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Author
Series
Jane Smith volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders. She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt. But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months. Unless she's murdered before her expiration date" --
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Singapore, three very different women--Dara, a workaholic lawyer from the UK; Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker from Nigeria; and Lillian, a pianist turned "trailing spouse" from the United States--find their lives inexplicably intertwined upon the arrival of a handsome and mysterious man from Geneva who brings their worlds crashing down.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
4) Kate's vow
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Overwhelmed by single fatherhood, widower David Winthrop feared he was failing his savvy, sad-eyed, ten-year-old son. Still, he never expected hotshot divorce attorney Kate Newton to descend upon him like some avenging angel, bristling with maternal indignation on behalf of Davey junior, her pint-size "client." Worse, David found himself itching to peel away Kate's power pinstripes... But could this tough lady lawyer, so adept at wrenching marriages...
5) Final appeal
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When whip-smart criminal defense lawyer Joanna Chylka is tasked with defending the son of her law firm's biggest client, she is stumped for the first time in her career. Her client, Piotr Langer Jr., does not admit guilt, but neither does he claim innocence. Assisted by the firm's newest trainee, Kordian Orynski, Johanna finds herself in a maze of tangled evidence. Piotr is alleged to have sat in his apartment for ten days with two corpses before...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Georgia. Matt and Elena Thompson present the picture of perfection, but their life isn't all it seems. Their marriage is on the rocks, and financial disaster looms. When Matt is killed in a hunting accident, attorney Liz Acosta is looking for job experience before she seeks a position with a big-time firm. Connor Grantham isn't sure that shepherding a rural congregation is what he wants to do with his life, but was drawn into the Thompson's world...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times, bestselling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love.
A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Kelly McCann is a fighter. She's fought to build a successful legal career, fought for the special needs of her family, and tirelessly fought for her clients. Her specialty is defending men accused of sex crimes--falsely accused, she always maintains. Her detractors call her a traitor to her gender, but she doesn't care. Badass and brilliant, Kelly simply loves to win, and as the story opens, she's done it again, securing an acquittal for a renowned...
Author
Series
Butterfly Bayou volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Jayna Cardet returns to Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou to practice law, but when her first case pits her against her high school crush, attorney Quaid Havery, she is stunned when he wants to get to know her, and so begins a courtship destined to end in a wedding or a war.
10) Jaded
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A young lawyer wakes up the morning after a work gala with no memory of how she got home the previous night and must figure out what, exactly, happened-and how much she's willing to put up with to make her way to the top of the corporate ladder.
11) The cutaway
Author
Publisher
37 INK/Atria
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"There's something about the disappearance of a beautiful young attorney--she leaves a Georgetown restaurant after a dispute with her husband, and is never seen alive again--that grips television news producer Virginia Knightly from the moment the 'MISSING' notice lands on her desk. A brilliant producer, but also a tormented soul and an isolated workaholic, Virginia--the only woman of power at her station--has an instant and eerie sense of connection...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When attorney Vanessa Lyons is denied her partnership, she can only assume that her affair with Matthew Brooks was the reason. Then, on a crowded Manhattan street corner, a knife leaves behind a scene of horror. But with so many having been betrayed, and no one telling the truth, will the murderer be brought to justice?
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A federal prosecutor, Nora Carleton, enters into a high-stakes investigation involving conspiracy, corruption, and danger when a mobster she is trying to convict offers information about an assassination in the first crime novel from the former director of the FBI.
When a years-long case against a powerful mobster finally cracks and an unimpeachable witness takes the stand, federal prosecutor Nora Carleton is looking forward to putting the defendant...
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This Western-themed collection of stories from four best-selling romance authors follows four women as they pledge to return Camp Phoenix, a summer program for at-risk youth, to its former glory, but long-standing rivalries and old flames get in the way.
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"India, 1922: Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor. Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women's hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. The grandson of an influential Gujarati businessman catches fire-but a servant, his young ayah, Sunanda, rushes to save him, selflessly...
Author
Series
Lone McGantry western volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Former Indian scout Lone McGantry is hired by Harriet Munro, a fiery woman lawyer seeking to make a name for herself on the western Nebraska frontier. Munro has taken the case of beautiful young Roxanne Bigbee -- a desperate fugitive fleeing a trumped-up murder conviction and a hangman's noose. But before she can appear for the re-trial that Harriet has arranged, Roxanne must be rescued from the current threatening situation her flight has placed...
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