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Thóra Gudmundsdóttir: Book 1
Last Rituals
An Icelandic Novel of Secret Symbols, Medieval Witchcraft, and Modern Murder
by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
At a university in Reykjavík, the body of a young German student is discovered, his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest. Police waste no time in making an arrest, but the victim's family isn't convinced that the right man is in custody. They ask Thóra Gudmundsdóttir, an attorney and single mother of two, to investigate. It isn't long before Thóra and her associate, Matthew Reich, uncover the... (more)
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Alexandra Cooper: Book 1
Final Jeopardy
by Linda Fairstein
This critically acclaimed, explosive thriller is a book only prosecutor Linda Fairstein could write. Patricia Cornwall knows the morgue; John Grisham knows the courtroom; but no one knows the inner workings of the D.A.'s office like Linda Fairstein, renowned for two decades as head of Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit. Now that world comes vividly to life in a brilliant debut novel of shocking realism, powerful insight,... (more)
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Nina Reilly Series: Book 2
Invasion of Privacy
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Twelve years ago, a young girl disappeared. Now a filmmaker has made a movie about it. The girl's parents call it invasion of privacy. A woman lawyer calls it murder. The bloodstains on the courtroom floor belong to attorney Nina Reilly. Months earlier she'd been shot during a heated murder trial. She should have died that day. Instead, Nina has returned to the same Lake Tahoe court. Her only concession to... (more)
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Nina Reilly Series: Book 1
Motion to Suppress
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Returning from her late shift as a barmaid at a casino in Lake Tahoe, Misty Patterson struck her violently jealous husband in self-defense. She admits that--but did she kill him? She says she can't remember. Like so many times before, Misty blacked out and the rest of the evening is a blank. Now her husband has disappeared, leaving behind a trail of blood, and she's the number-one murder suspect with no one to... (more)
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Nina Reilly series: Book 8
Unfit to Practice
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
It’s the moment every attorney fears most...one careless moment that threatens careers, reputations, lives. For Nina Reilly, it will change everything—and ignite a case where her own clients are witnesses against her...and where the defendant is Nina herself. As an attorney championing desperate people, Nina Reilly has skirted the edges of legal ethics in pursuit of a just result, but she has never before broken... (more)
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Nina Reilly Series: Book 5
Acts of Malice
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
The New York Times bestselling Nina Reilly novels have dazzled both readers and critics with their crackling blend of legal suspense and taut human drama. Now Perri O'Shaughnessy, hailed as "smart", "gripping", and "complex" by the San Francisco Chronicle, brings us her best--and most explosive--Nina Reilly novel yet. Amid the sparkling snow-swept mountains of Lake Tahoe, Nina Reilly has made a home, juggling... (more)
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Nina Reilly series: Book 9
Presumption of Death
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
New York Times bestselling author Perri O’Shaughnessy has garnered impressive acclaim for her tough, passionate thrillers set against the lush Lake Tahoe landscape and the world of one remarkable character: Attorney Nina Reilly. In this spellbinding new novel, O’Shaughnessy delves deeper into the heart and psyche of her popular heroine as Nina journeys back to her hometown to heal old wounds, and instead... (more)
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Nina Reilly series: Book 10
Unlucky in Law
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Nina Reilly takes on the most dangerous and difficult case of her career in New York Times bestselling author Perri O’Shaughnessy’s latest thriller. An ingenious blend of forensic science, history, and gripping suspense, Unlucky in Law pits the tough but compassionate attorney against the most unbeatable adversary of all: the law. Nina has just received a last-minute call from her old boss and mentor in... (more)
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Nina Reilly series: Book 7
Writ of Execution
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Critics call Perri O’Shaughnessy’s legal thrillers “terrific...will keep you turning the pages into the night” ( USA Today ) and “gripping” ( San Francisco Chronicle Book Review ). Now the New York Times bestselling author ratchets up the suspense yet again...with an electrifying novel that plunges Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly into a shadowy world of high-stakes money and cold-blooded murder. . . . An... (more)
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Nina Reilly Series: Book 4
Breach of Promise
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Broken hearts. Broken promises. Deadly consequences. In glitzy Lake Tahoe, couples break up every day. But few are as successful as Lindy and Mike Markov, who built a $200-million business together--before Mike took up with a younger woman. Now he's claiming he doesn't owe Lindy a dime since they never married. Attorney Nina Reilly, struggling to make a living in her one-woman office and raise a young son alone,... (more)
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Nina Reilly series: Book 3
Obstruction Of Justice
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
Lightning strikes twice. Two people have died in Lake Tahoe in shocking accidents. In a nearly empty parking lot, a hit-and-run driver kills probation officer Anna Meade Hallowell. High up on a jagged mountain, wife abuser Ray de Beers gets what he deserves: he's struck by lightning. Attorney Nina Reilly, hiking on a rare day off from her one-woman law practice, sees him die. So does her date, Tahoe deputy DA... (more)
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Nina Reilly Series: Book 6
Move to Strike
by Perri O'Shaughnessy
New York Times bestselling author Perri O'Shaughnessy takes the courtroom thriller to breathtaking new heights in Move to Strike , a page-turning masterpiece of suspense that brings back attorney Nina Reilly, hailed by critics as "one of the most interesting heroines in legal thrillers today" ( San Jose Mercury News ). Nina Reilly thought she'd seen it all. An attorney and single mother, Nina isn't afraid to... (more)
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Trials of Kit Shannon: Book 4
A Greater Glory
by James Scott Bell
Book 1 of THE TRIALS OF KIT SHANNON by James Scott Bell, a Christy Award winner. Having proved she’s a legal success, Kit Shannon again battles injustices found in Los Angeles, the city she has come to love. She now takes up the cause of a society woman who fears her dark past will be exposed. Ted Fox renews his dreams of flying when he is called to New York to pursue air travel’s future. But when he is arrested... (more)
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Her Secret Thrill
by Donna Kauffman
he proposal: Get together whenever their heavy travel schedules overlapNatalie Holcomb's impulsive -- and uncharacteristic -- night of steamy sex with a gorgeous stranger was supposed to be a one-time-only affair. But straitlaced Natalie is determined to play by the rules and get more of what her body is craving....The ground rules: Keep the relationship strictly sexualJake Lannister... (more)
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The Latest Bombshell
by Michele Mitchell
Kate Boothe is sitting pretty in Rome, drinking good wine, and trying to take a well-deserved breather from her work as a political consultant in Washington, D.C. Then her business partner, Jack Vanzetti, flies out to tell her that someone has been selling military secrets to the Chinese and that her least-favorite ex, muckraking reporter Lyle Gold, has been fingered as the guilty party. With the country in a... (more)
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Notorious
by Michele Martinez
About to take a controversial rap star to trial for a past crime, Melanie Vargas receives an important piece of information from his lawyer. In full confidence, on the steps of New York City's federal courthouse, he tells her that his client may have had ties to a wanted fugitive. Moments later, a powerful car bomb blows the man to pieces, with Melanie only steps away. As shocking as the murder is, it has... (more)
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Rosato & Associates: Book 12
Lady Killer
by Lisa Scottoline
Mary DiNunzio has become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates. But the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning—in mile-high stilettos—is super-sexy Trish Gambone, her high-school rival. Back when Mary was becoming the straight-A president of the Latin Club and Most Likely to Achieve Sainthood, Trish was the head Mean Girl, who flunked religion and excelled at smoking in the... (more)
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Australians: Book 22
Mistaken Mistress
by Margaret Way
Seeing his business partner at a cozy dinner for two in Brisbane, obviously reveling in his beautiful mistress's company, places Lang Forsyth on high alert. Shock becomes contempt when he realizes that he is far from immune to her himself! Even when her true identity is revealed, Lang can't let go ofhis suspicions. Surely Eden Sinclair is not as innocent as she appears? Hewill just have to get close to this... (more)
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FBI / US Attorney: Book 1
Something About You
by Julie James
Fate has thrown two sworn enemies…Of all the hotel rooms rented by all the adulterous politicians in Chicago, female Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron Lynde had to choose the one next to 1308, where some hot-and-heavy lovemaking ends in bloodshed. And of all the FBI agents in Illinois, it had to be Special Agent Jack Pallas who gets assigned to this high-profile homicide. The same Jack Pallas who still blames... (more)
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Sarah Woolson: Book 4
Scandal on Rincon Hill
by Shirley Tallman
The lack of a satisfying solution to the whodunit at the heart of Tallman's fourth historical set in 19th-century San Francisco (after 2007's The Cliff House Strangler ) is the only real flaw in an otherwise solid read. Idealistic and iconoclastic attorney Sarah Woolson investigates the bludgeoning murder of botanist Nigel Logan, who was at a party with Woolson's judge father only the night before and whose body... (more)

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