Vote for May's Book
Below are the suggestions for our legal thriller. Please take a moment to read the summaries and then go here
to vote for your favorite two. Voting will close at the end of March 31.
Legal Thrillers
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost - Erle Stanley Gardner
Master defense attorney Perry Mason is hired by a young woman to protect her scandalous and headstrong halfsister, Eleanor Corbin, from the consequences of her last escapade.
Compelling Evidence - Steve Martini
In a riveting courtroom drama, Talia Potter, indicted for the murder of her judge husband, turns to her lover, Paul Madriani--her husband's ex-law partner--to defend her.
Degree of Guilt - Richard North Patterson
As the trial of a well-known TV journalist accused of murdering a world-famous novelist unfolds, the defendant's claim to innocence becomes increasingly undermined and the shocking truth is slowly revealed.
The King of Lies - John Hart
When his father is found murdered, the investigation into the crime uncovers dark family secrets that threaten to unravel the life of North Carolina lawyer Work Pickens and those of his troubled sister and other small-town characters.
The Last Innocent Man - Phillip Margolin
A successful young criminal lawyer, questioning his career, takes on the defense of a fellow lawyer accused of murder and finds he must choose between justice and the law.
The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
Representing some unsavory characters in his work as a defense lawyer, Mickey Haller takes on his first high-paying and possibly innocent client in years, but finds the case complicated by events that suggest a particularly evil perpetrator.
Primal Fear - William Diehl
Attorney Martin Vail must defend Aaron Stampler, the man who was discovered covered with blood, holding a butcher knife, and crouching near the body of a murdered priest, but who claims to be innocent.
The Quiet Game - Greg Iles
Widower Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, where, finding that his father is being blackmailed, he reopens a notorious murder case that involves powerfully dangerous town forces, the FBI, and his own past.
Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon
Beautiful Jennifer Parker, having risen from disaster to become a glamorously successful defense attorney, becomes the victim of two powerful men who, inspired by Jennifer, determine to destroy one another.
Special Circumstances - Sheldon Siegel
A novel exposing the ins and outs of big law firms follows ex-priest-turned-attorney Mike Daley as he is asked to defend one of his former colleagues at a prestigious San Francisco law firm after he is accused of the murders of two other lawyers at the firm.
The Tenth Justice - Brad Meltzer
When Ben Addison, a new clerk for a Supreme Court justice, makes an error in judgement that leaves him open to blackmail, he turns for help to Lisa, a fellow clerk, and his housemates, who work in the State Department, a senator's office, and a Washington newspaper.
A Time to Kill - John Grisham
Jake Brigance, a small-town lawyer finds his life unexpectedly changed when he agrees to represent a father accused of murdering his young daughter's rapists.