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MediMiracle Corporation manufactures Sophrosyne, a miracle cure for opiate addiction. Ellison Ricard, a research analyst for the company, claims to have uncovered data that proves Black users of Sophrosyne experience fatal side effects far more often than people of other races. When Ricard confronts MediMiracle’s charismatic founder and CEO, Peyton Burke, a violent confrontation ensues. The wheelchair-bound Ricard—a Black man who had been severely injured years earlier—is fired that very day.

Divorced, disbarred, and broke. That’s where former defense attorney Mick Ward found himself after a drug-fueled collapse, and now all he wants is a quiet life. But when he discovers a body on his friend Elliott’s property, Mick has to get involved. Because the body belongs to a rival from Elliott’s criminal past, and someone’s planted a gun in his house. Currently a Black Lives Matter activist running for Portland’s city council, Elliott suspects he’s been targeted by vengeful cops. But the worst is yet to come.

You have to play to win in a game of life and death Danni had to grow up fast – as a girl, her mother left her alone and she had to raise herself, any way she could. Finding comfort and company in the pubs and clubs of her local streets, she could throw a dart before she was old enough to buy...

Polityka, morderstwa i batalie sądowe w realiach skorumpowanego, mrocznego Teksasu! John Bookman – dla przyjaciół Book – profesor mianowany wydziału prawa Uniwersytetu Teksasu, trzydziestopięciolatek, przystojniak i kawaler. Wykłada prawo konstytucyjne, a ponadto robi z senatorów głupców na wizji i bywa wymieniany jako potencjalny kandydat na sędziego Sądu Najwyższego. Słynie też z czegoś jeszcze. Ma zwyczaj przyjmować sprawy beznadziejne – i wygrywać je. Z tego powodu co poniedziałek czekają na niego w gabinecie setki listów.

Die Dinge liefen immer mehr aus dem Ruder. Eine spurlos verschwundene Schülerin. Ein fünfzig Jahre altes Skelett im Keller. Und jetzt der Mord an ihrer besten Freundin Sabine. Es gab keinen Zusammenhang zwischen diesen Ereignissen... Nur ihren Umzug auf den alten Gutshof. Als würden erst durch sie die toten Seelen in diesem Haus hervorgelockt. Das alte, idyllisch gelegene Gutshaus in den Weinbergen strahlt Behaglichkeit aus, im Dorf geht es noch familiär zu. Für die Journalistin Mara Flemming genau der richtige Ort, um ihrem alten Leben in der Großstadt zu entfliehen.

When rookie lawyer Jessica Ford gets the call from her boss, John Davenport, the senior partner at the illustrious law firm for which she works, she can tell he is well on his way to being drunk. He needs Jess to meet First Lady Annette Cooper, for whom Davenport is a personal lawyer, at a Washington, D.C., hotel. Jess is thrilled: this high-profile assignment must mean that she's earned her boss's trust and she's on her way to bigger things. But unfortunately, bigger isn't always better.

Hired by a prestigious D.C. law firm after barely surviving witnessing the murder of the First Lady, attorney Jessica Ford is deliberately keeping a low profile as she gets a sensational rape case involving a senator’s son, whom she is defending, is abruptly dismissed because the victim recants on the stand. The problem is, Jess suspects that the victim recanted because she was threatened. Meanwhile, she has an uneasy feeling about the beautiful young associate she replaced: where is Allison Howard

Der steigende Meeresspiegel der Nordsee. Eine junge Frau, die sieht, was niemand wissen darf. Vier tote Wissenschaftler auf einer einsamen Bohrinsel im Ozean. Und eine hochgeheime Akte. Journalist Nick Schäfer dachte, das Schlimmste an diesem Herbst 2052 sei der rasant steigende Meeresspiegel der Nordsee und die Evakuierung seiner Mutter aus ihrem Heimatdorf. Doch dann kommt der Anruf seiner Exfreundin Emma. Sie ist in Todesangst. Hat sie wirklich Beweise dafür, wer hinter dieser verheerenden Umweltkatastrophe steckt?

A deadly choice. A secret between friends or a stab in the back? Four friends as close as they come. Until a girl’s weekend away leaves them with a shared secret that could destroy them all. But a secret is safe among friends, isn’t it? That’s what they think until in turn they all in turn...

Life is tough. Women are tougher. When Gina Turner’s husband, Scott, is sent down for a ten-year stretch, her world falls apart. It’s not just that she misses her husband, but the fact that the Proceeds of Crime team are gunning for all the couple had: her home, her lifestyle, her safety...

A notorious loan shark is shot dead, in broad daylight, right outside the front doors of the Old Bailey. The killer is arrested at the scene and Adrian Stanford is lined up to take on the toughest defence case of his career. Can he steer his client past the no-nonsense Detective Chief Superintendent ‘Iron-Rod' Stokes, hell-bent on achieving a murder conviction in his last case before retirement? That's assuming he can keep his client alive in prison long enough for the trial to go ahead.