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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 (2004) A Time to Kill. Dell A young lawyer defends Carl Lee Hailey, a black Vietnam war hero, who had killed the white rednecks who raped his child. The tiny town of Clanton, Mississippi, is split: Some folks want to give Carl Lee a second medal; others want him to roast on the electric chair. Probably the best Grisham. (Great movie on blue-ray DVD) 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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William J. Coughlin (2003) Judgement. St. Martin's Paperbacks Charlie Sloan, troubled ex-alcoholic and first-class lawyer defends a Detroit deputy policy chief, who is charged with stealing $1 million. There is also the somewhat unrelated story of a serial killer of children. (Published posthumously) More... 
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David Rosenfelt (2003) Open and Shut. Grand Central Publishing Defense lawyer Andy Carpentera takes on a new client: a man on death row, appealing his conviction for the murder of a woman nearly a decade ago. Rosenfelt's debut is charming, witty and sometimes funny. More... 
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Greg Iles (2000) The Quiet Game. Signet Penn Cage, star prosecutor and author of legal thrillers is the hero in Greg Iles' crime novel. There is not much courtroom action and the characters are a bit stereotype, but the atmosphere of the investigation into a racial murder in Natches, Mississippi is gripping and authentic. Layer after layer Cage uncovers nasty secrets. More...
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