18 books like Trial by fire

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Conflict of interest Nancy Taylor Rosenberg · 2002 · ★ 4.8 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Public prosecutors, Women lawyers, Legal stories 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, Women lawyers, Legal stories, Mystery

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

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

Buried evidence Nancy Taylor Rosenberg · 2000 · ★ 3.7 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Public prosecutors, Women lawyers, 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

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

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

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 Women lawyers, Legal stories

Cimarron rose James Lee Burke · 1997 · ★ 4.5 · 408p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Former Texas Ranger Billy Holland, now a lawyer, is hired to defend a teenage boy accused of killing his girlfriend. It is a family affair of sorts, the man who hired Holland being the boy's stepfather. The real father is Holland. Shares Texas, Legal stories, Mystery

Murder at Rosecliff

Murder at Rosecliff Alyssa Maxwell Shares Mystery with this book.

The Lotus Shoes

The Lotus Shoes Jane Yang · 2025 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time." —Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzAn empowering, uplifting tale of two women from opposite sides of society, and their extraordinary journey of sisterhood, betrayal, love and triumph.1800s China. Tightly bound feet,… Shares Mystery

Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night

Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night Inc. International Thriller Writers Lock the doors. Draw the shades. Pull up the covers and be prepared for Thriller to keep you up all night!Featuring North America’s foremost thriller authors, Thriller was the first collection of pure thriller stories ever published. Revisit these heart-pumping tales of suspense, including thirty-two of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning names in the business. From the signature… Shares Mystery

Murder in the Drawing Room

Murder in the Drawing Room C.J. Archer · 2021 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Scandal, secrets and bawdy photographs are uncovered when the wife of a politician is murdered. Untangle the lies with Cleo and her friends and find the killer. When Harry Armitage passes an investigation to Cleo involving adultery, they both think it will end in divorce. But when the client’s wife is found stabbed in her drawing room, it becomes clear that marital problems are only part of the… Shares Mystery

Deadly Cypher

Deadly Cypher Kate Parker · 2021 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A USA Today Bestseller!Could a murder at Bletchley Park cost Britain the war?November, 1939. The British government has assembled a small group of intellectuals at an estate north of London as part of a top-secret codebreaking effort. Everything about it is clandestine. The facility is ringed with a veil of silence until one of the young female linguists is murdered.Britain's counterintelligence… Shares Mystery

The Charmer

The Charmer C.J. Archer Elizabethan England: Handsome. Charming. Devastating. He was the last man she needed, but the only one she wanted. Orlando Holt has never assassinated a woman before. The lovely, feisty Lady Lynden will be his first. She's supposed to be a vicious murderess, but when Orlando begins to have doubts, he sets out to discover the identity of the person who hired him. What he learns will turn his world… Shares Mystery

A Murder in Marylebone

A Murder in Marylebone Emily Sullivan Shares Mystery with this book.

The Incendium Plot

The Incendium Plot A D Swanston 'A fantastic tale of spies, deceit and murder in the Elizabethan age' S. D. Sykes'Colourful and gripping' The TimesEngland in 1572 is a powder keg of rumour, fanaticism, treachery and dissent. All it would take is a single spark . . . In the England of Elizabeth I, the fear of plague and invasion, and the threat of insurrection are constant. As the Earl of Leicester's chief intelligencer, lawyer… Shares Mystery

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