18 books like The D.A. Holds a Candle

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Conflict of interest Nancy Taylor Rosenberg · 2002 · ★ 4.8 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Public prosecutors with this book.

The D.A. Draws a Circle Erle Stanley Gardner · 1939 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Public prosecutors with this book.

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444 Maciej Siembieda · 2017 Shares Public prosecutors with this book.

Tell me no secrets Joy Fielding · 1993 · ★ 3.8 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Public prosecutors with this book.

Mitigating Circumstances Nancy Taylor Rosenberg · 1993 · 362p · ≈ 12h · Moderate D.A. Lily Forrester finds herself trapped in a nightmare of violence when her teenaged daughter is raped and she tries to seek revenge, only to be faced with an endless barrage of personal and professional obstacles. Shares Public prosecutors

Trial by fire Nancy Taylor Rosenberg · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Brilliant, hard-driving Stella Cataloni is the star of the Dallas District Attorney's office, with an amazing 100 percent conviction rate. But the conviction she most desperately wants agonizingly eludes her. The fire that years ago killed her parents and scarred her life remains unsolved. When her ex-boyfriend Tom Randall, who Stella is convinced set the fire, suddenly reappears in Houston,… Shares Public prosecutors

Buried evidence Nancy Taylor Rosenberg · 2000 · ★ 3.7 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Public prosecutors with this book.

Loose among the lambs Jay Brandon · 1993 · ★ 3.7 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Public prosecutors with this book.

Whispering Rock Robyn Carr · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A decorated U.S. Marine reservist, LAPD officer Mike Valenzuela was wounded in the line of duty, but has found hope and healing in Virgin River. When he agrees to become the town's first cop, he does so knowing it's time he settled down. Twice divorced and the lover of too many women, he secretly longs for the kind of commitment and happiness his marine buddies have found--a woman who can tie up… Shares Public prosecutors

Terminal city Linda Fairstein · 2014 · ★ 2.0 · 488p · ≈ 16h · Moderate "When the body of a young woman is found in the tower suite of the Waldorf Astoria--one of the most prestigious hotels in Manhattan--Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace find themselves hunting for an elusive killer whose only signature is carving a carefully drawn symbol into his victims' bodies, a symbol that bears a striking resemblance to train tracks. When… Shares Public prosecutors

The Birthday Party Stanley N. Alpert · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate On January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley N. Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan by a car full of gun-toting thugs looking to use his ATM card. He ended up blindfolded in a Brooklyn apartment as his captors changed their plans, alternately threatening him and his family, seeking legal advice, expounding on the "gangsta" life, and… Shares Public prosecutors

The Alibi Sandra Brown · 1999 · ★ 4.0 · 620p · ≈ 20h · Challenging An honorable man. . . a very sexy dilemma. Hammond Cross is a man caught in a moral dilemma. The plot of THE ALIBI centers around Hammond Cross, Special Assistant County Solicitor. (for those of you who don’t live in South Carolina and haven’t read THE WITNESS, you might not know that in that state, lawyers are called solicitors. In Texas we call them by other names.) Hammond Cross hails… Shares Public prosecutors

Presumed Innocent Scott Turow · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss' re-election campaign, a member of Rusty's staff is found murdered; he is charged with finding the killer, until his boss loses and, incredibly, Rusty finds himself accused of the murder. Shares Public prosecutors

At Risk Patricia Cornwell · 1746 · ★ 3.4 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A ‘one-off’ from the best-selling creator of the Dr Kay Scarpetta series, based on the serialisation in the New York Times.Moving between the chill of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the sultry humidity of Knoxville, Tennessee, Winston Garano, a police investigator, is instructed to look into a twenty-year-old murder case. Although Win reckons there are many more pressing current cases which should… Shares Public prosecutors

Time of departure Douglas Schofield · 2015 · ★ 4.0 · 329p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Florida state prosecutor Claire Talbot is as tough as they come, and not everyone loves her for it. Newly promoted Felony Division Chief, Claire has about as many jealous detractors as she does supporters. Some colleagues are openly skeptical about her youth, her abilities, and even her gender. When a highway project construction crew unearths two skeletons in a common grave, Claire reopens an… Shares Public prosecutors

The Woods Harlan Coben · 1849 · ★ 4.1 · 433p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.For Paul Copeland, the county prosecutor of Essex, New Jersey, mourning the loss of his sister has only recently begun to subside. Cope, as he is known,… Shares Public prosecutors

Stray Bullets Robert Rotenberg · 2012 · ★ 3.9 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Public prosecutors with this book.

Perfect Match Jodi Picoult · 2002 · ★ 4.0 · 359p · ≈ 11h · Moderate What does it mean to be a good mother? How far would you go in the name of love -- and justice? Perfect Match In the course of her everyday work, career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost prosecutes child molesters and works determinedly to ensure that a legal system with too many loopholes keeps these criminals behind bars. But when her own five-year-old son, Nathaniel, is… Shares Public prosecutors

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