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Advokátka Dani Rollinsová je v soudní síni neústupná – při obhajobě nevinných lidí tlačí soudce a státní zástupce až do krajnosti. Když se setká s Teddym Thornem, mentálně postiženým teenagerem obviněným z distribuce drog, je přesvědčená, že to celé bude snadná záležitost – párkrát se dostaví k soudu a případ bude vyřízený. Jenže žalobci se snaží soudit Teddyho jako dospělého, a to by ho čekal přísný trest. V Dani postupně sílí podezření, že Teddy je využíván jako pěšák v jakési zlověstné hře… Victor Methos ve svém dalším právnickém thrilleru opět ukazuje, že má až grishamovský vhled do složitého soukolí kolem viny a trestu.

Peněz je málo a kariérních vyhlídek ještě méně, proto novopečený právník Brigham Theodore podnikne zoufalý krok a nastoupí do pochybné právnické firmy v Salt Lake City. Hned svůj první případ, překročení povolené rychlosti, ovšem prohraje a je přesvědčený, že se s kariérou právníka může rozloučit. Proto je více než překvapen, když mu jeho šéf přidělí o něco náročnější kauzu: Amanda Piercová je utrápená a vyčerpaná žena, které psychopat znásilnil a zavraždil dceru. A ona se mu pomstila. Není pochyb, že to byla ona, kdo zmáčkla spoušť – vidělo jí pět svědků. A i když jsou sympatie veřejnosti na její straně, hrozí jí trest smrti – ona sama ostatně vinu ani nepopírá. Novopečený právník se tak pouští do boje nejen o svou kariéru, ale i o život své klientky.

Strhující příběh o prokurátorce, která se musí vyrovnat s nejtemnější částí své minulosti a nejčernějšími obavami o budoucnost. Před čtrnácti lety byl manžel Jessiky Yardleyové odsouzen za několik brutálních vražd. Stálo ji spoustu úsilí si po tom všem se svou dcerou dát život zase dohromady a teď je uznávanou právničkou. Jenže když kdosi začne znovu zabíjet a provedením vražd kopíruje styl jejího bývalého muže, její děsivá noční můra se znovu probudí. FBI požádá Jessiku, aby se zapojila do pátrání po tomto napodobiteli. Jakmile jsou jeho motivy zřejmější, nový život, který si Jessica vybudovala, se začne hroutit. Jessica si musí položit otázku, komu může věřit a jestli je schopná vraha zastavit.

From the bestselling author of A Killer's Wife, Victor Methos's acclaimed Desert Plains series continues with the saga of two brilliant defense attorneys and a client whose confession may not be what it seems. Two couples cut to bits near a canyon close to the Nevada border. The police pull over blood-soaked Arlo Ward not far from the site of the grisly murders; he fully cooperates with the officers, grinning through a remorseless confession dripping with gory detail. Investigators find no murder weapon, but young, awkward Arlo's confession is signed, taped, and delivered. Defense attorney Dylan Aster and his partner, Lily Ricci, are two rising legal stars. They're hesitant about pursuing the Arlo Ward case, as it seems like a slam dunk for the prosecution--Arlo was covered in the victims' DNA and admitted to everything. But the state psychiatrist shares the impossible with Dylan: Arlo Ward is likely innocent. The man is racked with delusional schizophrenia, seizing on these murders as an opportunity for macabre attention. Dylan can't resist. He and Lily take on Arlo as their client, but once the trial commences, it's clear that the real secrets and lies are just beginning.

From the bestselling author of The Neon Lawyer comes a page-turning thriller about a scrappy lawyer and his fight for justice. Personal injury attorney Peter Game has a reputation: cynical, untroubled by ethics, and willing to take any case, anytime, in his pursuit of the win. He dreams of a sweetheart score that'll make his name and net him millions. Then comes the lightning rod: a school shooting just outside of Salt Lake City. His client: the devastated mother of one of the victims. What she wants is understandable--just not simple: to sue the manufacturers of the automatic weapon used in the mass killing. Game's opponent, brilliant lawyer Brennen Garvin, is the least of his problems: the entire legal system, influenced by decades of pressure from powerful gun lobbies, is stacked against him. For Game, this is the case of a lifetime. He's just not sure his trademark rules will work in his favor. And he's not sure he wants them to. As Game's lust for victory gives way to a hunger for justice, he could lose everything--or win back his soul.

From the bestselling author of A Killer's Wife comes an intense tale of revenge as Solomon Shepard falls prey to a vicious ex-con, who claims the prosecutor put him away for a crime he didn't commit. After a traumatic injury took him off the job, prosecutor Solomon Shepard is back to work, teaming up with Sheriff Billie Gray to hunt down Utah's most dangerous criminals. Shepard has spent years away from crime scenes and courtrooms, but one of those criminals still holds a grudge. Alonso Ash is out of prison after eleven years, and he's determined to prove that Shepard tried him for a crime he didn't commit. And he's got something special planned: kidnapping Shepard and forcing him to revisit Ash's case in an elaborately staged retrial. As Ash descends further into delusion, Shepard's only choice is to play along with the ex-con's rapidly deteriorating sense of reality. Meanwhile, Sheriff Gray is working herself to the breaking point as she races to find them before Ash's plans take a deadly turn. With Ash playing judge and jury, hell-bent on proving his innocence, Shepard will be the only guilty party left to execute.

Bestselling author Victor Methos’s acclaimed series continues as prosecutor Jessica Yardley races to catch an art-obsessed serial killer before she becomes his next masterpiece.Retiring prosecutor Jessica Yardley can’t turn down one last investigation. This time, it’s a set of murders inspired by a series of grisly paintings called The Night Things. She’s the only one who can catch the killer, who’s left a trail of bodies in a rural community outside of Las Vegas.But the more Jessica finds out, the less clear her case becomes. Out of options, she’s forced to consult her serial killer ex-husband—to gain additional insight into the crimes and the killer’s motivations.By the time Jessica realizes that pursuing this case is a deadly mistake, it’s too late to turn back. Can she catch the killer, or will she be the final addition to a killer’s masterpiece?

Winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. A ruthless lawyer cross-examines his life after a guilty client walks free in this sharp legal thriller from the bestselling author of The Neon Lawyer. Ruthless defense attorney Tatum Graham has been living large in Miami, but when his recently acquitted client claims another victim, Tatum has a crisis of conscience. Disillusioned, he heads to his small Utah hometown for a simpler life...but that's not what he finds. Soon after he arrives, Tatum's childhood crush offers him a job at the county attorney's office and assigns him a murder case. The victim is a teenage girl not unlike the victim in the last case he tried. Now a prosecutor, Tatum sees a chance for redemption, but politics, corruption, and a killer defense threaten to thwart justice. To complicate matters, Tatum's estranged father has terminal cancer, and the time to reconcile is running out. Tatum moved to Utah to find clarity, but his thoughts swirl with old feelings and present dangers. As the case heats up, so does the risk, threatening to adjourn Tatum's new life before it begins.

From the bestselling author of A Killer's Wife comes the thrilling first installment in the Shepard & Gray series, featuring a young sheriff who teams up with a former prosecutor to stop a copycat killer. This is the Reaper speaking. So begins an anonymous letter published in a Utah newspaper after a young couple is viciously murdered. Salt Lake County sheriff Elizabeth Gray leads the investigation into the double homicide, which is eerily reminiscent of a string of brutal killings years ago. When the letter leads detectives to yet another body, Gray calls on an old friend for help. Former prosecutor Solomon Shepard is still struggling to recover from the deadly courtroom attack that ended his career. He's been keeping a safe distance from the action, teaching criminology seminars about serial murders and psychopathology―until Gray asks for his help on the Reaper case. As the body count mounts, Shepard and Gray race to unravel the deranged design of a copycat killer―and find themselves in a face-off with an enemy they never saw coming.

For high-powered personal injury attorney Noah Byron, the good things in life come with a price tag--cars, houses, women. That's why he represents only cases that come with the possibility of a nice cut of the action. But as a favor to his ex-wife, he meets with the mother of twelve-year-old Joel, a boy poisoned by tainted children's medicine. While the official story is that a psycho tampered with bottles, the boy's mother believes something much more sinister is at work...and the trail leads right back to the pharmaceutical company. As Noah digs deeper into the case, he quickly finds himself up against a powerful corporation that will protect itself at any cost. He also befriends young Joel and breaks the number one rule of personal injury law: don't make it personal. Faced with the most menacing of opponents and the most vulnerable of clients, Noah is determined to discover the truth and win justice for Joel--even if it means losing everything else.