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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
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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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 Legal stories, England
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Putting Lipstick on a Pig Michael Bowen · 2006 · ★ 4.8 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Legal stories with this book.
Peril in Paris
Peril in Paris Rhys Bowen · 2022 · ★ 4.5 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her husband, Darcy, are awaiting the arrival of their baby when they receive an unexpected invitation to visit Paris. However, their trip quickly turns into a tangled web of international intrigue as they become embroiled in a mystery involving murder, espionage, and high-stakes politics. Shares England
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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
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All's Fair in Love and Law Alan Hammond · 2011 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Dufty Dufty Popple & Dunn is a traditional solicitors' firm in the small Midlands town of Hockam (pronounced Hokum, as the local residents are at pains to point out). This heart-warming collection of stories revolves around the lives, relationships, triumphs and failures of the good people of Hockam and of the lawyers to whom they look for help. We meet the lonely dentist and his noisy… Shares Legal stories, England
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The Devil's advocate Andrew Neiderman · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 313p · ≈ 10h · Moderate When Kevin Taylor joins the Manhattan criminal law firm of John Milton & Associates, he's hit the big time. At last, he and his wife can enjoy the luxuries they've so desired--money, a chauffeur-driven limo, and a stunning home in a high-rise. Then Milton assigns Kevin one of the most notorious cases of the year, with a file that had been put together prior to the crime. Throwing himself into his… Shares Legal stories
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The house on the strand Daphne du Maurier · 1705 · ★ 3.9 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Die erste Auflage beträgt 5000 Exemplare Shares England
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The Paradise Mystery Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate American tourists, sure appreciators of all that is ancient and picturesque in England, invariably come to a halt, holding their breath in a sudden catch of wonder, as they pass through the half-ruinous gateway which admits to the Close of Wrychester. Nowhere else in England is there a fairer prospect of old-world peace. There before their eyes, set in the centre of a great green sward, fringed… Shares England
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Silks Dick Francis · 2008 · ★ 3.9 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Moderate “Julian Trent, you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family including a charge of attempted murder. You have shown little or no remorse for your actions and I consider you a danger to society.”When defence barrister Geoffrey Mason hears the judge’s verdict, he quietly hopes that a long and arduous custodial sentence will be handed… Shares Legal stories, England
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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 Legal stories
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The Last Hope Hugh Stowell Scott · 1904 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares England with this book.
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In Kedar's tents Hugh Stowell Scott · 1897 · ★ 5.0 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging If it be a duty to respect other men's claims, so also is it a duty to maintain our own.' Shares England
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Old Filth Jane Gardam · 1999 · ★ 4.5 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The title, first of all, is an acronym, and stands for "Failed in London, Try Hong Kong." Old Filth -- or Dear Old Filth, when the story starts -- is Sir Edward Feathers, a wealthy old Englishman. As a penniless young man, Eddie Feathers left postwar London and made a magnificent fortune -- "a great stack of money" -- as a Hong Kong barrister, retiring as a judge and returning to England to live… Shares Legal stories, England
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The daffodil murder Edgar Wallace · 1921 · ★ 3.4 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Ein Londoner Gescha˜ftsmann entla˜©t seineAngestellte fristlos. Kurze Zeit spa˜ter liegter erschossen im Gras des Hyde Park ... Shares England
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Daisy Kenyon Elizabeth Janeway · 1945 · 259p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Legal stories with this book.

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