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If you like fast-paced action authentic courtroom conflicts, and edge-of-your-seat twists, then you'll love Dark Moon, A Legal Thriller! The fix is in to convict a former U.S. Supreme Court Clerk of the murder of her ex-husband unless legendary criminal defense attorney Sarah Knight can beat the odds. No one knows why Sarah left her prestigious partnership at New York powerhouse Craig, Lewis, and Weller to set up a solo shop in San Diego, but Sarah's marching orders from the appointments clerk of the San Diego Superior Court are clear: lose this case or you'll never work in this town again. Coleman Reed, now a United States Supreme Court Justice, still owns the legal community in San Diego just as much as he did when he was a partner at Warrick, Thompson. From his lofty perch in Washington, D.C., he has decreed that his ex-daughter-in-law belongs on death row and to hell with due process. Sarah Knight, with her international reputation, is the perfect attorney to make things look good while throwing her client's case. But there's just one problem: Sarah is also the only attorney in San Diego willing to stand up to Coleman Reed. And she stubbornly believes her client is innocent despite the mountain of evidence against her. Jim Mitchell, ex-FBI agent turned private investigator, has come to San Diego to escape his own painful past. He's intrigued by the driven, hard-drinking defense attorney with the mysterious scar on her cheek, and he persuades Sarah to make him part of the defense team. Jim quickly proves his value when he discovers that Coleman's son had a taste for high-priced call girls and was entangled in an extensive pattern of criminal financial dealings. But just when it looks like Jim has won the advantage for the defense, Coleman Reed manipulates the trial judge to exclude their star witness on the eve of trial. With her client's life hanging in the balance, Sarah must decide if she's willing to risk her own life to defeat Coleman Reed. Dark Moon, A Legal Thriller is the first standalone novel in the riveting Warrick-Thompson Files series. h2>

An innocent man is scheduled to die. A United States Supreme Court nominee holds the key to his freedom. Which will she choose? Her career or his life?For thirty years, Brendan Murphy has done the impossible. He has kept his client, Professor Edward Wynne Carter, III, alive on Virginia's Death Row. Three juries have convicted Ed of murdering his pregnant wife in 1983, but Ed continues to insist that the real killer is Allison Byrd, the law student who stalked him relentlessly and whose lies sent him to Death Row. Now Ed's execution is set for March 3, 2017, the day before his son Wynne's marriage to Claire Chastain. McKenzie Fitzgerald, a name partner in Hugh Mahoney's San Diego law firm, learns of Ed's impending execution on the day that she also learns she has been nominated to the United States Supreme Court. She has evidence of Ed's innocence, but her career will be destroyed if she reveals it. Determined to save her career, she stubbornly insists Ed is guilty. Claire enlists the help of Jeff Ryder to help her prove that Allison is the real killer. But when Claire is kidnaped on her wedding day, and Brendan has a heart attack, Jeff becomes responsible for saving Claire and Ed in the face of mounting evidence that Ed had both motive and opportunity to kill his wife.

A wrongful death case that looks like an easy win is threatening to bring down Hugh Mahoney, the most powerful plaintiff's attorney in America. Public defender Kathryn Andrews won't rest until she gets justice for her late husband. But to stand a chance against the giant pharmaceutical company responsible, she's hiring expensive legal muscle. And she's also determined that the dirty secrets of her marriage never see the light of day.Hugh's fees are as formidable as his success rate. But even his reputation can't help him with a widow who opposes him from day one and is clearly hiding crucial information. And if he can't get her to open up, this high-profile case will destroy his lucrative career.But when a deep dive into discovery unearths a widespread conspiracy of death, their client-attorney privilege could become the only thing keeping them alive.Can they fight for justice against a corrupt power that will kill to impose silence?The Death of Distant Stars, A Legal Thriller is the third standalone novel in the suspenseful Warrick-Thompson Files series. If you like breathtaking twists and turns, intense courtroom dramas, and characters battling overwhelming odds, then you'll love Deborah Hawkins' unputdownable story.

The hard-drinking party boy is guilty of murder. Or is he?Andy Owens was drunk the night Nate McClellan fell off his father's yacht. Although his memory is hazy and the evidence is stacked against him, Andy sincerely believes that he didn't kill his best friend. But no one, including his defense attorneys, will believe him. Andy's legal credentials aren't sterling. He was almost last in his law school class, and he flunked the bar twice. But no one else is willing to search for the truth. Andy has no choice, but he isn't prepared for what he finds. After her husband dies in another woman's bed in Washington D.C., criminal defense attorney, Charlotte Estes, returns to San Diego to begin a new life as a partner at Goldstein, Miller, Mahoney and Estes. But she can't escape her past. The attempts on her life that began in D.C. follow her west, and she's forced to take on the defense of Andy Owens, the son of the man who betrayed her thirty years ago. Sean Donovan's partnership at Goldstein, Miller is hanging by a thread. He doesn't like Charlotte Estes, and he doesn't want to help her defend the Owens case. But Hugh Mahoney gives him no choice. If Andy isn't acquitted, Sean's career at the firm is over. But Sean and Charlotte both know that the thirty-two-year-old, hard-drinking party boy is guilty.