Legal Political Fiction

Thriller Jubilee is a renowned week-long writers conference held every year at the luxurious Hotel Marisol on the sun-drenched island of Punta Maya. Attracting literary luminaries and reading fans alike, this year’s conference is attended by one guest too many - a writer wannabe whose efforts have not received the recognition the author expects or, one might say, demands.

Joe Dillard, ex avvocato diventato procuratore distrettuale, indaga su un caso molto delicato che sconvolge la comunità di Johnson City, Tennessee. Le acque del lago Boone hanno restituito i corpi di tre giovani donne, assassinate. Sembrerebbe un ordinario, per quanto efferato, caso di pluriomicidio, se non fosse che il principale sospettato dell'uccisione delle ragazze è uno degli uomini più ricchi e potenti dello Stato, il che complica le cose...

Matt Wolfe, a brilliant young attorney with Native American roots unravels a murder-for-hire scheme at his prestigious Colorado law firm. Aided by his ranching girlfriend, a retired senator, and an ex-con, he must outmaneuver hired killers, corrupt lawyers, and powerful politicians. Is water worth dying for? It is in today's Wild, Wild West. For lovers of legal thrillers.

When David's wife dies at the hands of a corrupt medical system, David is out for justice. With his skills as a lawyer and position inside the biggest health insurance company in America - American True Care - he plans to bring down the system, from the inside. David begins to work his way up the company while recruiting a clandestine team to build a covert case against American True Care. But this is a dangerous game and the players have ties to the highest levels of government. Propped up by lobbyists, senators, and even the White House, American True Care will do whatever it takes

Chicago-style politics is front and center. When a sitting president has his roots in this sullied political heritage, it makes for news and leads to speculation. Not Black and White is a fictional account of many of the events that led to the meteoric rise of a local charismatic street politician to become America's first African American president and the downfall and imprisonment of two consecutive governors of the state of Illinois, along with several of their most trusted advisors and cohorts.

Tonya Hailey, ein zehnjähriges Mädchen, wurde von zwei betrunkenen Männern brutal vergewaltigt und missbraucht. Wenige Tage später erschießt Tonyas Vater Carl Lee Hailey die beiden Täter im Gerichtsgebäude, in dem sie zu einer ersten Anhörung vorgeführt wurden. Das Gerichtsverfahren, das gegen ihn eingeleitet wird, gerät zum Sensationsprozess. Denn: die beiden Gewaltverbrecher sind Weiße; Carl Lee ist ein Schwarzer.

Sophie ist glückliche Ehefrau des charismatischen Parlamentspolitikers James. Bis er ihr eine Affäre mit seiner Assistentin gesteht. Die ihn nun wegen Vergewaltigung verklagt. James leugnet und setzt auf die Loyalität des Premierministers, der ihm noch einen Gefallen schuldet. Staatsanwältin Kate sieht die Anklageschrift mit großem Interesse auf ihren Schreibtisch flattern. Aus Gründen, die in ihre Zeit in Oxford zurückreichen. Ein Prozess mit unerwartetem Finale stellt Loyalitäten auf den Prüfstand. Und verändert nicht nur Sophies und James' Leben.

Packend, humorvoll, berührend. Erstmals legt der Meister des Justizthrillers drei Kurzromane vor: 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.

British special agent Jeremiah Black, an officer of the King’s Guard, lands on a lonely beach in the wee hours of the morning in late November 1780. The revolution is in full swing but has become deadlocked. Black is here to change all that. His mission, aided by Loyalists, is to kidnap George Washington and spirit him back to London aboard the HMS Peregrine, a British sloop of war that is waiting closely offshore. Once he lands, though, the “aid by Loyalists” proves problematic because some would prefer just to kill the general outright.

Der Garten Gethsemane am Vorabend von Jesus' Kreuzigung ... Marc und Guido halten sich für die Größten, als sie sich über das Stromnetz in den Vatikanrechner hacken. Doch sie können nichts mit der Computersimulation von Jehudas Verrat anfangen, die plötzlich über ihren Bildschirm flimmert...

After serving two tumultuous years with the CIA, Tony Gannon quit after the military coup that overthrew Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973. Now a lawyer in 1981 Miami, a city impacted by the Mariel Boatlift from Cuba, Gannon is assigned to represent a judge accused of murdering a prominent Cuban exile. Since the judge refuses to cooperate in his own defense, Gannon must try, with the assistance of two people from his CIA days, to uncover the judge's motive to present a compelling defense. Will the judge end up on Death Row?

As the stock market is taking a nosedive and the nations banking system falls into crisis, Stan is asked by the CIA to help an operative unravel an IRS garnishment and ends up caught in a firefight between the IRS and the CIA. His day grows more complicated still as he receives the surprising news that he has been named executor over the estate of Lottie West, who has died in suspicious circumstances and who--Stan soon discovers--has been hiding priceless art treasures stolen during World War II.

It has been a long time since David Purdue, Sam Cleave, and Dr. Nina Gould worked side by side together, but as they come together to confront a new enemy, they may have to seek help from an old one: Julian Corvus. As tensions mount and old grudges are brought back into focus, the lost prophecies of Nostradamus prove to be the catalyst for a confrontation that could decide the fate of the future.

Having abandoned corporate law, David Adams is now the voice of justice for the city of Austin’s vulnerable outcasts. His new client is Parker Barnes, a trembling twelve-year-old runaway and foster-care poster boy arrested for petty theft. Dealt a rough hand in life, he reminds David of his own childhood. This should be a simple, if heartbreakingly familiar, case. Until the FBI muscles in. Parker is also a suspect in the murder of a federal witness. No matter how desperate Parker’s denial, David fears there’s so much more to the kid’s hard-luck story than he’s letting on.

He was a war hero and a member of Congress. Now he's dead - shot down the day after he made a scathing speech blasting corruption in Washington. For Sacramento police detectives Terry Nye and Rose Tafoya, the investigation is a time bomb. They have just twenty-four hours to find out if the congressman was killed because of his speech...or something far worse. Dennis Cooper is acting District Attorney during these critical twenty-four hours. He's in for the fight of his career and time is running out for everyone - and they know it.

From the most exciting writer of international thrillers since Robert Ludlum comes a riveting tale of intrigue that takes you right into the heart of the United Nations. Shock ripples through the U.N. at the stunning news: a special envoy has been murdered in the basement...

In einer spektakulären Aktion werden die handgeschriebenen Manuskripte von F. Scott Fitzgerald aus der Bibliothek der Universität Princeton gestohlen. Eine Beute von unschätzbarem Wert. Das FBI übernimmt die Ermittlungen, und binnen weniger Tage kommt es zu ersten Festnahmen. Ein Täter aber bleibt wie vom Erdboden verschluckt und mit ihm die wertvollen Schriften. Doch endlich gibt es eine heiße Spur.

Did career criminal Alonzo Barnett, in and out of prison since age 15, commit the latest drug deal he's accused of? Yup, he's guilty as charged. But is he guilty as sin? That's the question criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, the maverick known as Jaywalker, has to answer as he takes the court-appointed case. As Jaywalker is well aware, one wrong move, even for the right reason, can derail your life - and land an otherwise redeemed ex-con back in the slammer for years.

Sebastian Rudd ist kein typischer Anwalt. Seine Kanzlei ist ein Lieferwagen, eingerichtet mit Bar, Kühlschrank und Waffenschrank. Er arbeitet allein, sein einziger Vertrauter ist sein Fahrer, der zudem als Leibwächter und Golfcaddie fungiert. Sebastian Rudd verteidigt jene Menschen, die andere als den Bodensatz der Gesellschaft bezeichnen. Warum? Weil er Ungerechtigkeit verabscheut und überzeugt ist, dass jeder Mensch einen fairen Prozess verdient.

After the presidents' helicopter, Marine One, goes down in a brutal thunderstorm, the government blames the European manufacturer of the helicopter, accusing them of killing the president. Senate investigations and Justice Department accusations multiply as Mike Nolan, a Marine Corps reserve helicopter pilot and trial attorney in civilian life, is hired to defend the company from the criminal investigations and a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the most notorious lawyer in America.