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A Hallowed Place Caro Fraser · 1999 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Beneath the calm exterior of the elite barristers' chambers at 5 Caper Court rumour and uncertainty begin to take their toll. Cameron Renshaw, the head of chambers, is dying, and Leo Davis, the QC with the charmed but amoral life, is about to find his dubious past catching up with him. Shares Lawyers, Legal stories

Putting Lipstick on a Pig Michael Bowen · 2006 · ★ 4.8 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Legal stories, Mystery with this book.

Salvation Boulevard Larry Beinhart · 2008 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Some cases test a private investigator's wits, others test his courage, and still others, his character. In Salvation Boulevard, P.I. Carl Van Wagener has found a case that tests them all, and then goes on to test his soul. A professor is dead and a suspect-who has confessed-is in custody. But nothing is what it seems. After all, the dead man is an atheist professor, the accused an Islamic… Shares Legal stories, Mystery

A chain of evidence Carolyn Wells · 1912 · 162p · ≈ 5h · Moderate missing pages 10-11 Shares Lawyers, Legal stories

Heart of Justice, The William J. Coughlin · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 331p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The federal judge has before him a case of epic proportions and enormous implications - an unprecedented corporate takeover war. In a staggering turn of events, Judge Murray finds himself trapped by his love for his new wife and his dedication to the law. His decision, no matter how it turns out, will change the course of his life with everything on the line: his honor, his reputation, his… Shares Detroit, Lawyers, Legal stories

Sovereign C. J. Sansom · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 578p · ≈ 19h · Moderate The third installment of C. J. Sansom's acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery seriesC. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, *Dissolution*, was selected by P. D. James in *The Wall Street Journal* as one of her top-five all-time favorite books. Now in *Sovereign*, Shardlake and his loyal… Shares Lawyers, Legal stories, Mystery

Defending Billy Ryan George V. Higgins · 1992 · ★ 3.8 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Twelve years ago Jerry Kennedy delivered his first report, Kennedy for the Defense, on being the classiest sleazy criminal lawyer in Boston, as Mack, his then-wife, called him. Seven years ago, Jerry called in again, with Penance for Jerry Kennedy. After that, things only got worse. Much worse. But in this latest dispatch, we learn that Jerry is digging himself out of a big hole, defending Billy… Shares Lawyers, Legal stories

Death Divided Clare Francis · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Lawyers, Legal stories with this book.

Death Walks the Woods Cyril Hare · 1954 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Also published as *That Yew Tree's Shade* The archdruid's yew, Yew Hill, Markshire, had provided cover in its day for a variety of activities, but never before had it been shelter for murder. Then one day, in the calm of Eastertide, murder was found; and overnight, as the police began their remorseless questioning, Yewbury was shocked out of admiring foliage. Detective Superintendent… Shares Lawyers, Legal stories

Depraved Indifference Joseph Teller · 2009 · ★ 4.1 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate A DRUNK DRIVING CASE IS ONLY A DRUNK DRIVING CASE... UNTIL SOMEONE DIESAn Audi sports car, speeding in the wrong lane, forces an oncoming van off the road. The van bursts into flames, killing all nine occupants...eight of them children.Criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, known simply as Jaywalker, is trying to keep his nose clean while serving a three-year suspension. But when a woman… Shares Lawyers, Legal stories

The Yellow Violet

The Yellow Violet Frances Crane · 1944 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Mystery with this book.

Test of Wills, A

Test of Wills, A Charles Todd Shares Mystery with this book.

At the Villa Rose, in Four acts A. E. W. Mason · 1900 · ★ 4.5 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The place: Aix-les-Bains, a lakeside town in southeast France, popular for vacations of the well-to-do. The players: (1) The young Englishman, Harry Wethermill, who, after a brilliant career at Oxford and at Munich, had applied his scientific genius and made a fortune for himself at the age of twenty-eight. (2) Mr. Ricardo, approaching the fifties in age; a widower — "a state greatly to… Shares Mystery

Murder on Harley Street

Murder on Harley Street C.J. Archer When a patient is electrocuted by a medical therapy device, the manufacturer proves it was tampered with. Who killed her? And what grudge did they hold against her doctor, whose reputation now lies in tatters? The medical profession’s faith in electric shock therapies for treating female nervous conditions is shaken after a patient dies while connected to one such device. Harry Armitage is… Shares Mystery

The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin

The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin Alison Goodman In Regency England, the eccentric Colebrook sisters are amateur detectives who use their wits and invisibility as “old maids” to fight injustice in this delightful and fiercely feminist novel of mystery and adventure from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman.To most of Regency high society, forty-two-year-old Lady Augusta Colebrook, or Gus, and her twin sister, Julia, are just… Shares Mystery

The Blue Girl

The Blue Girl Alex Grecian Shares Mystery with this book.

The Chapel of Bones

The Chapel of Bones Kate Ellis Shares Mystery with this book.

The Housewives of Atomic Lane

The Housewives of Atomic Lane Andie Newton Shares Mystery with this book.

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