Angela Pisel’s poignant debut explores the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter, and their quest to discover the truth and whether or not love can prevail—even from behind bars.Grace Bradshaw knows the exact minute she will die. On death row for murdering her infant son, her last breath will be taken on February 15 at 12:01 a.m. Eleven years, five months, and twenty-seven days separate her from the last time she heard her precious d...

Judge Willa Carson returns in this chilling story from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Diane Capri!"Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too." —Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher ThrillersEveryone needs a vacation, even hardworking, crime-fighting Federal Judges. Looking forward to a quiet week of stunning winter scenery, roaring fires, and warm companionship, ...

THE SERIES WITH 2.7+ MILLION DOWNLOADS and 70,000+ RATINGS - New York Times & USA Today Bestselling McRyan Mystery SeriesSILENCED GIRLS + THE TORI HUNTER - MANCHESTER BAY SERIES - Start the NEW SERIES that has raced to the top of the charts and Bookclub Reader Favorite. Crime thrillers that will keep you glued to the pages through each and every twist until the shocking final conclusion.Two girls gone. One detective under p...

Called upon to defend an acrimonious libel action on behalf of an important newspaper client, newly appointed law firm partner Alex Harris never once expected to find his efforts impeded by wanton disregard for ethics and blatant self interest that crossed all boundaries. Not only on the part of his opponents, but also those he should have been able to trust implicitly and without question…What must he do to withstand the onslaught against his clients' interests – and his own? How ...

In this gripping New York Times bestseller, a double murder leads lawyer Paul Madriani into a web of international intrigue and conspiracy.The verdict on The Jury was unanimous. Larry King in USA Today called it “a cracklin’ good read” and Publishers Weekly proclaimed it as “one of Martini’s best novels to date.” Now, The Arraignment takes Madriani into uncharted territory—into the minds of men whose murderous greed know...

Criminal lawyer, Adele Harvey, is having a bad day. Her parents are separating, her younger sister moves in with her baby, the client she thought was a woman turns out to be a man, and Ben Paxton, the guy she gave the bird to in the parking lot, is prosecuting. And he never loses.Ben is a dozen mysteries wrapped in a sexy package. He's a billionaire yet he works as a prosecuting lawyer; he's new to the city, yet no one knows why he moved; he's hot yet he's single. Adele has her wor...

From bestselling author Phillip Margolin, a fast-paced legal thriller packed with page-turning suspense.Peter Hale is a young attorney struggling to make his own mark in his father's venerable law firm when he is presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. During the trial of a multimillion-dollar case, Peter's father, the lead counsel, suffers a heart attack and asks Peter to move for a mistrial until he's feeling better. Peter decides this is his only chance to...

A happily misanthropic Middle East divorcee finds refuge in books in a "beautiful and absorbing" novel of late-life crisis ( The New York Times).Aaliya is a divorced, childless, and reclusively cranky translator in Beirut nurturing doubts about her latest project: a 900-page avant-garde, linguistically serpentine historiography by a late Chilean existentialist. Honestly, at seventy-two, should she be taking on such a project? Not that Aailiya fears dying. ...

In Compton’s "taut, tense" legal thriller TELL NO LIES (Kirkus Reviews, starred), a volatile attraction forces a successful family man to confront the limits of trust and the pitfalls of desire.Idealistic St. Louis prosecutor Jack Hilliard appears to have it all: intelligence, good looks, a great job, and a solid marriage with his wife, Claire. But he finds himself at a crossroads when, on the same night his boss announces his resignation as DA, his simmering flirtation with his my...

Undercover operators are being hunted down in their homes — and the prime suspect is one of their own.A deadly fall on a rugged stretch of California coast. A burglary gone wrong in Virginia. These incidents seem unrelated, but the victims were living undercover, their true identities closely held secrets. They are members of a classified team, the last line of defense against foreign threats. Now, someone is assassinating them, one by one, taking out family member...

Oregon lawyer Barbara Holloway has a reputation for taking on the most difficult cases–and winning them.But even she can't begin to anticipate the bizarre twists waiting ahead. The large retainer offered by a client who asks for complete anonymity is not the only thing that intrigues Barbara Holloway. The defendant, Carol Fredricks, is a gifted young pianist charged with killing the manager of a piano bar.But Carol is as much of a mystery as the details of ...

LONDON 1600. When the Earl of Essex is removed from command and placed under arrest for reaching a forbidden truce with the Irish rebels, Serjeant Noah Ames reluctantly accepts a commission to investigate the earl's fitness for command, and the two are pitted against each other once again. Meanwhile, Noah's beautiful daughter, Lady Jessica, has sought to remarry into the nobility, but events have thus far frustrated her plans. One day, Noah attends a briefing where the Queen's new commande...