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Justice Beth Garner (Sanaa Lathan) just landed the appointment of a lifetime—a seat on the Supreme Court. Now a mysterious company is blackmailing her for her vote on a landmark case. Caught up in the checkered past of her hero and mentor, Chief Justice Clayton Erlenborn, Beth must cunningly maneuver through a dangerous web of secrets, deception, and cold-blooded murder. Armed with only her moral compass and unflinching nerve, she’s up against a sinister world full of undercover agents, domestic terrorists, and black ops assassins—all of whom want her to comply or die.

Fast-talking reporter Sutton McPhee is so starved for a story, she'll even follow around a beat cop for a lousy "day in the life" piece. And then the cop winds up dead. But when his killer sets out to make Sutton the next victim, only one thought whispers in her ear - be careful what you wish for.

Read by the author. Was there more than one killer? Had the crime scene been cleaned and sanitized before the police arrived? Was furniture staged to throw off detectives? In one of the most extraordinary true crime stories ever published, Broken Plea questions what really happened in the house...

A forged painting. A deadly secret. A lawyer who won’t stop until the truth is exposed. From the gritty streets of Brooklyn to the sun-soaked beaches of Costa Rica, The Collectors delivers a pulse-pounding story of loyalty, corruption, and survival. When attorney Chance Cormac takes on a case involving a mysterious art forgery, he expects another challenge in the courtroom — not a descent into a world where art becomes currency, greed fuels murder, and every truth comes with a price. But the stakes rise even higher when his closest friends — former Navy SEALs Damian Pressler and JR ...

Every person in Pine Bluff, Alabama, stood behind Emily Wallace when she testified against Clint Austin. After all, Emily knows what she saw that terrible night: Clint, covered in blood, holding the body of her best friend Heather. But Clint has always maintained his innocence, and now, after a successful appeal, he has come home to prove it.

Dark Scales of Justice By Award-Winning Author Michaela Riley The uniform earned her respect. The courtroom demands silence. But the truth will roar. Jennifer Campbell was a symbol of unwavering American resolve. A dedicated Army Reservist, she had volunteered after 9/11, trading safety for the grit of Fort Bragg. She believed in the Constitution, in the chain of command, and in the unyielding integrity of the republic she swore to defend. Now, in the dimly lit cold of a civilian courtroom, that faith is being systematically dismantled. Accused of committing a crime she didn't commit—a ...

From the New York Times’s Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world’s largest law firms, following the narrative arc of Jones Day, the firm that represented the Trump campaign...

Lee Johnson was a man with simple dreams. He never imagined that he would become the face of a David-and-Goliath showdown against one of the world's most powerful corporate giants. But a workplace accident left Lee doused in a toxic chemical and facing a deadly cancer that turned his life upside down. In 2018, the world watched as Lee was thrust to the forefront of one the most dramatic legal battles in recent history. The Monsanto Papers takes listeners behind the scenes of a grueling legal battle, pulling back the curtain on the frailties of the American court system.

Ten years on death row. Six months to live. One explosive secret that could tear New Orleans apart. Nate Reeves is a brilliant Georgetown law professor haunted by the one client he couldn't save from the execution chamber. He swore he was done with death penalty cases — but the agonizing injustice of Darius Brooks's conviction is impossible to ignore. Darius has spent a decade at Angola for a murder he didn't commit, convicted on a coerced confession after his request for counsel was twisted and denied by a corrupt system. Enter Kendra Pierce — a fiercely independent true-crime ...

Who was Jeffrey Epstein? Donald Trump has called the ongoing interest in the details about Epstein’s web of clients and enablers a “hoax.” But in this book, a Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist delivers the most comprehensive account yet of the disgraced financier’s life and death...

“Facts Are Stubborn Things” by Richard A. Danzig is a smart, suspenseful, and deeply human thriller that takes readers inside the courtroom—and far beyond it. When Brooklyn litigator Chance Cormac reluctantly agrees to handle a simple divorce case as a favor, he’s drawn into a web of international money laundering, corruption, and betrayal. What begins as a family dispute soon spirals into something far more dangerous—forcing Chance to face brutal truths about the law, loyalty, and himself. Blending gritty courtroom drama, sharp dialogue, and moral depth, Danzig delivers a story ...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE The astonishing true story of “one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–nominated reporter who exposed a gang of criminal cops and their yearslong plunder of an American city NOW...

Ruby was sixteen when her identical twin sister, Rose, mysteriously disappeared from a crowded restaurant strip on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Four years later she had uncovered what the police had failed to do. Unwilling to let her sister’s disappearance become another cold case, Ruby mounted her own investigation – one that would lead her on a chilling journey into the dark, secret world of human trafficking. At a time when crime figures show that 30,000 Australians and 600,000 Americans disappear every year, this book although fiction, offers readers a chilling glimpse of the ...

From the Pulitzer-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Nazis Next Door, a deeply reported exploration of the violent resurgence of hatred and white supremacy through the lens of Orange County, California—“ground zero” for racial extremism—and the story of one brutal murder...

“For Erin Brockovich fans, a David vs. Goliath tale with a twist” (The New York Times Book Review)—the incredible true story of the lawyer who spent two decades building a case against DuPont for its use of the hazardous chemical PFOA, uncovering the worst case of environmental...

A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it. “A searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary book that pulls back...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “chilling and timeless” (The Washington Post) political and legal thriller that will leave readers unable to think about our electoral process or judicial system in quite the same way ever again. “Fascinating . . . filled with deadly accurate...

When Michael Cohen's secret payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels on behalf of Donald Trump made Cohen look like a liability to the by-then-president of the United States, the end to their decade-long relationship came swiftly—with a knock on the door from the FBI. Soon, Cohen would find himself imprisoned—even though he had plenty of evidence to show he was innocent of most of the charges.

A conspiracy thriller that isn’t afraid to have fun — or draw blood. — Amazon Reader Think The Equalizer — with the slick fun of True Lies and the wise-ass bite of Deadpool. Tom Hitsman was supposed to die quietly. Instead, he uncovered a truth worth killing for. Living off-grid in Costa Rica with his girlfriend and under the care of a trusted holistic doctor, Tom wants nothing more than to disappear from a world he no longer believes in. But when his doctor dies under questionable circumstances, Tom does the one thing he swore he’d stop doing—he starts digging. What he finds ...

The law failed her sister. She won’t let it fail again. The system didn't fail. It was bought. Dr. Erika Tsai speaks for the dead. As the city’s Chief Medical Examiner, she deals in cold, hard facts: the angle of the wound, the toxicology report, the silence of the morgue. She trusts the science. She trusts the law. Until her sister ends up on her table. The police call it an overdose. Erika knows it’s a lie. The toxicology confirms what she fears: her sister was murdered by Victor Reyes, the city’s most ruthless drug lord. But Reyes doesn't just sell drugs; he owns the precinct. ...