused of murdering a prominent political figure.

David Hosp, Dark Harbor.
After a colleague is found dead in Boston Harbor, the lawyer assigned to replace her on a high-profile case begins to uncover the reasons for her murder.

Greg Iles, The Quiet Game.
A former prosecutor who quit his job to write novels returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, after his wife’s death and becomes involved in investigating a 30-year-old unsolved murder.

Michael A. Kahn, Bearing Witness. Mystery
An attorney files an age-discrimination lawsuit against a large corporation & uncovers a trail of dirty money going back to the Nazi era. Part of a series.

Stephanie Kane, Seeds of Doubt.
A D.A. takes on the case of a woman who served 30 years for killing a playmate as a child and now stands accused of another murder. Part of a series.

John Katzenbach, Hart’s War.
A law student in a German POW camp during World War II defends a fellow prisoner on trial for killing a racist and corrupt inmate.

Leila Kelly, False Witness.
The police think a woman’s murder was the result of a burglary, but Atlanta D.A. Laura Chastain suspects the woman’s husband despite his airtight alibi.

Baine Kerr, Wrongful Death.
A lawyer is appointed conservator for a woman in a coma who was once involved in an accident case he worked on.

Joseph Klempner, Felony Murder.
When the NYC Police Commissioner appears to have died of a heart attack during a mugging, a homeless man found with his wallet is charged with murder, but the man’s defense attorney suspects a cover-up.

Jean Hanff Korelitz, A Jury of Her Peers.
A homeless man accused of a shocking assault on a child is discovered to have a strange implant under his arm that leads his public defender to suspect a conspiracy that reaches the Supreme Court.

William Lashner, Hostile Witness.
An attorney with a failing practice is promised a shot at success if he helps defend a councilman’s aide on trial for extortion, arson and murder, but he soon realizes he’s in over his head.

Stan Latreille, Perjury.
Jack Brenner leaves his job as a public defender in Chicago to join small-town practice, where he’s appointed to defend a woman charged with perjury after accusing her husband of abusing their daughter.

Mimi Latt, Ultimate Justice.
A D.A. meets a dying woman who claims to have helped her husband cover up a murder years ago by bribing the D.A.’s father, who is now the Attorney General of Los Angeles.

Gus Lee, No Physical Evidence.
Though his own life is in crisis following the death of his daughter, San Francisco Assistant D.A. Joshua Jin throws his heart and soul into a seemingly impossible case involving a 13-year-old rape victim.

John Lescroart, Hard Evidence.
When a Silicon Valley billionaire’s hand is found in a shark’s belly, Dismas Hardy is entangled in San Francisco’s biggest murder trial, first as a prosecutor then as a suspect. Part of a series.

Paul Levine, 9 Scorpions.
A Supreme Court clerk who was once a stripper finds herself pressured by an airline CEO who knows her secret to try to sway the justice she clerks for to rule in his favor on a multimillion dollar lawsuit.

Harry Levy, Chain of Custody.
A medical malpractice attorney must find who’s out to frame him when he’s charged with murdering his wife based on DNA evidence.

Bonnie MacDougal, Angle of Impact.
A Philadelphia lawyer learns that the helicopter crash that killed her client was no accident.

Gregory MacGregor, Deadspin.
A high-powered litigator files a lawsuit against a billionaire who’s running for president not realizing the case has been engineered by a clandestine group with their own agenda.

Philip Margolin, The Undertaker’s Widow.
Despite his honorable intentions, an ethical judge presiding over the trial of a politician accused of conspiring to murder her husband ends up mired in a maze of deadly deceit.

John Martel, Billy Strobe.
A law student imprisoned for insider trading finishes his degree by correspondence course and devotes himself to proving the innocence of a fellow inmate.

Michelle Martinez, Most Wanted.
A federal prosecutor in New York happens upon a crime scene where a hotshot attorney was murdered and is determined to get the case.

Steve Martini, Compelling Evidence.
After being fired for having an affair with a partner’s wife, Paul Madriani is asked to defend his former lover who’s accused of killing her husband on the eve of his nomination to the Supreme Court. First in a series.

Claire Matturro, Skinny-Dipping.
A junior partner at a Florida law firm tries to figure why she was attacked and why a client died of poisoning. First in a series.

Brad Meltzer, The Tenth Justice.
Fresh out of Yale Law School, Ben Addison lands a coveted position as a Supreme Court clerk, but when he accidentally leaks the confidential outcome of an upcoming decision he finds himself entangled in a web of blackmail and betrayal.

John Mortimer, Rumpole on Trial. Mystery
A magnificent collection of stories combining mystery, whimsy, and insight into the workings of the British criminal justice system. Part of a series.

Perri O’Shaughnessy, Motion to Suppress.
Burned-out attorney Nina Reilly leaves a failed marriage and fast-paced life to start a practice in Lake Tahoe, but soon gets involved defending a woman who hit her husband in self-defense

Barbara Parker, Suspicion of Innocence.
Smart and successful Miami attorney Gail Connor finds her life beginning to fall apart after her wild younger sister’s body is discovered in the Everglades. First in a series.

Richard North Patterson, Protect and Defend.
A nominee for Supreme Court Justice is drawn into the case of a teenage girl whose parents want to stop her from aborting a child with a severe birth defect.

Jodi Picoult, Plain Truth.
An attorney dissatisfied with her career agrees to defend an unmarried Amish teenager accused of killing her newborn baby.

Barry Reed, The Deception.
An attorney confronts the Archdiocese of Boston and a renowned psychiatrist when a tennis prodigy being treated for depression at a Catholic hospital attempts suicide.

Rob Reuland, Hollowpoint.
A Brooklyn Assistant D.A. who feels guilty about his daughter’s death in a car accident tries to determine whether a 14-year-old girl was shot by her own mother.

Kermit Roosevelt, In the Shadow of the Law.
Lawyers at a powerful Washington firm work on a pro bono death penalty case and a class action suit against a chemical company where dozens of workers were killed in an explosion.

Nancy T. Rosenberg, Mitigating Circumstances.
An Assistant D.A. decides to take the law into her own hands after she and her daughter are brutally attacked. Sequel is Buried Evidence.

David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut.
A lawyer’s D.A. father asks him to take on the appeal of a death row inmate he prosecuted, but when his father dies suddenly the lawyer makes a connection between the case and a secret in his father’s past.

Lisa Scottoline, Legal Tender.
Benedetta Rosato is a lawyer who prosecutes police misconduct cases, but when she becomes a murder suspect, the cops she once prosecuted come after her with a vengeance. Part of a series.

Barry Siegel, Perfect Witness.
As Greg Monarch tries to defend his former law partner against murder charges he is thwarted by a witness whose testimony he can’t shake though he knows she’s hiding something. First in a series.

Sheldon Siegel, Special Circumstances.
Mike Daley, an attorney starting his own practice after being fired, agrees to defend a colleague from his old firm who is accused of murdering a senior partner. First in a series.

Jeff Stetson, Blood on the Leaves.
A Mississippi D.A. is assigned to prosecute an African-American professor accused of murdering two notorious racists.

Edward Sullivan, The Majority Rules.
A newly appointed judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals realizes that the Chief Justice who recommended him has a hidden agenda.

Robert Tanenbaum, No Lesser Plea.
A remorseless killer who always beats the system tries to avoid a conviction by pleading insanity, but New York City D.A. Butch Karp is determined to prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. First in a series.

William Tapply, Death at Charity’s Point. Mystery
A woman hires Boston lawyer Brady Coyne to uncover the truth behind her son’s apparent suicide, promising him a hefty percentage of the life insurance payoff if he overturns the coroner’s ruling. First in a series.

Simon Tolkien, Final Witness.
A teenage boy witnesses his mother's murder and accuses his father's personal assistant of arranging the murder so she could marry his father.

Lucien Truscott, Heart of War.
An attorney from the Judge Advocate General's Office is assigned to investigate the homicide of a young female lieutenant at Fort Benning.

Scott Turow, Personal Injuries.
A personal injury lawyer implicated for bribery agrees to help a determined U.S. Attorney follow a trail of corruption to the top.

Marianne Wesson, Render up the Body.
Former prosecutor Lucinda Hayes shocks her colleagues at the rape crisis center where she works by agreeing to handle the appeal of a death row inmate convicted of raping and murdering his girlfriend. First in a series.

Kate Wilhelm, Death Qualified.
Retired attorney Barbara Holloway returns to the courtroom to defend a woman accused of killing her husband, who suddenly reappeared in her life after working for seven years in a mysterious research facility. First in a series.