John Ellsworth

Thaddeus Murfee is pursued by the Mob now that he has helped put a godfather behind bars. He decides to file suit on behalf of certain survivors of the Mob’s latest murder. He is pursued relentlessly and runs west....

A judge's wife is dead, and the public are demanding blood. It's the sort of case that will end a defense attorney's career. But Michael Gresham doesn't have much left to lose and when he smells a rat in this headline grabbing story, it's the justice establishment that needs to be worried.

Attorney Thaddeus Murfee is skyjacked to Moscow. Next to him on the plane is Angelina Sosa, a brash 20-something with a degree in journalism from the esteemed University of Chicago. Angelina decides to write a New York Times best seller based on the skyjacking...

When Michael Gresham and his wife offer to help their priest, life takes a dark turn. The holy man has a son, illegitimate of course, and he's on a first degree murder charge. It's time for Gresham to step up, and this time it includes having the boy in their home.

Michael Gresham's career is hanging by a thread. The lawyer who stops at nothing to defend others is in the defendant's chair, alone. Enter Harley Sturgis, a lawyer whose own career is on the brink of collapse. But Gresham's case could be her salvation.

Meet Assistant District Attorney Lettie Portman, a sex-crimes prosecutor whose past demands justice. When a 14-year-old girl is savagely attacked by her mother's live-in boyfriend, Lettie is called to the hospital....

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes a historical novel about one woman’s gallant, fearless search for war-crimes evidence during the most terrible times of World War II....

When he lands a high-profile murder case to defend, Thaddeus Murfee is up against his first major adversary. But it's not the prosecution. It's his client.

Thaddeus Murfee is 25, single, a lawyer of 18 months, and completely unprepared for the murder case that walks in....

Assistant District Attorney Lettie Portman charges a US senator with the murder of his wife. The wife was found dead, sitting in her Mercedes with a garden hose from the exhaust into her window....

Killen Erwin slumps on the other side of the desk, silently waiting for his longtime friend to respond. It’s not a question of whether Thaddeus wants to help, but whether he can....

In this highly charged legal thriller, Thaddeus Murfee's estranged sister is charged with murder and Thaddeus must defend. An employee is arrested for a drug crime, and he must defend....

Carlos puts in his forty hours a week, pays his taxes, and loves his family. But when his daughter gets sick and the only treatment that will save her is far beyond his means, he does the only thing he can think of. He robs banks.

There is no job description and the job isn't advertised anywhere, not even on the Job Board at Georgetown Law. But Thaddeus Murfee just graduated from law school and has $200 left from his student loan. He is so broke he has to borrow his roommate's suit for his first job interview....

Reeling from a brutal attack, Thaddeus Murfee finds himself drawn into a complex web of betrayal and legal turmoil when his long-time friend, Killen Erwin, seeks his help.

Thaddeus Murfee's life takes a shocking turn when he discovers a long-lost sister charged with murder, desperately needing his legal expertise.

Ansel Largent is a respected Chicago attorney; ferocious in the courtroom but a winner with the jury. Happy at home with wife Libby, a stroke victim. Happy at the office with Melinda, a married woman with a special interest in him. Then everything unravels in one night....

An FBI chase through the streets of Phoenix leads to an epic firefight and the fatal shooting of an important member of the Vittini mob. As a result, Special Agent Donnie Francisco faces an enraged crime family bent on payback. They come for Donnie, they come for his family.

Thaddeus Murfee takes on his most complex case yet, defending Ansel in a trial that will push him to his limits.

Thaddeus Murfee is back in this twisted tale of two trials, mother and daughter, each claiming to have shot father...He couldn't keep his hands off his stepdaughter. The question becomes, who shot him? The mother or the stepdaughter? Listen to find out more....