Legal Crime Fiction

A gripping and thought-provoking legal thriller that redefines the genre—by critically acclaimed writer and criminal defense attorney, Gabriel Urza, author of All That Followed. What if justice isn’t something the legal system is truly capable of? The Silver State follows Santi, a law...

Take a no-holds-barred proxy war for a rich Texas oil company, with Jerry Conway, its young president, fighting for survival. Add a beautiful woman in a mudpack and not much else who gives up a freshly fired .38 to Conway before she shows him the door. Top it off with the body of another young woman with a bullet in her chest fired by the same gun, and you have the recipe for the perfect murder - and the perfect frame-up.

When Atlanta reporter Cal Murphy and his wife, Kelly, make a stop in Millersville as a favor to a family friend to find out what's really going on, the powers that be frown on the attention. It doesn't take long before Cal and Kelly rile up the town and its corrupt law enforcement - and they find themselves fighting for their lives and livelihood in the pursuit of not only the truth but justice.

When the longtime abuse by a university’s softball coach of teenagers in its youth summer softball program—and the university’s strategic cover-up of those crimes—comes to light, a community is turned upside down in this drama-filled thriller perfect for fans of Kate Elizabeth Russell and Allison Leotta.

Der atemberaubende neue Thriller der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin. Anwältin Leigh musste schon immer härter kämpfen als andere. Denn ihre Kindheit war geprägt von Gewalt und wurde vor Jahrzehnten durch ein brutales Verbrechen abrupt beendet. Seitdem sucht sie Schutz hinter der unauffälligen Fassade ihres gutbürgerlichen Lebens. Bis sie den Auftrag bekommt, die Verteidigung eines mutmaßlichen Vergewaltigers zu übernehmen. Der Fall könnte Leighs Karriere einen mächtigen Schub verpassen.

Graham Greene's first published novel tells the story of Andrews, a young man who has betrayed his fellow smugglers and fears their vengeance. Fleeing from them, with no hope of pity or salvation, he takes refuge in the house of a young woman, also alone in the world. Elizabeth persuades him to give evidence against his accomplices in court, but neither she nor Andrews is aware that to both criminals and authority, treachery is as great a crime as smuggling.

Denver, 1992. Claudette Cooper, Moses King, and Dexter Diaz have been failed by the justice system. Claudette was sexually assaulted. Blinded by her perpetrator, she’s not able to identify him until she has a dream. As a result of that dream, Moses is wrongfully convicted. Dexter gave a false confession to murder after a grueling and unethical interrogation. Now, he faces a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

Five years ago, when Akash Hingorani won a trial in court for his friends Priti and Vansh Diwan, he lost his heart to the presiding judge, Shilpa Singh. But the passionate start to their relationship would meet a swift end. And then, nine months after the affair is over, Akash gets a call for help from Judge Shilpa Singh.

Esattamente un anno dopo la cattura di Warren Hoyt, il serial killer soprannominato il Chirurgo, un nuovo incubo è calato su Boston. Come uno spettro, l’assassino si introduce nelle case. Per giorni studia giovani coppie, poi le sorprende nel sonno, stordisce il marito, lo lega costringendolo a guardare le violenze subite dalla moglie e alla fine gli taglia la gola. Della giovane donna, nessuna traccia. Rimane solo la firma del serial killer che giornalisti e poliziotti chiamano già il Dominatore: la camicia da notte della vittima macchiata di sangue ma ordinatamente ripiegata su una sedia.

Packend, authentisch, unerbittlich – eine Anwältin und das organisierte Verbrechen. Ein Routinefall, denkt die Münchner Rechtsanwältin Clara Niklas. Der italienische Pizzabäcker Angelo Malafonte wurde mit ein paar Gramm Marihuana erwischt. Aber völlig unerwartet verurteilt der Richter ihn zu achtzehn Monaten Haft. Als Malafonte im Gefängnis zusammengeschlagen wird, beginnt Clara die Angst ihres Mandanten zu verstehen. Aber nur langsam durchschaut sie die wahren Hintergründe des Falles. Und da ist sie schon viel zu tief eingedrungen in eine infame Geschichte von Verrat und Gewalt. Eine Geschichte, aus der es kein Entkommen gibt.

In this gripping thriller, truth and justice are called into question when a Black man is gunned down in cold blood—the first novel in a riveting series from renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump. “A sensationally good crime and legal thriller . . . This is exactly what a book should be...

Vor über einem Jahr hat der Strafverteidiger Eddie Flynn vor Gericht einen folgenschweren Fehler begangen – und sich danach geschworen, niemals mehr einen Fall zu übernehmen. Doch nun muss er Olek Volchek, den berüchtigten Paten der New Yorker Russenmafia, gegen eine Mordanklage verteidigen. Volchek droht, Eddies elfjährige Tochter Amy umzubringen, falls er sich weigert.

Vor drei Jahren hat der Anwalt Mack Stafford eine große Summe Geld veruntreut und ist untergetaucht. Nun liegt seine Frau im Sterben, und Jake Brigance soll ihm dabei helfen, zurückzukehren. Seit zwölf Jahren sitzt Cody in der Todeszelle, und an diesem Tag soll das Urteil vollstreckt werden. Doch er hat noch einen Wunsch. Zwei Brüder führen gemeinsam eine Kanzlei, obwohl sie sich gegenseitig zutiefst verabscheuen. Einig sind sie sich nur in ihrem Hass auf den Vater. Sie spinnen eine Intrige gegen ihn – mit verhängnisvollen Folgen.

Kate Stone swore an oath to uphold the law. But is it time to take justice into her own hands? THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE… Assistant DA Kate Stone has just suffered the biggest loss of her career. She’d worked so hard to prosecute a serial assaulter of women, and it was a case she should...

Gifted young New York lawyer Alec Brno gets the career boost of a lifetime: The chance to try a huge fraud case that's making international headlines. But he risks it all when he falls for an alluring young woman whose estranged husband is a sadistic Mafia don - and the criminal mastermind behind Alec's case. This fast-paced legal thriller set in the Mad Men era grabs you and doesn't let go. Moving from Wall Street power centers to Maine fishing towns, Pardon the Ravens follows Alec's journey.

Questa non sarà un’autopsia di routine. L’anatomopatologa Maura Isles ne è certa. Ad attenderla, all’ospedale, c’è lei: Madame X, coperta interamente da bende di lino impregnate di resina, che risalgono a duemila anni prima. I suoi organi interni sono stati asportati, solo il cuore è rimasto al suo posto, perché è lì che gli antichi egizi credevano risiedesse l’intelligenza. Madame X infatti è una mummia, ritrovata per caso negli scantinati di un museo. Quando la TAC arriva alle gambe, Maura scorge qualcosa di impossibile.

Jill Clark is determined to hold a hospital accountable for the death of her mother, who died during the chaotic early days of the COVID pandemic. Her death was attributed to the virus. But was COVID the cause of death? Adamant that hospital staff essentially murdered her mother through sheer negligence, Jill hires Tony Valenti and Penelope Brooks to sue the hospital. A fissure soon opens in Tony and Penelope's relationship as the case plunges them into a bewildering maze of explosive secrets that hint at alternative explanations—revelations that unleash hidden dangers.

Yesterday John Fontanelli was just a pizza delivery guy in New York City. One day later, he's the richest man in the world. One trillion dollars - one million times one million - $1,000,000,000,000: more money than anyone could imagine. For generations the Vacchis, an old Italian family of lawyers and asset managers, had supervised the fortune as it grew over five hundred years, until one particular date that the benefactor had stipulated in his will.

William Benson knows what it's like to be accused of something you didn't do - the fear, the vulnerability and the nightmare of watching your life unravel. Now he speaks on behalf of those who have no voice, defending anyone who claims to be innocent. This time, it's Karmen Naylor, estranged daughter of a south London crime boss, fighting a murder charge and desperate to be believed. But Benson becomes trapped into a grudge match between two rival clans, endangering himself and those he loves.

Homicide prosecutor David Brunelle faces the most difficult case of his career. An innocent young girl is murdered in a heinous, unforgivable way. The only evidence against the killer is the full confession of his accomplice - another young girl he also victimized. But the accomplice is charged with the murder as well, which means that she has the right to remain silent. And she's so scared of the killer, she refuses to take a deal to testify against him.