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Stalking the Angel
Stalking the Angel Robert Crais · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye . . . he quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He’s a literate, wisecreacking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up. The blonde who walked into Cole’s office was the bestlooking woman he’d seen in weeks. The only thing that kept her from rating a perfect “10” was the briefcase on one arm and the uptight hotel magnate on the other. Bradley Warren had… Shares Los angeles, California
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The case of the haunted husband Erle Stanley Gardner · 1941 · ★ 3.9 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Los angeles, California, Legal stories with this book.
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The case of the lame canary Erle Stanley Gardner · 1937 · ★ 4.0 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate helyesírás címben Shares Los angeles, California, Legal stories
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Violent Ward-12 Copy Dump Len Deighton · 1993 · ★ 3.3 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Mickey Murphy, a criminal lawyer in Southern California, finds himself suspected of murder. Shares Los angeles, California, Legal stories
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Motion To Dismiss (Kali O'Brien Mysteries) Jonnie Jacobs · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Scrupulous San Francisco defense attorney Kali O'Brien knows how to play the odds in a system where reality can be shaded. Despite apassion for justice that doesn't allow for compromise, her newest case is casting doubt on the one principle she cherished most: the absolute dead certainty that her client is telling the truth. Grady Barrett, a wealthy computer magnate married to Kali's best friend,… Shares California, Trials, Legal stories
The Fifth Witness
The Fifth Witness Michael Connelly · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home. Mickey puts his team into high gear to exonerate Lisa Trammel, even though the evidence and his own suspicions tell him his client is guilty. Soon after he learns that the victim had black market… Shares Los angeles, Trials, Legal stories
Ten thousand a year
Ten thousand a year Samuel Warren · 1800 · 904p · ≈ 30h · Demanding This is Warren's revision of the novel in preparation for Blackwood's edition, 1841. Vol. 1 autograph manuscript of Parts VII-XIII, XIX-XXI with 5 loose leaves of autograph memoranda and drafts for Part I. Vols. 2-4 contain printed leaves with autograph annotations and revisions. The printed leaves were cut from Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine (1839-1841) vols. 9-13, and tipped into these volumes.… Shares Legal stories
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Ten thousand a-year Samuel Warren · 1800 · 1086p · ≈ 36h · Demanding Shares Legal stories with this book.
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Heir Apparent Twist Phelan · 2002 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Moderate On the night of lawyer Joe McGuinness's first date with Mia Ortiz, personal assistant to one of his firms̕ wealthiest clients, the young couple walk into a grisly murder scene. Mias̕ boss and her son lie sprawled in a pool of blood. After Mia is arrested for murder, Joe must unravel a web of secrets to discover who is using murder to claim the rights of heir apparent. Shares Legal stories
L.A. Outlaws
L.A. Outlaws T. Jefferson Parker · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Investigating the latest crime scene of a celebrity thief who has been staging lucrative heists and donating the spoils to charity, rookie deputy Charlie Hood is forced to make an ethics-testing decision when the thief is targeted by a professional killer. Shares Los angeles
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Degree of guilt Richard North Patterson · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 540p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past...Christopher Paget is a trial lawyer with a famous past: as a young investigator in Washington he unearthed a scandal that brought ruin to the President – and an abrupt end to his affair with journalist Mary Carelli. Now, fifteen years later, Carelli is a famous TV journalist in New York and Paget is leading a relatively tranquil life… Shares California, Trials, Legal stories
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The final judgment Richard North Patterson · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 500p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A woman lawyer returns to her family she has not seen for 20 years. She is Caroline Masters, the daughter of a New Hampshire judge, who agrees to defend her niece, accused of murder. All the ghosts from her past rise up, including the memory of the death of her mother and a man with whom she had an affair. A family drama by the author of Eyes of a Child. Shares Trials, Legal stories
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Accused Mark Gimenez · 2010 · ★ 4.2 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares Trials, Legal stories with this book.
The Monkey's Raincoat
The Monkey's Raincoat Robert Crais · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate When Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole investigates the disappearance of Ellen Lang's husband and young son, he stumbles into a bizarre nightmare of high-level intrigue, missing drugs, and murder in Hollywood's seamy underworld. Shares Los angeles, California
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Burdens of Proof Chester Oksner · 1990 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Trials, Legal stories with this book.
The Moving Target
The Moving Target Ross MacDonald · 1950 · ★ 3.9 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The first book in Ross Macdonald's acclaimed Lew Archer series introduces the detective who redefined the role of the American private eye and gave the crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity only hinted at before.Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshipping holy man whom Sampson once gave his very own mountain; the fading… Shares Los angeles, California
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No safe place Richard North Patterson · 1998 · 505p · ≈ 16h · Moderate In the high-stakes, high-pressure world of presidential politics, where predators carry microphones and one misstep can savage a lifetime of achievement, Kerry Kilcannon is the rarest player of all. Kilcannon believes he can make the system work. And he just may die trying.Driven by the violent nightmare of his childhood, fueled by forces that few could understand, and burdened by secrets no one… Shares Journalists, California, Legal stories
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Prime witness Steve Martini · 1993 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares California, Trials, Legal stories with this book.

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