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John Grisham (1996) The Rainmaker. Dell The Rainmaker is about a rooky lawyer named Rudy Baylor who just graduated from law school. Not as fast as "The Firm", but much funnier. Grisham's cynical portrayal of big firm lawyers is an excellent look into the real world of law. Also an excellent film by Francis Ford Coppola. More... 
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John Grisham (2004) The Last Juror. Dell More than a courtroom drama, the Last Juror is the portrait of a small town in Mississippi and its people - including the renegade Padgitt family who is terrorizing the region. Willie Traynor, a long-haired college dropout, launches a crusade in the local newspaper to bring a murderer from the Padgitt family to justice. More...
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John Grisham (1993) The Pelican Brief. (Reprint Ed.) Dell Two Supreme Court justices are assassinated. Darby Shaw, a second year law student, finds out why. In a brief she points out a possible suspect to her professor. As he gets killed with a car bomb that was obviously intended for her, Darby is on the run. Mighty men want to suppress the information with all means. More...
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Tami Hoag (2006) Prior Bad Acts. Bantam The story starts in a courtroom but quickly explodes into a fast-paced investigation for rescuing judge Carey Moore, who is attacked for her unpopular decision to throw out evidence from a case. This is a first-rate legal thriller with complex characters and erotic twists. More... 
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William J. Coughlin (2004) Death Penalty. St. Martin's Paperbacks Charlie Sloan takes charge of a $5-million personal injury suit against the Ford company. A man was paralyzed in a traffic accident. He also defends a doctor in an assisted suicide case and has to deal with high-court corruption. A portrait of corruption in the legal system. More... 
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Robert van Gulik (2007) The Chinese Maze Murders: A Judge Dee Mystery. (First published in 1957) University Of Chicago Press Legal thriller from 7th century China. The plot is based on real crime-detecting judge Ti Jen-chieh (630-700 AD). Fairly accurate rendering of traditional Chinese court proceedings with a colorful portrait of social and cultural conditions ancient China. One of the best books in the Judge Dee Mystery series. More...
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