Usually, a book described as a 444-page legal thriller is enough to send me searching the shelves for something else to read. Thankfully, a quick peruse of Norman Shabel’s bio made me pause. It’s impressive, and so is his novel, The Burning Gavel. I found...

In There Ain't No Justice, Norman Shabel portrays the journey of Joshua Gordon, an ambitious Assistant County Prosecutor overseeing a case that intersects with his personal life. Joshua grew up under the guidance of his single mother, Sadie. Life for him and his other siblings was...

Donalee Moulton’s Conflagration is a mystery novel based on actual historical events. A fire starts in the merchants’ quarter in Old Montreal on April 10, 1734. When the fire is finally under control after three hours, many homes and businesses are reduced to ash and...

How would you like to be a juror in a civil case? That’s the opportunity Lawrence Martin M.D. offers you in his book The Wall: Chronicle of a Scuba Trial. At first, it seems pretty clear-cut. Jennie Knowlton, a young scuba diver in a group...

Punch Line by Richard A. Danzig presents a gripping narrative that intricately weaves themes of identity, conflict, and the quest for justice against the backdrop of legal corruption. Verne Slater, a stand-up comic, is brutally stabbed after a performance featuring controversial jokes about gender identity....

One Life for Another by Greg Laird is a legal mystery in which Steve was going to represent a man found guilty of murder, and the success of his defense would decide the man's fate. Scottie Pinkerton was found guilty of killing his wife Ashley...

Dan Flanigan’s An American Tragedy plunges readers into the intense and controversial era of the Satanic Panic of the late 1980s. In the scorching summer of 1988, private detective O’Keefe is unexpectedly drawn into a harrowing legal battle when Virginia Montrose, known affectionately as “Miss...

What had started as a hunt for antiques at a landfill site in the small town of Anderson, Montana, quickly turned into a source of panic and gossip as three residents of Anderson discovered a body. It wasn’t long before the sheriff's department identified the...

Red Deuce by Thomas Roehlk is a fascinating legal thriller with two incredible protagonists, twin sisters, Mandy and Reggie Doucette, who are both at the top of their respective careers. Reggie was an FBI pathologist, while Mandy was a corporate lawyer. The story begins as...

Island Brothers by Daniel Maldonado starts with an explosive fire that causes havoc and mayhem at the Regal Wisteria Wailea resort. Daniel and Ed, the current attorneys representing the conglomerate, have been friends for a long time. They were roommates and fraternity brothers in college...