Legal Mystery

This is the 6th and final story in the VANISHING LAWYER SERIES about John Carverton, a retired Canadian attorney who found himself plunked into an alternate world in which he had never been born. In this novel, John remains in deep cover for well over a year before he comes to believe that his services might again be required to protect President Donald Trump from harm. The clues are so murky that John begins to think that he must have misinterpreted them. Nothing could be further from the truth. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than ...

When Thaddeus Murfee finds himself in the crosshairs of old-time mobsters, he knows his days are numbered. In a desperate attempt to break free, he files a lawsuit, only to learn that suing the mob comes with deadly consequences. As violent thugs and silent assassins pursue him across the country, Thaddeus seeks refuge with an ancient sheepherder in the Arizona mountains. In this temporary sanctuary, he must race against time to uncover the truth before the mob's relentless pursuit catches up with him.

In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb... Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years.

Brad Norton, a young barrister at the Sydney Bar, watches helplessly as a lying cop sends his client to prison. He gets a chance for revenge when defending a client accused of murder. To save his client, he must expose the dirty cop and finger the true killer in the middle of the trial. That will require a glittering display of forensic cunning. But is he up to the job? He will soon find out. A fast-paced Australian courtroom drama with comic touches.

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.

Dr. Willow has a problem. His practice is breaking up and money is missing. As his lawyer Bill and investigators Henry and Laurel start digging, the stakes get higher. The drama unfolds in the courtroom and the hostilities accelerate outside as the team uncovers the secrets of Dr. Willow's pernicious partnership.

A committee of creditors hires 3J, one of whom is the leader of a White Nationalist organization on the government’s domestic terrorist list. When the member realizes he will not get paid back everything he is owed, he blames 3J, a Black attorney, and opposing counsel, a Jewish attorney.

Previously published as A Matter of Disclosure by Rob Wyllie 'An absolutely brilliant crime thriller' - Amazon Reviewer Feb 2023 A DINNER CAN BE A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE Barrister Maggie Bainbridge has had a very average career, which is why it's a huge surprise when she is appointed to defend the teenage terrorist accused of carrying out a horrific attack on a London primary school. Facial recognition technology has proved beyond doubt that Maggie's client is guilty - until at the last minute, new evidence appears which blows the prosecution case out of the water. But in her moment of ...

Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense pro who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, to defend clients at the bottom of the legal food chain. It's no wonder that he is despised by cops, prosecutors, and even some of his own clients. But an investigator is murdered for getting too close to the truth and Haller quickly discovers that his search for innocence has taken him face to face with a kind of evil as pure as a flame.

The governor of North Carolina has appointed Deborah to a judicial seat in the District Court Division. On her weekends, the fledgling judge has been helping an all-woman building crew complete a home for a needy single mother. Her attempts to gain positive P.R. go awry when her niece is found battered and half-naked in the partially completed home, with Deborah's own bloody hammer lying nearby.

Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She has a good job as a defense attorney, a daughter doing well in school, and even her divorce is relatively civilized - her life is just as unremarkable as she’d always hoped it would be. But Leigh’s ordinary life masks a childhood that was far from average...a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and finally torn apart by a devastating act of violence.

From recent customer reviews....... "A must-read for mystery enthusiasts, a real nail-biter!” “I found it hard to put down - A perfect made-for-TV movie!” "A well thought out courtroom drama with readers on each side of the jury’s verdict questioning their own morals and values." AN AURA OF SUSPENSE THAT NEVER LEAVES THE PAGES: A down-and-out, handsome young race car driver meets a wealthy older widow looking for true love. He proposes marriage - she accepts. What could possibly go wrong? She’s an attractive 60-year-old woman longing for love. He's a 38-year-old race car driver ...

Larry Ward retired as a real estate lawyer when he won a lottery three years ago, and now he's having a ball in retirement. When five local real estate attorneys die within a short period of time, Larry poses the theory that a serial killer may be responsible. He is mocked as a senile old pest until someone attacks Larry with a nightstick. Folks could understand someone wanting to rid the world of divorce lawyers, but what possible motive could drive anyone to exterminate mild-mannered harmless real estate attorneys? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who ...

'A jigsaw puzzle that had its threads more tightly woven than a spider’s web.' - Amazon reviewer When former Naval Commodore Roderick Macallan dies in tragic circumstances, his multi-million pound Scottish country estate is destined to pass to his next of kin. Only trouble is, his next of kin are his twin daughters, the beautiful social media stars Pixie and Posy, and each is claiming that they are the elder. Tasked with sorting out the unholy mess are barrister turned private-eye Maggie Bainbridge and her faithful ex-army assistant Jimmy Stewart. A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE Meanwhile DI ...

A Price Paid in Blood is a Heavy Reckoning. William Blake said, "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." Adam Dupree’s life in White Owl is never without conflict, that’s a lawyer’s job. When that conflict comes from within the inner circle of the office, it takes on a new meaning. As Dupree comes face to face with cases that reinforce the evil in the world, this time it could kill him. Is there still good in people or has society come to the point where morals, honor, and the value of a person’s word become meaningless? Join Dara, Dupree, Toby Wharton, Marsh ...

Eine junge Frau wird in ihrer Wohnung überfallen und bestialisch ermordet. In scheinbar blinder Wut hat der Täter unzählige Male auf sie eingestochen. Schnell fällt der Verdacht auf ihren Ex-Freund, der die Trennung offenbar nicht überwunden hat. Doch seine Anwältin Annabelle Hart glaubt nicht, dass er der Täter ist, auch wenn alles auf ihn hindeutet. Gemeinsam mit dem Privatdetektiv Felix Hertzlich macht Annabelle sich daran, die Unschuld ihres Mandanten zu beweisen und stößt dabei auf einen kranken Killer, der eine Frau nach der anderen hinrichtet.

It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of a Rolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what looks like "trunk music", a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crime unit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail of gambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex - and much more personal.

Set in the resort town of Shore Side at the southern tip of the New Jersey shore, the story begins when Madison Revere, a lawyer in her late twenties, is attending a summer celebration sponsored by her law firm. It turns deadly when a senior partner is murdered with an ice pick in the middle of the party. Asked by one of the other senior partners to investigate, Madison finds that the killing has surprising roots in the distant past. At the same time, she is involved in helping her best friend Cindy exonerate her boyfriend, who is suspected of killing this ex-wife. Both cases cause Madison ...

Josie Baylor-Bates has a full plate caring for a troubled teen, but it's about to get fuller when her ex-cop lover, Archer, is accused of murdering his disabled stepson - a son Josie never knew he had. When Timothy Wren died at California's oldest amusement park, it appeared to be a tragic accident. But now Timothy's biological father and the district attorney are out for blood. Josie races against time to prove someone is framing Archer.

Two mismatched lawyers uncover a long-forgotten military conspiracy, Career U.S. Navy JAGC officer Lt. Duncan Carmichael and an ACLU volunteer lawyer, Sydney Warren, form an unlikely team defending a young uncooperative sailor accused of a vicious murder on a U.S. Navy base but are thwarted at every turn by the military command.