Suspense Law

Abel Yeager is dead broke, down on his luck, and suffering from a serious case of what-the-hell-does-it-matter. His transition from active Marine to stateside long-haul trucker hit a wicked speed bump, when his rig was involved in a wreck that claimed the life of a pregnant woman and laid him up for several months. Back at work but deeply in debt, Yeager meets bookstore owner Charlie Buchanan in St. Louis and jumps at the chance to haul a load of remainder books to Austin for her. On the way south, a crew of truck thieves tracks his every move.

When the death of Isaiah “Zay” Turner awakens controversy in the Midwest, Jennifer Davis and attorney Marcus Brown band together to bring the Turner family their deserved justice. They work closely as a team to conquer allyship, defeat agenda-setting narratives, and decriminalize Isaiah’s name--alongside his mother, uncle, and girlfriend Tiara.

A president, with an election looming as his second term nears an end, conspires with the wealthy and politically powerful Boston Brahmin to bring the country to its knees. While ordinary Americans struggle for survival, others demand answers. A centuries old cadre of Bostonians with roots dating back to the Founding Fathers, are forced to face the tough questions....

When King Edward II is informed that his wife, Queen Isabella, has defied him and remained in France with their son, he flies into a rage. It is Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock who have broken the news to him and are now no longer in the king’s favour. They return to their homes in Devon, but they find that outlaws hold sway in the land. Sir Robert, a knight from the King’s household, has turned outlaw from his castle near Crediton. When a pair of clerics are found murdered, Baldwin and Simon are asked to investigate.

"Bist du in Noah verliebt?" Bei jeder anderen hätte Mercedes die Arme verschränkt, die Brust herausgeschoben und ihre Gefühle herausposaunt. Doch es war Cora, die fragte, Cora – tapfer, zerbrochen und wunderschön. Es war Cora, die Noah ebenso sehr liebte wie sie selbst. Und deshalb log Mercedes – und mit dieser Lüge verlor sie ihn. Sie war Freundin, Brautjungfer, Patentante. Sie war der Fels in der Brandung für ihre beiden besten Freunde – bis zu dem Augenblick, als das spröde Fundament ihrer Welt in sich zusammenbrach und sie alle fielen und fielen.

David Taggert steht, so oft er kann, im Ring und hat doch nichts, wofür es sich zu kämpfen lohnt. Aber das ändert sich schlagartig, als sich Millie Anderson trotz ihrer Blindheit als Tänzerin in seiner Bar bewirbt. Nichts an Millie ist gewöhnlich, und David ist vom ersten Augenblick an fasziniert von ihr. Auch Millie hat in ihrer Vergangenheit Dinge erlebt, an denen sie beinahe zerbrochen wäre. Und so lässt sich David auf den wichtigsten Kampf seines Lebens ein...

A fallen angel and an assassin walk into a bar...For nearly 70 years, Murphy's had the worst luck any fallen could ever have. The Collector - a title Murphy never wanted - can't seem to do his job: Collect a soul. And after 70 years, Murphy's not so sure he wants to go back to the Below. Joy is a practitioner of one of the world's oldest professions. Murderer for hire, assassin, hitwoman - Joy's your lady if the money's right. Brought together by a job and dropped into the political machinations of the Above and Below, Murphy and Joy have to decide where their loyalties lie.

The thrills of 24, the swagger of Reacher and the smarts of Spooks. There’s a mercenary on the streets of London, protected by a gangland boss and bankrolled by members of the government, all of whom are embroiled in a plot to subvert democracy that puts thousands of lives at risk. This is the thrilling debut novel by Ben Bruce, an explosive, fast paced thriller that opens up the world of The Regulators Jack Quinn and Adam Morgan, as they work with tenacious NCA officer Thea Watts to stop the plot, before it’s too late.

One night, while on duty with her four-legged crime-fighting companion, Meg gets an urgent call from her boyfriend, Seth, who works for the Fort Worth fire department. A baby girl has turned up at the station with only two clues to her identity: One is a peace-sign symbol stitched into her blanket. The other is a word, written in string: help.

The Count of Monte Cristo is a tale of revenge and retribution. Edmond Dantes, a young, energetic sailor, is falsely accused of treason on his wedding day and incarcerated in the forbidding Chateau d'If prison. His escape and ultimate revenge on those who wronged him makes this one of the most thrilling stories in French literature, as compelling now as when it was first published in 1846.

Black rookie cop Trevor “Finn” Finnegan aspires to become a top-ranking officer in the Los Angeles Police Department and fix a broken department. A fast-track promotion to detective in the coveted Robbery-Homicide Division puts him closer to achieving his goal. Four years later, calls for police accountability rule the headlines. The city is teeming with protests for racial justice. When the body of a murdered black academy recruit is found in the Angeles National Forest, Finn is tasked to investigate.

With a cast of characters to rival War and Peace, Nathan runs the gamut from delicious lampoon to brutal assault, as he mercilessly sketches many of the characters he has encountered in white-shoe business law and civil litigation. The central character, a towering sociopath who personifies the late-millennial Gold Rush mentality that took hold at one of the City's oldest and best-established firms, leading to its downfall, is presented in a relentlessly scathing portrait.

Dies ist eine Geschichte über Schmerz und Hoffnung. Über Leben und Tod. Über Neuanfänge und nie Endendes. Aber vor allem ist es eine Geschichte über die Liebe. "Moses ist gefährlich." Alle warnen Georgia vor dem geheimnisvollen Jungen, dessen Geschichte jeder kennt. Doch Moses ist auch aufregend, faszinierend und wunderschön. Als er in das Haus nebenan einzieht, kann Georgia ihn nicht ignorieren, selbst wenn sie es noch so sehr versucht. Noch nie hat jemand solche Gefühle in ihr hervorgerufen. Und obwohl sie spürt, dass sie mit dem Feuer spielt, lässt Georgia sich auf Moses ein.

Sheriff Kyle of Deadeye, Nevada, is headed east to the nation’s capital. Kyle’s about to discover that the law can be even wilder in the big city than in the Wild West. It’s a fact that hits home when he’s the one accused...of murder. Kyle’s come to the city to give a report to his senator on the misdeeds of Nevada’s filthy rich copper kings. But before he has a chance, he’s knocked unconscious, later coming to alongside his senator - now dead, with Kyle’s knife embedded in the corpse.

No sneaking out. No going into Boston alone. Moxie Fleece knows the rules and follows them - that is, until the day she opens her front door to a mysterious stranger. Suddenly, Moxie drops smack into Boston’s biggest unsolved mystery: the Gardner Museum art heist. Moxie has two weeks to find the art, otherwise she - and the people she loves - will be in big-time danger. Her tools? Her best friend, Ollie, a geocaching addict who loves to find stuff; her Alzheimer’s suffering grandfather, Grumps, who knows lots more than he lets on; and a geometry proof that she sets up to sort out the clues.

It's summer in New York City, and a sweltering heat wave stifles the area. The entire city is on edge. Tensions between the Hasidic and Black communities of New York have been steadily escalating since a tragic incident a few weeks ago left a Black teenager dead. Then, two rabbis are killed in a gruesome attack at their synagogue. Meanwhile, FBI agent Janet Maclin has dreams of finally being appointed the FBI's first female director, when she is diagnosed with stage IV cancer and given four months to live.

All Ashley Crane wants is a simple and relaxing vacation with her fiancé, Sean. They leave their home of Comfortville in the leafy green northwest and embark on an exciting trip to the southwest desert.

Santana Sokolov might be the one person who ties together all the mysteries of Atlantica. Which will probably get her killed. The woman has a penchant for the ancient. When Santana is approached by two enemy factions looking for the same legendary item, she partners with old friend Dick Chambers to enter the wilderness and unlock the mystery.

Cowboy stories and movies about the Wild West are full of amazing characters. Yet many of the lawmen we think of as heroes were anything but - some were violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. Among all the lawmen of the frontier, one man stands out as a true hero: Bass Reeves. In his day, Bass Reeves was the most successful federal marshal in the United States. True to the mythical code of the West, he never drew his gun first. He rounded up hundreds of outlaws and was shot at countless times but was never hit. Bass Reeves was born into slavery.

Ellie's sister-in-law, Summer, has planned a four-day destination wedding at a posh private resort on one of Georgia's beautiful barrier islands, but it won't be a vacation for Ellie. Summer has asked her to assist with the last-minute details, which includes preventing two mothers-in-law from killing each other. The ladies are a handful, but the real problems are the ones Ellie and Summer haven't anticipated - like mysterious pranks directed toward the bride.