Search Results: Legal Thriller from Murder By The Book

N.Y.: Doubleday, 1995. 1st edition, July 1995, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Previous owner name at front end paper. "Margolin's last legal thriller, Gone, But Not Forgotten, shot up bestseller lists, fueled by obvious characters-including a maniacal male killer and two tough heroines-lots of melodrama and a plot with more twists than a bowl of fusilli. Perhaps it's no surprise to see that his new novel features the same ingredients, if in different proportions. Here the killer is Charlie Deems, a crazed coke dealer. It's not Deems who's on trial, though, but the woman who sent him for a time to death row. She's Portland, Ore., prosecutor Abbie Griffen, an ice-maiden whom Margolin sculpts with as heavy a hand as he does Deems-who claims that Abbie hired him to kill her husband, the Oregon Supreme Court judge who's just been blown up along with his car. Defending Abbie is… Read More

NY. NY: Scribner, 2002. 1st. Ed. .with complete number line beginning with 1. Light soiling at page edges else near fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Martha "Marty" Nickerson, a prosecuting attorney in Chatham on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is featured in the debut book in this highly accalimed legal series. AN EDGAR & MARY HIGGINS CLARK WINNER.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Award Winner.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. This is the author's first book, a murder-mystery courtroom drama that demonstrates the author's background in the legal profession, as he defends a notorious motorcycle gang. Santa Fe background.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: Dutton, 1996. 1st edition, February 1996, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. " Prosecutor Sam Hagan is known for being a straight arrow, so he's the perfect choice to investigate a potentially explosive case and dismiss it for lack of evidence. Or so think both his boss, the Miami DA, who has his eye on national office and doesn't want controversy, and the city manager, who's courting the tourist industry. The plaintiff is a young model who claims that several men, including a well-connected local businessman and a football player turned actor, raped her. Hagen believes the girl and, despite political pressure, pursues the case. The stakes are raised when several of the witnesses and participants are murdered. Meanwhile, the prosecutor's marriage is cracking under the strain of his son's recent death, a situation worsened as he learns devastating details about his son's life… Read More

N.Y.: Fawcett Columbine, 1995. First edition, October 1995, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Victoria's London was the queen of the universe, a dazzling metropolis from whose magnificent mansions and discreetly luxurious clubs flowed the strategies that built the greatest empire ever known. Meanwhile the city's poor suffered and died in hopeless obscurity. Inspector William Monk knows his city's best and its worst--or so he believes until the day when charming Genevieve Stonefield comes to plead with him to find her missing husband. In his family life, Angus Stonefield had been gentle and loving; in business, a man of probity; and in his relationship with his twin brother, Caleb, a virtual saint. Now he is missing, and it appears more than possible that Caleb--a creature long since abandoned to depravity--has murdered him. And so Monk puts himself into the missing man's shoes, searching in… Read More

N.Y.: Morrow, 1959. 1st edition. Bright yellow publishers binding shows very light soiling else about fine in dust jacket, light wear along edges, small chips to fold corners, spine panel lightly faded with wear to ends, moderate soiling at rear and spine. His 100th book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1966. 1st ed. slight spine slant else about fine in dj, light wear along edges, couple of tiny nicks, one tape repaired tear. Not price clipped ($3.50 price intact).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Morrow, 1962. 1st ed. Very minimal edgewear else near fine in dust jacket with price intact, $2.95, very light wear at head and foot of spine and damp stain at rear of jacket only. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion, 1997. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket one small closed tear at fron cover. 1998 EDGAR AWARD Winner. A BARRY and HAMMETT Award Nominee.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Award Winner.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion, 1997. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. EDGAR AWARD WINNER for Best Novel and both a HAMMETT AWARD and a BARRY AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel . Billy Bob Holland, is an attorney in the dusty Texas town of Deaf Smith. An ex-Texas Ranger (cop, not ball-player) who mistakenly killed his partner during a drug bust, Holland is jolted from his brooding when his estranged illegitimate son is accused of the rape and murder of a party girl. He takes the case, of course, and things get complicated mighty quick. On a hunch only a father could believe, Holland is sure his son is being railroaded.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY,NY: Pinnacle Books, 2004. 1st. Ed. NEAR FINE - book shows normal reading creases , else fine. Third book in series and author of the EDGAR NOMINEE, The Last Witness . Defense attorney Lou Mason looks into the murder of talk-radio psychiatrist.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker & Co, 1987. 1st. Ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges browning else fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. The story of a Vietnam veteran who becomes a lawyer in a Georgia town and defends an African-American man who is on trial for the murder of a young woman. From the author of ROBAK'S CROSS and POISON SUMMER.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1995. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Publishers letter laid in.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: International Polygonics, LTD, 1991. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Introduction by Jon L. Breen. " Cecil is one of the leading exemplars of a tradition of British legal humor, most recently represented by John Mortimer and his Rumpole of the Bailey, that has no true American equivalent.... all of Cecil's works are imbued with a distinctively British humor comparable to P.G. Wodehouse.". First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.

NY, NY.: Warner Books Inc, 2005. 1st. Ed. AS NEW / AS NEW. A BARRY NOMINEE. A young man has worked his way out of one of the toughest sections of Boston to become an elite member of a prestigious law firm. When the body of a young womenis found floating in the harbor - his past lover - his career and reputation begin to fall apart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Book.

N.Y.: Knopf, 1994. 1st edition, so stated. Fine in dust jacket. .Small check mark at bottom of pages. San Francisco. Legal Thriller. 593 pages. "Patterson has recycled some of the characters and one of the subplots from last year's hit, Degree of Guilt, into a new novel that can still be enjoyed without knowledge of the previous one. Young Latina lawyer Teresa Peralta, aide and lover to Degree hero Christopher Paget, is fighting to get away from creepy husband Richie Arias and take daughter Elena with her, when Richie is found dead, in what looks like murder disguised as suicide. Paget is the prime suspect, and most of the book is a detailed account of his trial. It's obvious he knows more about Arias's death than he's willing to tell, to the frustration of his brilliant defense lawyer (she was the judge in Degree). Local San Francisco politics and an accusation of child molestation against Paget's teenage son contribute to this complex brew, in which, as before,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1990. 1st edition, August 1990, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. Nominated for an EDGAR AWARD for Best Novel. San Antonio, Texas. "David Blackwell, son of the district attorney of San Antonio, Texas, stands before a jury of his peers accused of rape. He claims his accuser staged the rape; ripped off her own clothes, clawed her own flesh. It is an implausible story, one his own defense attorney doubts. While the ensuing courtroom drama is fascinating, it is secondary to Brandon's chilling exposure of all those sworn to uphold the impartiality of justice. Theirs is a corrupt facade: career advancement, politics, personal agendas, and vendettas leave David a victim of the miscarriage of justice. Brandon's skill in tearing away this second layer of the legal justice system is credible,… Read More

NY.NY: William Morrow & Co, 2005. 1ST. ED. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. A GUMSHOE AWARD NOMINEE. "*Starred Review* In maverick defense attorney Victor Carl, Lashner (himself a former trial lawyer) has created one of legal-thrillerdom's most interesting and morally ambiguous characters. Here, for instance, Carl begins his story by admitting to "my own utter selfishness"--and if you have read any of the previous entries in this series, you know he's not being coy. Carl really is selfish, along with being manipulative and more than a little shady, but he is also highly intelligent, quick witted, and somehow, despite his abundant flaws, likable. This time out he has accepted (very reluctantly) the appeals case of a man who has been convicted of murder but who insists he's innocent. There is also the matter of the police detective who might have used ethically shaky methods to convict… Read More

N.Y: Delacorte, 1997. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Spine slant else near fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1996. 1st edition, first printing October 1996, very light rubbing to rear cover else a fine copy. Scott Turow redefined the legal thriller. Now following his own tradition, he gathers together a gallery of top contemporary writers to deliver a collection of original stories that mastrfully pY HOMge to today's gritty legal thrillers. Includes: John Lutz, Stuart Kaminsky, Sarah Shankman, Bill Pronzini, Lia Matera et al.... 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Book.