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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction: a true crime story that will terrify anyone who believes in the presumption of innocence. • LOOK FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”—Entertainment Weekly
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“Both an American tragedy and [Grisham’s] strongest legal thriller yet, all the more gripping because it happens to be true.”—Entertainment Weekly
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3) Plain truth
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Eighteen-year-old, unwed Katie Fisher is accused of birthing then smothering her baby at the family dairy farm. But not only does Katie claim her innocence, she also says she didn't even bear the child. Enter high-profile Philadelphia lawyer Ellie Hathaway, who may be Katie's only hope.
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 27
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Retired lawyer Andy Carpenter remembers every dog that's come through the Tara Foundation's doors, but the most well-known alum of the dog rescue organization that Andy founded in Paterson, New Jersey, may be Mamie. Adopted by famous actress Jenny Nichols--Andy's high school girlfriend--the miniature French poodle is now practically a starlet in her own right. Andy doesn't hold it against his friend. In fact, he and his wife, Laurie, have dinner with...
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Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
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1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis Includes bibliographical...
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Ballad novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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In the wake of a sensationalized 1934 trial involving an Appalachian Virginia teacher's alleged murder of her tyrant father, novice journalist Carl Jennings is denounced by a greedy media determined to portray the defendant as a backwards mountain girl.
10) Final appeal
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Chylka and Kordian volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A criminal defense lawyer and her firm's newest trainee untangle a maze of evidence when their client is charged with murder, having spent ten days in his apartment with two corpses and acting like nothing happened when the police arrive.
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PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
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1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This American Experience production draws upon rare archival material and eyewitness accounts to re-create the dramatic tribunal that defines trial procedure for state criminals to this day.
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Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where...
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Eleven years ago Alexa Hamilton left the South behind, fleeing the pain of her ex-husband's betrayal and the cruelty of his prominent Charleston family. Now an assistant D.A. in Manhattan, she's made a name for herself as a top prosecutor while juggling her role as devoted single mom to a teenage daughter. But everything changes when Alexa is handed her latest case: the trial of accused serial killer Luke Quentin. Facing a high-stakes trial, her private...
14) Th1rt3en
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Eddie Flynn novels volume 4
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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"It's the murder trial of the century. And Joshua Kane has killed to get the best seat in the house -- and to be sure the wrong man goes down for the crime. Because this time, the killer isn't on trial. He's on the jury. But there's someone on his tail. Former-conman-turned-criminal-defense-attorney Eddie Flynn doesn't believe that his movie-star client killed two people. He suspects that the real killer is closer than they think -- but who would...
15) Amistad
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English
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Chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship is seized, the captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. A courtroom battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation.
16) Widows & orphans
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Large print edition.
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421 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
17) A killer's alibi
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Philadelphia legal volume 3
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
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417 pages ; 19 cm.
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English
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"When crime lord Jimmy Nunzio is caught, knife in hand, over the body of his daughter's lover and his own archenemy, he turns to Mick McFarland to take up his defense. Usually the courtroom puppeteer, McFarland quickly finds himself at the end of Nunzio's strings. Struggling to find grounds for a not-guilty verdict on behalf of a well-known killer, Mick is hamstrung by Nunzio's refusal to tell him what really happened. On the other side of the law,...
18) Final verdict
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2003]
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391 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Tigerland: Just released from the base stockade, recruit Roland Bozz joins a platoon of young soldiers preparing to ship out to Vietnam. His independence and outright defiance draw fire from his own men as well as commanding officers. But when the platoon is sent to Tigerland, a hellish training ground, Bozz's leadership and loyalty bring his men together, triggering extraordinary consequences.
Hart's war: In a prison camp for American airmen in...
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