Political / legal thriller Books

SS-Offizier Herbert Kappler, der letzte deutsche Kriegsgefangene, verschwindet im Sommer 1977 unter ungeklärten Umständen aus der Festungshaft in Italien. Die Suche nach den Hintergründen bleibt auch dreißig Jahre später für den Hobbyhistoriker Hermann...

Während James den ersten Tag seines Urlaubs genießt kontaktiert ihn Arthur per Handy. Beide Verabreden sich zu einem Treffen in einem nahegelegenen Café, wo Arthur ihm eine Einladung fürs Plaza Hotel überreichte, um dort Kayan zu treffen.Vor Beginn der...

Berlin im Herbst 2040. Die "Patriotische Alternative Deutschlands" regiert Deutschland. Rechte Schlägertrupps machen die Straßen Neuköllns unsicher. Der Ex-Gangster und Kioskbetreiber Paul Kanter versucht, sich aus allem Ärger heraus- und seinen...

What Happened to Him? is a coming-of-age tale that explores the confluence of journalism and politics through the eyes of a young man experiencing first love, losses and the struggles to find a path in life.We were all young once-or are young now...

Masterful Storytelling! An Action-packed thriller, an electrifying read! Off the coast of Central America, the Sea Diva, a tuna boat, sinks. Members of the crew are missing and what happens remains a mystery. Anthony Darren, a renowned and wealthy lawyer...

Entering the university, Nima and his close friend, Farid, experience mixed gender education for the first time in their life. Nima falls in love with his classmate, Taban, an elegant girl who is not afraid to break the rigid religious rules and...

From Richard Lyntton, international Amazon #1 best-selling author, comes an explosive new thriller featuring British journalist, veteran tank commander and trained killer (retired), Jack Steele.An unimaginable nuclear disaster. Thousands of lives at...

The murder trial promises to be the most sensational to hit Chicago in years. And attorney Briley Lester knows it could make—or break— her career. The tabloid headlines are screaming that a long-mistreated society wife has killed her abusive...

Life has finally settled down for Jack Gold. But all this downtime has left him feeling out of shape and without purpose, as the world around him continues to change. When President Wang Yang loses his re-election bid in China, Jack fears that everything...

Attorney Miranda Patel, exploring the murky circumstances surrounding the near-fatal head injury inflicted on her former paralegal, Jessica Lane, uncovers a connection between Jessica and the hacking of the National Security Agency. Could Jessica have...

"Claire and her mystical crew take a cataclysmic stand to protect their young against a malevolent technocracy and government. Find out who rises from the ashes in this compelling end to The Claire Trilogy." -Nancy Ashmead, author of The Seed Songs:...

"A near-perfect, highly quotable revenge thriller for the AI-powered era. God's Ponzi is one of the year's top legal thrillers." -BestThrillers.comGregory Portent demands revenge.Revenge is best served cold and when the prey begs to be the target. With...

No favorite child is one who lives life with passion and often goes astray. Matt Morgan, a successful but hardened medical malpractice defense trial attorney, is such a man--and he's ready to quit. He stays in practice to take a case against his longtime...

"Whatever Can Go Forward Can Go Backward."In May 1987, a scientific discovery that threatened to destroy society became a dire crisis. The Presidential Commission on the Plasma Cell Project examined the circumstances surrounding this matter and presents...

When a Palm Beach widow dies, the dispute over her will turns deadly in this “breathlessly paced legal thriller” from a New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).When wealthy Palm Beach dowager Althea Tillett dies under...

“Suspense builds” as a tropical storm and a crazed killer bear down on Connor and Quintana in the Florida Keys, in the New York Times–bestselling series (Library Journal).   Despite storm warnings, lawyers and lovers Gail Connor...

Attorney Gail Connors must look to her past to discover who is threatening her family this “gripping . . . riveting thriller” (Publishers Weekly).Gail finally has everything she wants—a home to call her own, a growing private...

In the “riveting” finale to the New York Times–bestselling series, Miami lawyer Gail Connor is caught between the CIA, the Cuban government, and her husband (Publishers Weekly).   Now married to fellow attorney Anthony Quintana,...

Edgar Award Finalist: This Miami crime thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author is “an exhilarating debut [and] a sizzling page-turner” (Publishers Weekly).   Gail Connor is a fast-rising attorney in a major South...

This “fast-paced” thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author pits iron-willed Miami attorney Gail Connor against the man she loves (Publishers Weekly).   After splitting up with her fiancé, Anthony Quintana, Gail is...

Attorney Gail Connor is out to save a wrongly convicted man from execution in this “thought-provoking mystery” from the New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). No one in the quiet coastal town of Stuart, Florida, can...

New York Times bestseller: Miami attorneys Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana are back in action in this “complex, involving tale” (Booklist).   Now running her own private law practice, Gail has taken on the Miami Opera as her first...

On December 18, 2012, the FBI arrested six attorneys and twenty other individuals who engaged in the practice of political asylum law in the New York metropolitan area. All the arrestees were charged with a crime of conspiracy of defrauding the Federal...

The Last Hangman reveals the gruesome secret of three oil executives more than thirty years after they hung two defenseless black people during their racially-motivated and wild, teenage drink and drugs days in Texas.Following a series of self-inflicted...

"Pamela Samuels Young has once again crafted a page-turner that will keep you engrossed until the very last page. If you’re a fan of smart legal thrillers with brisk pacing, crackling dialogue and edgy, intriguing characters, Lawful...

A black woman stands accused of shooting a prominent white physician in NorthFlorida in 1952.

Evan Reynolds is a husband and father with a history of alcohol abuse. He masterfully manages his demons without disrupting his daily life... until the day his infant daughter is found drowned to death. Evan has no memory of what happened, but holds...

"Pierce Kelley's best work yet! Readers will sympathize with Kevin Coffee's dilemma, even as they hope never to meet him in person. His story makes it clear how the handicaps of poverty and persecution are powerful inducements to amoral behavior...

A Hole in the Water is the journey of Jon Pilgrim, an attorney caught in a web spun by a money laundering diamond dealer client and the FBI agent investigating the case. Pilgrim discovers his greed has immersed him deeper in criminal activity than he can...

In Legal Outsiders, Darryl Williams knew law school would be difficult, but he never imagined the viciousness of classmates, the ultra competiveness of his colleagues, the racial intolerance of others, and the arrogance and sarcasm of his professors. But...

Jack Nelson finds himself at the center of a storm. An unexpected candidate for President, he is virtually guaranteed to win if he follows the advise of his political advisors. But following their advise requires a compromise of his principles, and a...

"If you hear of my accidental death, don't believe it. It will have been murder."Tobias Starkey is a young reporter for the Boston Globe, tasked with chasing down the seemingly endless rumors about the new president. His world is upended by...

SANDCASTLES IN THE RAIN delves into the oppression and injustice Sydney experiences in the courtroom. The controversial sexual assault trial exposes the classism, misogyny, and victim-shaming prevalent during one of the most self-indulgent periods in...

Richard, a first-year student studying Renaissance literature, is persuaded to include the secretive art-history 'B' module in his university studies, unaware that he has joined a long-running conspiracy that plans to change the world through the...

Sarah is hunting people who harm women. She collaborates with Kendra, the leader of a secret society of women, Pallas Athenia. The society's primary goal is women's equality in the USA. Together, Sarah and Kendra attempt to destroy their enemy. Anyone...

Jason Cane, the Vice President of the United States, and Dana Soukupová, the departing ambassador from the Earth-colonized planet of Parnassus, are in love. What no one knows is that Jason is making plans to move to Parnassus. But when Dana is gunned...

The Gang of Six were clinching their fists under the 21-seater oval teak table in the PMO in New Delhi. How could their Prime Minister speak to them like that? How does the Constitution of India allow such people, with just 35 seats out of 543 in the Lok...

When the childhood friend and secret adviser to the president of the United States pilots his plane to Washington at the request of "the man" himself, he sets off a chain of events that will take him across the country and into the wilderness...

Evil is on the rise again in Germany. When a mysterious American calling himself Michael Hall arrives in Berlin to join Germany Now, a far-right group, he must prove himself by shooting a prominent Jewish anti-Nazi activist, or face certain death...

Six years after his Flight of the Fox ordeal that dubbed him the American Prometheus, humble math professor Sam Teagarden becomes embroiled in another mission involving decoding a secret document provoking tragic reactions around the world. Unearthed in...

'Another Side of Justice' is a riveting courtroom drama exploring the legal and personal conflict between duty and ambition. Jessica Hyatt, a circuit court judge in Portland, walks on the other side of justice after committing a crime...

"An action-packed military thriller for fans of Clancy, Thor, and Flynn, that will also appeal to lovers of political conspiracies and CIA counterterrorism missions." -Sublime Book ReviewHe pledged unwavering loyalty, but destiny thrust him into the...