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"The chief justice of the Supreme Court is about to be defamed by a powerful gossip website called Slander Sheet, which specializes in dirt on celebs and politicians. Their top reporter has written an exposé claiming that he had liaisons with an escort, a young woman willing to appear on video and tell the world her salacious yet convincing tale. But the chief justice is not without formidable allies, and his greatest supporter is determined to stop...
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"In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old high school student Peter Houghton has endured years of verbal and physical abuse at the hands of classmates. His best friend, Josie Cormier, succumbed to peer pressure and now hangs out with the popular crowd that often instigates the harassment. One final incident of bullying sends Peter over the edge and leads him to commit an act of violence that forever changes the lives of Sterling's residents. Even those...
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Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fogletree just became number five. His body was found in the basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning,...
6) Friction
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"Crawford Hunt wants his daughter back. Following the death of his wife four years ago, Crawford, a Texas Ranger, fell into a downward spiral that left him relegated to desk work and with his five-year-old daughter Georgia in the custody of her grandparents. But Crawford has cleaned up his act, met all the court imposed requirements, and now the fate of his family lies with Judge Holly Spencer. Holly, ambitious and confident, temporarily occupies...
7) Dirty blonde
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New judge Cate Fante, is attractive, sexy, and tough-minded. In spite of her new status in the elite meritocracy however, she is more attracted to bad boys and working-class men than legal types. When someone from her court case is shot to death and the accused killer is apprehended, Cate's appalled to discover that she knows the accused and that her private life is now splashed all over the papers. To clear her name, she must find a murderer.
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In this masterful debut, Martin Clark proves to be the heir apparent of great Southern raconteurs and the envy of more seasoned novelists as he takes us on a frantic tour of the modern south. Hung over, beaten by the unforgiving sun, bitter at his estranged wife, and dreading the daya's docket of petty criminal cases, Judge Evers Wheeling is in need of something on the morning he's accosted by Ruth Esther English. Ruth Esther's strange story certainly...
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North Carolina judge Deborah Knott's anxiety over her upcoming Christmas wedding to Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant is compounded by the murder of a colleague, her involvement in helping students research the innocence of a death-row prisoner, ongoing renovations to her house, and worries over how to connect with her soon-to-be stepson.
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Judge Deborah Knott becomes involved in the murder case of Colleton County commissioner Candace Bradshaw when she comes across the woman's flash drive, which may contain evidence, and instead of giving it to her deputy husband, decides to investigate on her own, fearing details about her father's criminal past may be exposed.
11) The cheater
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Lily Forrester, a Ventura County judge whose second marriage to Bryce is showing signs of strain, becomes friends with Anne Bradley, a new attorney in town, but when Anne accuses Bryce of attempted rape, Lily mounts an investigation that leads her to a Web service that provides alibis for cheating spouses.
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St. Kilda Consulting volume 1
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A kidnap specialist for St Kilda Consulting, Joe Faroe is good at his work, intelligent, confident, and ruthless. Now Faroe is out of the business. Then Grace Silva, the woman who haunted him, comes to him, and Faroe finds himself sucked back into the shadows, tracking a violent killer who holds the life of Grace's son in his bloody hands.
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Judge Pepper Cartwright, the Texan star of a court-room based reality television show, never expected to be nominated by the President of the United States to the Supreme Court, but when he did--to spite the rest of Capital Hill--Pepper is thrown into the middle of a constitutional crisis with a commander in chief who wants out.
15) Sand sharks
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Judge Deborah Knott, attending a summer conference for the North Carolina district court judges at Wrightsville Beach, is just starting to relax from the stresses of work, a new marriage, and stepmotherhood when one of her less-admired colleagues is found murdered, and she cannot keep from investigating when it becomes obvious that the killer may have another target.
16) Killer market
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Deborah Knott mysteries volume 5
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In North Carolina, Judge Deborah Knott's handbag is stolen with her penicillin tablets inside. When the bag is found by the side of a man who died from those tablets, the judge turns sleuth. The victim, a salesman attending a big furniture show, was a boyfriend in her youth
17) Uncommon clay
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In order to catch a killer, Judge Deborah Knott must unravel a local family's tragic, shameful past, but she may not be able to solve the mystery in time to prevent further bloodshed.
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In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, January 1960 nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin's Andrén grandparents, and an Andrén family from Nevada are among the victims. She then discovers the nineteenth-century diary of an Andrén ancestor, a gang master on the American transcontinental railway, that describes brutal treatment of Chinese slave workers.
20) Hard row
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"As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the North Carolina countryside"--Provided by publisher.
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