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Summary
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Edited by: Michael Hemmingson
Tense dramatic scenes, accusation and confrontation, and plots full of surprising and shocking twists characterize this exciting collection of legal thrillers.
Here is some of the finest fiction starring the professionals who work on the inside of the complex world of the judicial system- the lawyers and attorneys, judges and police officers, and the private investigators, who work on the fringes. Then there are members of the public who get caught up in the due process of law such as unfortunate victms, witnesses or jurors. And, of course, the defendants, whether innocent or guilty.
Contents:
- Night of Silken Snow by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.
- Veil’s Visit by Joe R. Lansdale & Andrew Vachss
- Oh, Brother by Mark Leyner
- Reasonable Doubts by Michael A. Black
- The Tender Offer by Louis Auchincloss
- Excerpt from Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow
- The Case for the Defense by Graham Greene
- A Great Dance by John F. Dobbyn
- Excerpt from The Partner by John Grisham
- Triumph of Justice by Irwin Shaw
- Dogs and Fleas by John Lutz
- Speedball by Brian Hodge
- The Pardon by James Grippando
- Best in the Business by Tom Sweeney
- Bail Hearing by Morris Hershman
- Thicker Than Water by Henry Slesar
- When Randolph Woke Up by Kevin L. Donihe
- The Case of the Crying Swallow by Erle Stanley Gardner
- Waiting for Alaina by O’Neil De Noux
- Hard Getaway by Robert J. Hoyden
- The New Lawyer by Mike Wiecek
- Excerpt from White Russian by Michael Hemmingson
- The Formula by Marc Lodge
- Unreasonable Doubt by K.L. Jones
- A Murder Coming by James Powell
- The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew by Michael Mallory
- Prayer Denied by Jeremy Russell
- My Bonnie Lies... by Ted Hertel, Jr.
- Tomorrow’s Villain by Mat Coward
- Cruel and Unusual by Carolyn Wheat
- Abuse of Process by Howard T. Rose
- Delisa by K. Anderson Yancy
- Drawing the Line by Ian Creasey
- The Detective and the Blunt Instrument by Lyn McConchie
- When I’m Dead and Gone by Martin Edwards
- The Snake Charmer by Janice Law
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree by John Dobbyn
- The First Thing We Do... by C.J. Henderson
- Witness by Madison Smartt Bell
Original title: The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Crime and Mystery→ Legal Thriller
The following works are contained within this one: Case of the Crying Swallow, the (1947) [Novel] Author: Erle Stanley Gardner
This work contains excerpts from the following works : Pleading Guilty (1993) [Novel] Author: Scott Turow
Partner, the (1997) [Novel] Author: John Grisham
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