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  • Judge & Jury

    Judge & Jury

    by James Patterson

    Bestselling author James Patterson returns with the #1 blockbuster thriller of the summer, an unstoppable novel of law and revenge. Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante is closing in on the notorious mob boss "The Electrician," when the scheduled sting goes spectacularly awry. Two FBI agents are dead, the boss is wounded, and Pellisante vows the Electrician's next move will be from a jail cell. Andie Echeverra,... (more)
  • The Last Juror

    The Last Juror

    by John Grisham

    In 1970, one of Mississippi’s more colorful weekly newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper... (more)
  • The Runaway Jury

    The Runaway Jury

    by John Grisham

    Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake beginsroutinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juroris convinced he’s being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the jurors’... (more)
  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

    Life in a Mafia Family

    by Nicholas Pileggi

    "At the age of twelve my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world." — Henry HillWiseguy is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of life inside the deadly high-stakes world of what some people call the Mafia. Wiseguy is Henry Hill's story, in... (more)
  • Race, Crime, and the Law

    Race, Crime, and the Law

    by Randall Kennedy

    Winner of the 1998 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award Grand Prize "An original, wise and courageous work that moves beyond sterile arguments and lifts the discussion of race and justice to a new and more hopeful level."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. In this groundbreaking, powerfully reasoned, lucid work that is certain to provoke controversy, Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy takes on a highly complex issue in a way... (more)
  • The Devil's Advocate

    The Devil's Advocate

    by Iain Morley

    The Devil's Advocate is a clear, commonsense guide for those seeking to develop the skills of legal advocacy. Easy to read and with the text presented in easily absorbable sections, it steers readers through key principles as well as showing them how to master the practice of advocacy. * Provides practical guidance on advocacy * Takes readers through the principles and practical applications of advocacy... (more)

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