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Bitter Truthby William LashnerISBN 006056038X (0-06-056038-X)
Softcover, Harper Torch
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The Case of the Dangerous Dowagerby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345331923 (0-345-33192-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Case of the Daring Divorceeby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345320034 (0-345-32003-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Case of the Foot-Loose Dollby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345312732 (0-345-31273-2)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Case of the Glamorous Ghostby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 034530781X (0-345-30781-X)
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Case of the Sunbather Diaryby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345305582 (0-345-30558-2)
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Close Caseby Alafair BurkeISBN 0312940572 (0-312-94057-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Color Of Lawby Mark GimenezISBN 0307275000 (0-307-27500-0)
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The Courtby William J. CoughlinISBN 0312970277 (0-312-97027-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Dead in the Waterby Stuart WoodsISBN 0061093491 (0-06-109349-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead in the Water'Book summary:Stuart Woods has created no better known or loved character than the ex-cop, Manhattan attorney, and investigator, Stone Barrington, whose work treads the thin line between the respectable practice of law and the dark side of humanity.
In Dead in the Water, Stone has barely arrived in St. Marks, a lovely Caribbean island nation, on a sailing vacation when something very strange happens: A beautiful young woman sails into the harbor, entirely alone on a large yacht. Before long she is under the intense scrutiny of local authorities in the very considerable person of Sir Winston Sutherland, the minister of Justice. The problem is, though she arrived alone, she had departed the other side of the Atlantic in the company of her husband, a well-known writer, who is no longer in evidence.
Evidence is what fascinates Stone Barrington, and before many pages have been turned, he is all that stands between the apparently innocent Allison Manning and the patently evil intent of Sir Winston, whose motives are unclear. What is clear is that the St. Marks' system of justice bears little resemblance to the American courts to which Stone is accustomed and that his smallest error could prove fatal to his client
Inextricably caught in a swirling storm of island madness and murder, made worse by a hurricane of sensational press coverage, Stone can hardly find the time to indulge his usual romantic inclinations, but he learns that, even under the intense illumination of a Caribbean sun, nothing is what it seems to be, and no one can be trusted.
Dead in the Water is a roller-coaster ride teeming with plot twists, which have made the novels of Stuart Woods New York Times bestsellers and international hits. [via]
Dead Ringerby Lisa ScottolineISBN 0060514949 (0-06-051494-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Devil's Cornerby Lisa ScottolineISBN 0060742895 (0-06-074289-5)
Softcover, Harper Torch
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Dirty Blondeby Lisa ScottolineISBN 0060742917 (0-06-074291-7)
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Everywhere That Mary Wentby Lisa ScottolineISBN 0060540478 (0-06-054047-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Final Appealby Lisa ScottolineISBN 0060539550 (0-06-053955-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Gone, Baby, Goneby Dennis LehaneISBN 0061336211 (0-06-133621-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gone, Baby, Gone'Book summary:Cheese Olamon, "a six-foot-two, four-hundred-and-thirty-pound yellow-haired Scandinavian who'd somehow arrived at the misconception he was black," is telling his old grammar school friends Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro why they have to convince another mutual chum, the gun dealer Bubba Rugowski, that Cheese didn't try to have him killed. "You let Bubba know I'm clean when it comes to what happened to him. You want me alive. Okay? Without me, that girl will be gone. Gone-gone. You understand? Gone, baby, gone." Of all the chilling, completely credible scenes of sadness, destruction, and betrayal in Dennis Lehane's fourth and very possibly best book about Kenzie and Gennaro, this moment stands out because it captures in a few pages the essence of Lehane's success.
Private detectives Kenzie and Gennaro, who live in the same working-class Dorchester neighborhood of Boston where they grew up, have gone to visit drug dealer Cheese in prison because they think he's involved in the kidnapping of 4-year-old Amanda McCready. Without sentimentalizing the grotesque figure of Cheese, Lehane tells us enough about his past to make us understand why he and the two detectives might share enough trust to possibly save a child's life when all the best efforts of traditional law enforcement have failed. By putting Kenzie and Gennaro just to one side of the law (but not totally outside; they have several cop friends, a very important part of the story), Lehane adds depth and edge to traditional genre relationships. The lifelong love affair between Kenzie and Gennaro--interrupted by her marriage to his best friend--is another perfectly controlled element that grows and changes as we watch. Surrounded by dead, abused, and missing children, Kenzie mourns and rages while Gennaro longs for one of her own. So the choices made by both of them in the final pages of this absolutely gripping story have the inevitability of life and the dazzling beauty of art.
Other Kenzie/Gennaro books available in paperback: Darkness, Take My Hand, A Drink Before the War, Sacred. --Dick Adler [via]
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The Heart of Justiceby William J. CoughlinISBN 0312955510 (0-312-95551-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Heartstoneby Phillip MargolinISBN 006073969X (0-06-073969-X)
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Hell to Payby George P. PelecanosISBN 0316695068 (0-316-69506-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Hostile Witnessby William LashnerISBN 0061009881 (0-06-100988-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hostile Witness'Book summary:Struggling to survive in his meager two-member partnership, Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl is asked to represent a chief aide to a crooked councilman, who wants Carl to play along while the aide is set up. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. Tour. [via]
In Contemptby Christopher A. Darden, Jess WalterISBN 0061095982 (0-06-109598-2)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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In Contemptby Jess Walter, Christopher A. DardenISBN 0060391839 (0-06-039183-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Contempt'Book summary:An examination of the trial of OJ Simpson for the murder of his wife, for which he was recently found not guilty, which addresses the evidence brought forward in the trial and discusses the consequences of the not guilty verdict for the American legal and racial scene. [via]
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In Her Defenseby Stephen HornISBN 0061098752 (0-06-109875-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Her Defense'Book summary:In Her Defense is a sharply funny and ironic debut legal thriller that obligingly serves up all the best elements of the genre: a seemingly unwinnable case, mysterious forces conspiring against the attorney and his client, and a tumblingly relentless pace. D.C. defense attorney Frank O'Connell isn't climbing the career ladder anymore--he's been to the top, looked around, and then jumped. Deeply unsatisfied with his comfortable life, he's abandoned a successful partnership with his powerful father-in-law, jettisoned his marriage, and is clinging to an uncertain existence funded by court appointments to represent indigent shoplifters and drug dealers: "I was in trouble and I knew it. I'd come to rely on little tasks and routines, like closing the sofa bed each morning and washing the dishes as soon as I ate--not to mark my progress but as hedges against a backslide into oblivion."
Enter Ashley Bronson, a beautiful and wealthy socialite who stands accused of murdering her father's best friend, Raymond Garvey. Ashley claims that Garvey drove her father to suicide but won't explain how or why. Frank is a pragmatist, keenly appreciative of life's myriad ironies: "I could probably design a trial strategy around her physical assets alone--get a jury of men, put her on the stand, and have her look 'em in the eye and talk. Christ, she could read the phone book and we'd get a deadlock. It was too bad I knew she was guilty." Ashley's admission of guilt and Frank's desperate attempt to create a trial strategy over, under, around, and through that admission make for a cleverly Machiavellian legal procedural. Add to this Frank's growing conviction that something isn't quite "clicking" in this seemingly open-and-shut case, and you've got a narrative that accelerates toward an unashamedly over-the-top denouement. In Her Defense is a welcome addition to a crowded genre--we hope that Frank O'Connell (and Stephen Horn) will be around for many more pitched legal battles. --Kelly Flynn [via]
In the Presence of Enemiesby William J. CoughlinISBN 0312951647 (0-312-95164-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Jack & Jill: A Novelby James PattersonISBN 0316693715 (0-316-69371-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Judgmentby William J. CoughlinISBN 0312962444 (0-312-96244-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Judgment Callsby Alafair BurkeISBN 0312997205 (0-312-99720-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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L.A. Timesby Stuart WoodsISBN 0061091561 (0-06-109156-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Lasko Tangentby Richard North PattersonISBN 034532532X (0-345-32532-X)
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The Last Coyote: Library Editionby Michael ConnellyISBN 0312958455 (0-312-95845-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Last Coyote/Trunk Musicby Michael ConnellyISBN 0312353774 (0-312-35377-4)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Last to Dieby James GrippandoISBN 0060005564 (0-06-000556-4)
Softcover, Harper Torch
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last to Die'Book summary:Dangle $46 million in front of six people and tell them the last one standing gets it all. From that shopworn yet undeniably tantalizing premise springs Grippando's latest thriller starring Miami attorney Jack Swyteck. The big pot of money comes from wealthy divorcee Sally Fenning, who leaves an enormous estate following her murder. Not only is her death suspicious, the terms of her will are insidiously cunning. None of the six heirs, all people Fenning despised, can collect until all but one has either died or renounced their share of the inheritance. The common denominator is that all were connected to the murder of Fenning's daughter five years earlier. There is Fenning's ex-husband, his divorce attorney, the prosecutor who failed to bring charges against any suspect, the newspaper reporter who wrote about the case and a mystery man who can't be immediately located. Swyteck's client, hitman Tatum Knight, is the only one not connected to the little girl's murder, though his tie to Fenning is odious in its own right: Fenning tried to hire him to kill her, but he steadfastly denies taking the job. As expected, someone starts knocking off heirs. Those who survive are brutally intimidated into dropping their claim on the estate. Swyteck, meanwhile, scrambles to find out who's behind it all while balancing a love affair on the side. [via]
Missing Justiceby Alafair BurkeISBN 0312933150 (0-312-93315-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Mystic Riverby Dennis LehaneISBN 0060185635 (0-06-018563-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mystic River'Book summary:Dennis Lehane's Mystic River takes the material of the ordinary police procedural thriller and shapes it into heart-break. As boys, Jimmy, Dave and Sean were friends, until one day Dave was abducted by two men pretending to be cops, and was never quite the same again. As men, Dave is a damaged fantasist, safe in a quietly happy marriage; Jimmy a retired criminal making a good respectable living for the sake of his children; and Sean is the homicide cop who finds himself investigating the murder of Jimmy's eldest daughter Katie. This is not just a book about what becomes of the children who grow into adults; it is about what happens to a neighbourhood when the rules change, when an old established working-class district acquires gentrified espresso bars at one end and the beats of the city's most dangerous whores at the other. It is also a book about the tragedy of all sudden violent deaths; we never forget our sense of Katie as she was, dancing on the last night of her life--she is never just the corpse here, never just the object of mourning and investigation. --Roz Kaveney [via]
No Defenseby Kate WilhelmISBN 0312209533 (0-312-20953-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Pactby Jodi PicoultISBN 006085880X (0-06-085880-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pact'Book summary:Until the phone calls came at three o'clock on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily is deadshot with a gun her beloved and devoted Chris pilfered from his father's cabinet as part of an apparent suicide pactleaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew.
From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoultone of the most powerful writers in contemporary fictioncomes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.
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Privileged Informationby Tom AlibrandtISBN 0061002259 (0-06-100225-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Running from the Lawby Lisa ScottolineISBN 0061094110 (0-06-109411-0)
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Santa Fe Rulesby Stuart WoodsISBN 0061090891 (0-06-109089-1)
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Shadow of a Doubtby William J. CoughlinISBN 0312938020 (0-312-93802-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadow of a Doubt'Book summary:When her daughter is accused of murdering her millionaire husband, attorney Charley Sloan's ex-mistress, Robin Harwell, begs Sloan to take the case. By the author of The Twelve Apostles. Reprint. [via]
The Thomas Berryman Numberby James PattersonISBN 0316693618 (0-316-69361-8)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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The Verdictby Barry ReedISBN 0312929544 (0-312-92954-4)
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Veritasby William LashnerISBN 0061010235 (0-06-101023-5)
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Wild Justiceby Phillip MargolinISBN 0061030635 (0-06-103063-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wild Justice'Book summary:When a killing field is unearthed in the Oregon woods, it's linked to a Portland surgeon whose increasingly aggressive behavior and explosive temper have already drawn the attention of his colleagues. Neophyte attorney Amanda Jaffe takes second chair to her father, a successful criminal lawyer retained by Dr. Vincent Cardoni when he is charged with multiple counts of murder. The victims have one thing in common: they are missing vital organs, which were clearly harvested by an expert surgeon. In this explosive and fast-paced suspense thriller, the forensic evidence against Cardoni is so convincing that even after his acquittal on a technicality, the reader, like Amanda, is sure of his guilt. And when a similar field of mutilated bodies turns up years later, Cardoni is again the primary suspect. But Cardoni has disappeared, and this time it's his former wife, Justine Castle, who's implicated in the new crimes, and Amanda who's retained as the lead attorney in the case.
The particulars of the killings are so similar to the first set of murders that Amanda is convinced Cardoni is involved. When he is found to be working at the same hospital where he was once a promising surgeon (this time as a custodian and under an assumed name), she draws the logical conclusion. But when she finds Cardoni's severed hand at the scene of the crimes, she is forced to rethink the assumptions on which her defense of the doctor's ex-wife is based. Could Justine, in fact, be the killer? Author Phillip Margolin's newest book moves at an almost frantic pace. Bodies pile up, evidence mounts, and everything points to Cardoni's guilt until the end, a stunner that surprises Amanda as well as the reader. This chilling, deftly crafted novel will hold the reader's attention to the last page. --Jane Adams [via]
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