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Jay Porter novels volume 1
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English
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Attica Locke—a writer and producer of FOX's Empire—delivers an engrossing, complex, and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller)
Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel)
The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist)
"A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented
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IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 24
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English
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In 1946 Clanton, Mississippi, World War II hero Pete Banning calmly and inexplicably kills his pastor and friend, the Reverend Dexter Bell, and refuses to defend his actions during the subsequent trial.
Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippis favorite son, a decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning he rose early, drove...
3) Juror #3
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English
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Struggling young attorney Ruby Bozarth defends a man she passionately believes to be innocent in a first murder trial that could make or break her career, only to discover that the case is affected by a juror's shocking secret.
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Series
Christopher Paget novels volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
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.
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Paul Madriani novels volume 9
Language
English
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Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar and a provocateur whose new book claims that the U.S. Constitution and some recently discovered writings of Thomas Jefferson support racial discrimination. When he is found beaten to death in San Diego and a young man with connections to hate groups is charged with first-degree murder, defense attorney Paul Madriani is offered a case he can't pass up.
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Series
Kerry Kilcannon trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
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A newly elected president faces the unexpected chance to nominate a new chief ustice of the Supreme Court. His first choice is a nationally respected Court of Appeals judge, a woman whose nomination faces two serious obstacles: a long-held personal secret; and the prospect that a volatile abortion case--a trial pitting a 15-year old girl against her pro-life parents--will come before the court. And, the Senate majority leader is determined to thwart...
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