Wisecracking New Jersey defense attorney Andy Carpenter rescues a golden retriever from euthanasia, learns that the dog was involved in a previous owner's murder conviction, and is persuaded by the man's sister to reopen the case.

Plea bargains may grease the rails of justice, but for Jamie Brock, prosecuting criminals is not about cutting deals. In her three years as assistant DA, she's never plea-bargained a case and vows she never will. But when a powerful defense attorney is indicted for murder and devises a way to bring the entire justice system to a screeching halt, Jamie finds herself at a crossroads. One by one, prisoners begin rejecting deals. Prosecutors are overwhelmed,...

A Chicago altar boy is accused of murdering the archbishop and a publicity hungry local attorney decides to defend him.

A criminal attorney who plays to win meets her match when she represents a playboy who is accused of murdering his wealthy wife

A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this astonishing historical thriller that moves from a Jamaican sugar plantation to the fetid streets of Georgian London. The brutal double murder of renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite, has set London abuzz. Crowds pack the courtroom, the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings. But Frannie Langton claims she cannot recall...

A beautiful businesswoman, founder of a high-tech software company catering to the military, is found dead, two tightly grouped bullet wounds to her head -- a "double tap,' the trademark of highly skilled assassins. Paul Madriani takes the case of the man accused of the crime: a career soldier who refuses to explain the mysterious gaps in his military resume. Faced with an uncooperative client, Madriani begins a dangerous search for the truth -- in...