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The Case of the Lazy Lover
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Defense lawyer Perry Mason is surprised to receive two checks from a stranger named Lola Allred. And when he speaks with Lola's husband, he discovers the woman has run off with her daughter's boyfriend--who happens to be an important witness in a lawsuit. Soon Mason's caught up in a complicated case involving not only a missing witness but forgery and murder as well . . .
Year: 1947
Genre: Courtroom Drama, Detective
Presumed Innocent
by Scott Turow
Hailed as the most suspenseful and compelling novel in decades, Presumed Innocent brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of all crimes. It's the stunning portrayal of one man's all-too-human, all-consuming fatal attraction for a passionate woman who is not his wife, and the story of how his obsession puts everything he loves and values on trial--including his own life. It's a book that lays bare a shocking world of betrayal and murder,
Year: 1987
Genre: Courtroom Drama, Legal Thriller
The Rainmaker
by John Grisham
Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a prayer--except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devastated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it. A case that started small is exploding into a thunderous million-dollar war of nerves, skill, and outright violence--a fight that could cost one young lawyer his life, or turn him into the biggest rainmaker in the land.
Year: 1995
Genre: Courtroom Drama, Legal Thriller
The Runaway Jury
by John Grisham
They are at the center of a multimillion-dollar legal hurricane: twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him.
Year: 1996
Genre: Corruption, Courtroom Drama
The Partner
by John Grisham
Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then Patrick Lanigan stole ninety million dollars from his own firm--and ran for his life. For four years, he evaded men who were rich and powerful, and who would stop at nothing to find him. Then, inevitably, on the edge of the Brazilian jungle, they finally tracked him down.
Year: 1997
Genre: Courtroom Drama, Legal Thriller
| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1947 | The Case of the Lazy Lover | by Erle Stanley Gardner | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1987 | Presumed Innocent | by Scott Turow | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1995 | The Rainmaker | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1996 | The Runaway Jury | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1997 | The Partner | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2003 | The King of Torts | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2006 | Limitations | by Scott Turow | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2010 | Innocent | by Scott Turow | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2013 | Sycamore Row | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2018 | The Reckoning | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2020 | A Time for Mercy | by John Grisham | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2020 | The Last Trial | by Scott Turow | ||||||
