Títulos en Legal

Arrivata da poco a Catania, Vanina sta facendo conoscenza con la città quando le piomba addosso un caso delicato, di quelli che richiederebbero anche un po’ di tatto. Non proprio la sua dote principale. Prima qualche pillola dentro vaschette di gelato, poi un omicidio. Questo è solo l'inizio di un mistero parecchio strano che il vicequestore aggiunto Giovanna Guarrasi, detta Vanina, palermitana tornata in Sicilia dopo un periodo alla questura di Milano, è chiamata a risolvere.

Spain. An ex-con breaks into a villa by the sea to steal something very precious from a safe. He will not leave without hurting someone. England. Tycoon Simon Chan asks Eric Ward to find a missing businessman. And Ward is also involved in a case involving his arch-enemy, the shady lawyer Charles Davison. Then a body washes up on a Spanish beach … Eric Ward will face the fight of his life against a professional killer inside and outside the courtroom.

When one of South Carolina's most powerful lawyers is charged with the murder of his wife, criminal defense attorney Joe Hennessy agrees to be part of the defense team. As Hennessy builds a legal defense, he's thrown into a world of danger and corruption, cruelty and violence. Despite his full caseload, Hennessy agrees to defend a folk singer charged with drug trafficking. As he prepares for the trial, Hennessy digs into a world of lies, manipulation, and exploitation.

Nella famiglia Pitt, borghese e benestante, qualcosa comincia a non funzionare quando la maestra della piccola Lucy legge nei comportamenti della bambina qualcosa che non va. Per suo padre Mike Pitt è l'inizio di un incubo che lo costringe a rivolgersi a un avvocato specializzato in diritto di famiglia che dovrà difenderlo da una rete di accuse che diventerà via via sempre più fitta. Romanzo giudiziario e thriller sociale e familiare in cui innocenza e colpevolezza si dividono la scena fino all'ultima pagina.

Chance Meridian, finally able to take a long-delayed honeymoon after getting his murder squad up and running, has more interest in the beach than a new case. But the Governor has other plans. Thrust into an investigation far from home, Chance soon learns that the dead man had more enemies than is good for one’s health—most of them living under the victim’s own roof. Faced with a desperate murderer willing to kill again, Chance must untangle a web of deceit before one final act of violence changes his life forever.

When her client is charged with his girlfriend's brutal murder, defense attorney Ashley Montgomery will fight to clear his name in this gripping legal thriller. Public defender Ashley Montgomery is shocked when a well-known local is found in a lake at the outskirts of Brine County, dead and...

Raoul Sforza, nato dalla fantasia di Ferrario e già protagonista del precedente "Il banchiere di Milano" (2021), è un uomo senza scrupoli, impegnato ad architettare intrighi finanziari e a ricattare i vertici dello Stato per mantenere una vita di lussi e di svaghi. Dividendosi fra la villa di Brera e l’amenità del comune ligure di Bonassola, Sforza si ritrova suo malgrado a dover far luce su una serie di misteriosi omicidi, che dal lontano 1945 macchiano la Val Bisagno.

The gripping new revenge thriller from the bestselling author of The Sting and The Trap No one can be trusted…. Amongst the wealth and glitter of St Tropez, Sky Kennedy is living her best life, with the perfect man by her side. Rich and gorgeous, Karim has shown her a world she could have...

An influential shipping firm, Goldwaters, pays Eric Ward a large retainer to work for them, much to his surprise. Then one of the Goldwaters fleet, the Sierra Nova, is “arrested” and is unable to leave port. The reason? A crew member, Edwards, has been caught in possession of drugs and is accused of smuggling—but now he’s been removed from the ship, why can’t the voyage go ahead? Then Edwards is murdered on his way to the courtroom. Ward soon finds himself sinking into the dangerous world of international conspiracy and modern-day piracy.

22 febbraio 2018. All'avvocato Giacomo Meroni pare una mattina come tante, fredda e limpida. I rituali di sempre: la colazione con sua moglie Rossana e il bacio, prima che lei e la sua sedia a rotelle spariscano nel taxi che le porta a scuola. E in quel bacio ci sono due sapori: l'amaro per non aver ancora individuato il pirata della strada che ha investito Rossana l'11 settembre 2001, e il piccante di una donna che non ha perso la voglia di insegnare, di fare l'amore, di essere felice e di sciare.

Eric Ward agrees to represent the interests of a local environmental campaign. Then an explosion at the industrial-waste plant leaves his client dead. Joe Paulson wasn’t exactly a criminal. But his after-hours activities—gathering the secrets of everyone from politicians to high-flying businessmen—created a long list of enemies. But who feared the nightwalker enough to kill him? And could Ward be next? When an old favor is called in, Ward may have no choice but to put his own life in danger.

Eric Ward thinks he is happily married—until he discovers that his wife, Anne, has been spending rather too much time with a business associate. Suspicious and angry, Ward finds comfort in the arms of a beautiful stranger. But when his new lover is found dead, he must do everything he can to avoid becoming the focus of a murder inquiry that could wreck his future. As police pressure looms, Ward makes his own inquiries. Increasingly desperate to find the girl’s killer, he begins to learn more about a shady Tyneside world of drugs, dodgy property deals, and illicit nightclubs. 

After more than twenty years away from the law, Joe Hennessy is forced back into the courtroom. Trying to save his vineyard after years of drought, Hennessy returns to practice in Charleston, South Carolina–the city he walked away from after the murder of his ten-year-old son. When one of South Carolina's most powerful men is charged with possessing stolen artwork, Hennessy steps forward to defend him. But as Hennessy digs into the evidence, as he navigates the truth, he finds that the criminal charges are only the start of their problems…

Public defender Julia Geary’s star is rising, and now she’s got her first murder case defending local denizen Ray Belmar in the death of a homeless man. Julia can’t shake the suspicion that the murder, and the subsequent killing of a homeless woman, is linked to the death of a state legislator who had been crusading for political reform. With the help of Duck Creek’s homeless community and her old friend, Sheriff’s Deputy Wayne Peterson, she launches her investigation—but then the anonymous threats start pouring in. 

When the death of a cryptocurrency magnate shakes a small town, Sam Johnstone is thrown into a new and dangerous legal frontier. As changes in Wyoming banking law bring an influx of crypto entrepreneurs to small-town Custer, attorney Sam Johnstone doesn't think much of the new arrivals. But when...

A bloody van. A motive. No alibi. Nate's next case is not looking great. Attorney Nate Shepherd's newest client stands accused of a fatal hit and run. While Nate doesn't believe that the CEO of Carrefour's largest charity would ever smash into a person and flee the scene, a blood-streaked van...

Dilapidato l'ingente patrimonio ereditato, Angelica degli Alberetti ha dovuto svendere la pregiata collezione d'arte di famiglia per tirare a campare. Ora, è costretta ad una grigia esistenza che oscilla tra la disperazione e la rassegnazione. Per di più, la donna viene anche accusata dell'omicidio di un noto collezionista d'arte a cui lei aveva ceduto un quadro. Il fatto che l'opera in questione, svenduta da Angelica per poche lire, sia ora valutata diversi miliardi, non fa che accrescere i sospetti.

Considerato uno dei capostipiti del legal thriller all'italiana, "Tre giorni nella vita dell'avvocato Scalzi" non è solo un giallo avvincente per quanto atipico ma anche un percorso illuminante nel labirinto della giustizia e burocrazia italiane. Seguendo le vicissitudini del burbero avvocato fiorentino Corrado Scalzi, veniamo immersi in una storia al cardiopalma fatta di terrorismo e carceri di massima sicurezza sullo sfondo di una Toscana tanto bella quanto complessa.

Hours after rejecting the Corrowa People’s native title claim on Brisbane’s Meston Park, Justice Bruce Brosnan is brutally murdered in his home. Days later, lawyers against the claim are also found dead. Aboriginal people were once prohibited from entering Brisbane’s city limits at night, and Meston Park stood on the boundary. The Corrowa’s matriarch, Ethel Cobb, is convinced the murders are the work of an ancient assassin who has returned to destroy the boundary, but Aboriginal lawyer Miranda Eversely isn't so sure.

Travis Boyette es un asesino. En 1998, en una pequeña ciudad de Texas, raptó, violó y estranguló a una de las chicas más guapas y más populares del instituto. Enterró el cadáver en un lugar donde nadie lo encontraría nunca y luego esperó. Observó impasible mientras la policía detenía a Donté Drumm, la estrella del equipo de fútbol que nada había tenido que ver con el crimen. Donté fue acusado, declarado culpable y condenado a muerte.