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A talented but overprotective young man has his hands full as trustee of the inheritance of a beautiful blonde but very naive young woman. But his love and her money don't mix. Why would he embezzle a quarter of a million dollars from his client "for her own good?" Perry Mason may be able to prove, in fact, that his client is no embezzler...but what happens when murder rears its head?

Inspired by Henry Cecil's 1955 comic novel of the same name, Brothers in Law first appeared on BBC One in 1962, providing Richard Briers with his first starring role on television as idealistic young barrister Roger Thursby. Adapted by Richard Waring from TV scripts by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, it took to the airwaves in 1970, running for three years until 1972. As the series opens, the rookie lawyer is in his first year at chambers, and struggling to learn the ropes. 

He announced himself as Mr. Cash. His calling card was ten crisp hundred-dollar bills! "My wife has disappeared," he told Perry Mason. "She's in trouble of some sort. I want to find her." Mr. Cash's wife was indeed in trouble of a most serious sort. First, her jewelry disappeared. Then she disappeared. Perry Mason had to find her before the police could arrest her - for murder.

Corruption. Racism. Faith. When new-age faith healer Amos Anderson is arrested for the murder of vocal Baptist minister Dural Green, he becomes public enemy number one. And criminal defense attorney Tex Hunter is the only man left in his corner... Reverend Green was a fierce challenger to...

Once the flashy, successful lawyer known for his in-your-face billboards—IN AN ACCIDENT? GET RICH—Jason Rich has fallen from grace, his reputation scrubbed of its glitz and his life stripped of the people he cares about. All thanks to meth kingpin Tyson Cade. But when Cade is shot and killed in the heart of his territory, things go from bad to worse for Jason as he is charged with his murder.

Brought to you by Penguin. The Mordaunts aren't like most families . . . For one, their family home is Roxborough Hall - a magnificent, centuries-old mansion in the Norfolk countryside. For another, the house isn't passed down from parent to child - but rather to the family member deemed most...

Books five through eight in Scott Pratt's iconic Joe Dillard series are offered in a bundle: Conflict of Interest, Blood Money, A Crime of Passion, and Judgment Cometh (and That Right Soon).

Four best friends. Three terrible secrets. One deadly night. Two years ago, law student Daria Moreau was murdered during her graduation party. Her classmate Andrew Doyle was convicted of the crime. Now, his desperate family convinces small-town lawyer Cass Leary to take another look at his case. The moment she does, she walks straight into a minefield of lies, betrayal, and buried truths. Though Andrew has never stopped claiming his innocence, Cass senses he’s hiding something that could exonerate him. But he refuses to fight for himself. Won’t name names. Won’t betray a friend…

Riveting . . . a suspenseful tale, right up to the satisfying climax, wrote Publishers Weekly in praise of The Judge. ""Legal thrillers don't get much better than this. ""Kirkus Reviews hailed Undue Influence as ""the courtroom novel of the year."" Now Martini delivers Paul Madriani's most...

The third electrifying book in #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline’s Rosato & Associates series has criminal lawyer Marta Richter in a race to prove one man’s innocence. “Lisa Scottoline writes riveting thrillers that keep me up all night, with plots that twist and turn.”--Harlan Coben...

Thirteen is the legal thriller Lee Child, Michael Connelly, and Ruth Ware are raving about and listeners can't pause. “Outstanding - an intriguing premise, a tense, gripping build-up, and a spectacular climax. This guy is the real deal. Trust me.” —Lee Child “A dead bang BEAST of a book...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A disgraced corporate attorney ventures into a potentially lethal jungle, on a job no one wants, in this “entertaining page-turner” (USA Today) from the master of the legal thriller. In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his...

STREET LAWYERS. STREET RULES. David Zinc lives life in the fast lane - until he unexpectedly veers off course. Leaving behind his high-end job as a corporate lawyer, Zinc finds himself at Finley & Figg, an upstart firm of Chicago street lawyers and ambulance chasers going head-to-head with Big...

Narrated by Josh Dylan (Mamma Mia, Noughts + Crosses, The Buccaneers) THE BRAND-NEW MURDER MYSTERY IN THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING SERIES At MP-turned-wellness-guru Adrian Wells’s glitzy launch event for a bath salt that promises to reverse ageing, someone is about to turn up the heat. . . As Adrian...

The year is 1990. A shocking murder of the star quarterback upends a sleepy Georgia town. After his father Jack decides to risk everything by defending the accused, young Chance Meridian—along with his three best friends—must grow up fast when the uglier lessons of life interrupt their...

Jack Collins's upstart law firm is struggling to make ends meet. His solution is to bring in a new senior partner, a seasoned estate-planning lawyer well connected with the Greenwich elite. Unfortunately, his new partner is hiding a secret that could bring down the entire firm. When Jack catches the lawyer embezzling funds from a millionaire's estate, he thinks he's uncovered an isolated crime. But as he slowly connects the clues, he stumbles into a far larger conspiracy involving some of Connecticut's most powerful figures.

Bloomsbury presents FDR Drive by James Comey, read by Cassandra Campbell New York lawyer Nora Carleton faces her biggest case yet in this gripping legal thriller from the critically acclaimed author of Central Park West and former director of the FBI, James Comey. EVEN FREE SPEECH HAS ITS PRICE...

Following John Grisham's international bestsellers, Camino Island and Camino Winds, Camino Ghosts is the story of an island off the Florida coast with a haunted, violent history and an uncertain future. Dark Isle off the Florida coast is said to be cursed: drownings, disappearances and hauntings...

Smack in the middle of a capital murder trial, small-town prosecutor Mara Brent gets a cryptic note from the defendant. He wants to cut a deal. His freedom in exchange for information about the kidnapping and murder of a young girl that made national news a decade ago. Is he telling the truth? Or is this just the desperate ploy of a marked man?

David Swain is two years into his life sentence for murdering the lover of his ex-girlfriend, Katya Osman. In the dead of night, he escapes from prison. Hours later, Katya is found murdered in her uncle’s home, Blackwater Hall. Having first brought Swain to justice two years earlier, Inspector...