legal stories

Alice Whittier, a crusading young journalist in 1931, leaves New York and travels to Scottsboro, Alabama, to cover the trial of nine African-American boys who have been accused of raping two white prostitutes who happened to be riding on the same freight train as the boys.

"#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America's favorite storyteller. It is now fifteen years later, and Mitch and Abby are living in Manhattan, where Mitch is a partner at the largest law firm in the world. When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor that will take him far from home, Mitch finds himself at the center of a sinister plot that has worldwide implications--and once again endangers his colleagues, friends, and family. Mitch has become a master at staying one step ahead of his adversaries, but this time there's nowhere to hide"--.

McCormack Malloy, a fiftyish ex-cop and partner at Gage & Griswell, is sent to find a missing lawyer and the 5.6 million dollars that disappeared from a company fund.

Successful personal injury lawyer Robbie Feaver, caught trying to influence the decisions of the court, is granted leniency by the FBI in exchange for his help in a sting operation against judges.

Santa Fe attorney Ed Eagle, recovered from his run-ins with Mexican organized crime and his ex-wife Barbara, acquires a new client who sheds light on Ed's past and brings new danger to his door.

When noted attorney Rayna Martin is charged with murder after her daughter's friend, Christina Haynes, drowns in a tragic accident and Christina's father, a powerful senator, wants vengeance ; blackmail and deception claim one more victim during a shocking trial.

In 1921, Perveen Mistry is one of the first female lawyers in India. Working at her father's law firm, she finds herself investigating a strange case when three widows of a wealthy mill owner sign over their inheritance to a charity. Suspecting the woman are being taken advantage of, Perveen sets out to uncover the truth. What she finds leads to murder which makes her even more determined to protect the widows.

The county's chief deputy prosecutor is asked to investigate the rape and murder of one of his colleagues, a former lover.

Lawyer Christopher Paget represents his son's mother, television journalist Mary Carelli, while she stand trial for the murder of famous author Mark Ransom and questions whether she is telling the truth when she claims Mark was trying to rape her and she killed him in an act of self-defense.

Zara Kaleel is one of London's brightest legal minds, and her world is turned upside down when she takes the case of Jodie Wolfe, a sixteen-year-old with facial deformities who accuses four boys in her class of rape. All the boys have soild alibis, and no one believes Jodie is telling the truth. But Zara believes Jodie, and she is determined to find out the truth, no matter how devastating it may be.