Jonathan Miller’s The Breakdown Docket: Rattlesnake Lawyer is a unique legal thriller that follows Dan Shepard and his frenzied world. The beleaguered New Mexico lawyer is popularly referred to as the “Rattlesnake Lawyer,” who takes cases from colleagues who can’t handle them. Because of the...

After a hard time processing loss and change, Chance Cormac, an attorney and author, was now volunteering with the Immigrant Defense Project, filing habeas petitions for immigrants detained by ICE. His latest client is Lyla Abda, a Lebanese doctor on a visa, arrested and detained...

In Steve C. Posner's Questioner, attorney Martin Bavarius takes on the defense of Mark Ryder after the shooting of fellow lawyer John Mudge. The case turns on a disturbing claim: Ryder believes the killing began inside QuestGame, a hyper-immersive virtual reality simulator. As Bavarius works...

“Professionals don’t have feelings, don’t have thoughts. They don’t have an autonomous life outside their function.” Perhaps some don't, but the professional in Fabio Amabili's novel, There's A Young Man Dressed In Blue, is a human being first and foremost. The protagonist is Avvocato Floriani,...

After what Tom Berte went through a few years back, he and his family have settled into life in a small upstate New York skiing town on Castle Ridge. Tom is no longer the Deputy Attorney General; he now has a small legal practice in...

For Cause by Mark Shaiken is part of the 3J legal thriller series. 3J, or Josephina Jillian Jones, is a Kansas City attorney, and she’s taken on a Chapter 11 case for Paxton Energy. She’s not worried—until she sees a video of the Paxton CEO...

The Ghost Case Posse by Joe Greco is a courtroom drama that plays out in the daily lives of each of the participants. Jedediah (Jed) Bouvier is an idealistic lawyer who has followed the path of Public Defender in Murrieta County, California, to uphold the...

Class Action by Gail Ward Olmsted begins with a portrait of Charlene Gallagher in 1999, a young woman battling addiction as she navigates friendships, fractured loyalties, and impulsive choices that will shape her future. Charlene’s flawed and unpredictable world becomes the foundation for a much...

In The Juror’s Secret by Jimmy Ray Conner, the shining star in the story is elderly widow Grace Tilley, who works at the Bay Savings Bank in Cow Hollow. While this upmarket suburb of San Francisco is a lively and thriving area, there are problems....

Recoil of Justice by Brad Elder starts when Baron Tech discovers that its highly secure data-storage software, InvisiData, has been stolen, likely by Bidwell Technologies, which had access to sensitive contracts with U.S. and Mexican government agencies. Ryan Wolfe, an attorney at Daniel, Warner, and...