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Above the law

2009
Senator Chase, a rising political star, claims his shooting of an illegal Mexican immigrant was a tragic hunting accident, but when the victim's wife presents evidence to the contrary, legal aid attorney Casey Jordan makes it her business to pursue charges against Chase, making everyone she loves a target of his revenge.

Vilma Mart?nez

1990
Examines the life of the lawyer who has won many landmark civil rights cases.

The execution of Noa P. Singleton

a novel
Noa P. Singleton sits on death row in a maximum security penitentiary, just six months away from her execution date. She is visited by a high-powered Philadelphia attorney who is a heartbroken mother of the victim and now wants to see the death penalty delayed--if only Noa reveals her motive.

The client

2005
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway witnesses the bizarre suicide of a New Orleans attorney and is left with a deadly secret concerning a recent murder of a Louisiana Senator.

Majestic descending

2007
While on a European cruise, Atlanta lawyer Katherine Adams meets former New York detective John Delaney, and together, they investigate the death of a fellow passenger.

Ubel Velez, lawyer

1991
Portrays the everyday life of a hard-working Hispanic-American lawyer who is also a busy mother raising a family.

Pawleys Island

a Lowcountry tale
2005
Huey Valentine, owner of Gallery Valentine, and his friend, retired lawyer Abigail Thurmond, take artist Rebecca Simms under their wing when she arrives on Pawleys Island to hide from her past and begin a new life.

Conviction

a novel
2005
Rennell Price has just fifty-nine days to live unless attorney Terri Paget can convince the courts that her new evidence points to another man, but the wheels of politics already in motion continue to hinder Paget's attempts to free Price.

Guilty as sin

1996
Attorney Ellen North prepares for the case of her career when she is assigned to prosecute the man charged with kidnapping a young boy, but there are still many questions to be answered and Ellen is plagued by the sure knowledge that her prime suspect was not working alone.

Cold hit

1999
When the body of a famous art dealer washes up on the shores of Manhattan, Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cooper joins NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace in a search for the killer that leads them into the dark underworld of art theft.

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