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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who … Tin Pan Alley is the heart of London’s music scene. It is also the dark heart of a ruthless business tainted by sex, drugs and corruption. When a young fan is found dead from a heroin overdose at an American rock star’s accommodation and the band’s manager is charged with her murder, Charles Holborne, barrister, must defend him. But Holborne is getting married in two weeks, and for some reason DS Sean Sloane, his best man, refuses to speak to him.

Lacey When you discover your first love is a monster, you escape right? You take your heels and run. You don’t try to uncover the truth and put him behind bars and you especially don’t ask his enemy to touch you and make sure you forget he ever existed… Koa She should be taboo. A woman who was abused, one that reminds me of my darkest nightmares. But yet she is Adrian Sterling's fucking girlfriend, and I have never wanted to play with one of his toys more than I do right now. Especially one so fucking beautiful… TW: This book contains lots of spicy scenes you're going to love, but ...

What began as a weekend fishing trip, turns into the fight of his life when lawyer Ben Carter finds a young boy alone on the side of a road in upstate New York. Quickly linking the boy to a murder scene more than a hundred miles away, the pair travel to nearby Pittsburgh, where a mystery thrusts them both into the fight of their lives.

Are you a law student, bar exam candidate, or learning corporate and partnerships law? Then you need this book!These Quiz Questions are the best way to learn the rules of business law. Each Question Presented provides FACTS which you must then apply to the right RULE to reach the legal CONCLUSION (IRAC!) Detailed Explanatory Answers Clearly Explain the Ruling. This way you actually remember the rule and learn how to apply facts to rules to reach the lawyerly conclusion. Challenging thought-provoking questions test whether you really know the rules Instant Feedback! You know Immediately ...

I Want a Lawyer! is a blunt, uncompromising survival manual for anyone who might ever deal with law enforcement—which is to say, everyone. Written in a sharp, sardonic tone and grounded in real-world experience, this book dismantles every romanticized myth about police encounters and replaces it with one golden rule: shut up and lawyer up. From traffic stops to full-blown interrogations, from surprise visits to your home to coercive “friendly chats” at the station, this book guides you through the tactics police use to get you talking—and how to keep your mouth shut. It explains why...

Award-winning author Michael Pickford brings us a delightful new series about a teen lawyer with Holmes-like powers of observation. Samuel Hickson moved from Chicago to Tennessee to attend college. He sought a new roommate because he couldn’t bear to live another week with a bunch of rowdy party animals. Samuel’s neighbor introduced him to a strange young man named Zeblon Jack. Zeblon was a child prodigy who by the age of eighteen had completed law school and passed the bar. He was also a loose cannon with no qualms about breaking the law to bring out the truth. On their first meeting, ...

It's the day before Mike Frame's 50th birthday and his quiet provincial life is suddenly falling apart. But perhaps it doesn't matter, because it's not his life in the first place. He has a past that his partner Miranda and step-daughter Sam know nothing about, lived under another name amidst the turbulence of the revolutionary armed struggle of the 1970s. Now Mike is seeing ghosts: a dead ex-lover and an old friend who wants to reminisce.

At Dewey, Cheatham & Howe, we have heard a lot of nasty things about lawyers. Some of them have been pretty funny. So we decided to start collecting them. So far I believe we have a compilation of the world's great lawyer jokes. So we called it The World's Greatest Lawyer Jokes. Catchy huh!

Nick Ceratto, a young,cracker jack litigator looking for a partnership in the prestigious Philadelphia law firm of Maglio,Silvio,and Levin discovers his firm's dark seceret for increasing it's bottom line while preparing a medical malpractice case for trial.The partners are setting up major cases by seriously injuring and even murdering their clients to produce huge jury awards. When the firm discovers he knows,Nick's only hope is to stay one step ahead of the hitman long enough to intentionally lose his case and expose the firm's corruption. As his mission careens towards an explosive ...

Two friends. One Amazing vacation. A deadly betrayal. San Francisco businesswoman Cathryn Prentis’ dream of visiting Peru’s Machu Picchu turns into a living nightmare on October 21, 2003 when she is arrested in the Lima airport and charged with transporting cocaine. Advised by DEA agents, Peruvian lawyers, family and friends to plead guilty and do anything she can—legally or illegally—to escape Peru, Cathryn must choose: should she plead guilty or should she maintain her innocence and risk a deadly prison sentence? And can she overcome a foreign culture she can’t trust, a language...

Keera Duggan was building a solid reputation as a Seattle prosecutor, until her romantic relationship with a senior colleague ended badly. For the competitive former chess prodigy, returning to her family’s failing criminal defense law firm to work for her father is the best shot she has. With the right moves, she hopes to restore the family’s reputation, her relationship with her father, and her career.

Understand Bitcoin in Just a Few Days, Even if You’ve Never Heard of Blockchain And Without Drowning in Technical Jargon Do you find yourself curious about the world of Bitcoin and its potential to revolutionize finance, yet you feel overwhelmed by the complexity and volatile nature of the market? Are you looking for straightforward guidance on how to invest smartly, without getting lost in a sea of unfamiliar terms and concepts? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you're not alone. Most beginners feel exactly this way—but that changes the moment you dive into “...

Essay on a young woman's right to die before a virulent brain cancer prevents her from making that choice.

A real estate lease agreement is one of the biggest financial obligations of any company. The tenant must review the lease to make sure it is sound from both business and legal perspectives. Written in a conversational style for the non-lawyer business executive, Tenant Leasing 101 offers companies the essential strategies and tips to help simplify the negotiation of their next lease.

“Ms. Rabi, as usual, had me laughing out loud. I highly recommend this to all romantics at heart.” Amazon Reviewer. Gabriel is a high-powered attorney, with a beautiful wife and two adorable children. He has achieved success in record time, carved a name for himself in the legal arena, and can finally enjoy the fruits of his labor. There is just one problem; Gabriel is bored of everything. Every. Goddamn. Thing. So, while on a business trip to Vegas (Business in Vegas? Yeah right!) he encounters the blonde and voluptuous Sinead. Not only is she sexy, but she is uninhibited and totally ...

Retiring prosecutor Jessica Yardley can’t turn down one last investigation. This time, it’s a set of murders inspired by a series of grisly paintings called The Night Things. She’s the only one who can catch the killer, who’s left a trail of bodies in a rural community outside of Las Vegas. But the more Jessica finds out, the less clear her case becomes. Out of options, she’s forced to consult her serial killer ex-husband - to gain additional insight into the crimes and the killer’s motivations.

Sam Johnstone was hoping for renewal when he took a job at a boutique law firm in rustic Wyoming. The mountains and streams of the West would be a refreshing, quiet place to start over after years of war and turmoil in his personal life. But after a local woman is brutally murdered, Sam realizes that things aren’t so quiet in this rural American town. The accused is one Tommy Olsen, a known delinquent who had been sleeping with the victim. Sam is repulsed by the crime and wants nothing to do with the case but meets with Tommy to make sure he has legal representation.

In the wake of a trial loss and personal upheaval, defense attorney Sam Johnstone is drawn back into the legal fray by an accused drug dealer involved in a fatal fentanyl case. The dealer's tantalizing offer? Pivotal information that could exonerate the son of Sam’s former partner in exchange for representation. As Sam ventures deeper into this moral minefield, he uncovers suppressed testimony that could incriminate a former client … and threaten his own career.

Cam Crewell can barely keep his head above water in his first year of law school. His struggles intensify when his younger brother and sister are suddenly left with no place to live. Without other options, they move in with Cam and his five eclectic roommates in their overcrowded and barely code-compliant house. Although the new home offers a sense of belonging and support, their world is thrown into turmoil when Child Welfare discovers the kids are living without a true legal guardian.

THE CALL: Boston Lawyer Dutch Francis has moved to the small city of Manchester, New Hampshire, where the only criminal cases he takes are DWIs. That is until - after more than twenty years - his childhood friend Larry Conway calls, pleading for his help. THE CRIME: Out of the goodness of their hearts, the Conways have taken in a troubled young man named Raymond Walker. Now, Walker stands accused of murdering the local college football star, a future All-American. THE COVER-UP: Dutch is up for the challenge. Anything for a friend. But the more Dutch investigates, the more he is convinced of...