The 9 books on this stack
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Robert Traver 1958
Why it's on the stack
No clean hands here · a trial at the heart of the story
It shares this with 7 more books on this stack
At forty, Paul Biegler's world seemed to have come to an end: after ten years as DA in his small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the people had elected a new hero, a young army veteran.
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Scott Turow 1987
Why it's on the stack
You read it holding your breath · the truth comes out bit by bit
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city.
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Bryan Stevenson 1600
Why it's on the stack
You end up rooting for the wrong people · a trial at the heart of the story
It shares this with 7 more books on this stack
One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit.
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William Landay 2012
Why it's on the stack
You read it holding your breath · a trial at the heart of the story
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
He is respected. Admired in the courtroom.
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Michael Connelly 1895
Why it's on the stack
Nobody is entirely good · you can't put it down
It shares this with 7 more books on this stack
Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients…
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David Guterson 1997
Why it's on the stack
You end up rooting for the wrong people · it stays with you
It shares this with 7 more books on this stack
Contemporary / British English It is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder.
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John Grisham 1996 1 want to read
Why it's on the stack
A mystery you want to solve · nothing is quite what it seems
It shares this with 1 more book on this stack
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…
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John Grisham 1989
Why it's on the stack
No clean hands here · it tells it straight
It shares this with 7 more books on this stack
The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime—until the girl’s father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own hands.
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Harper Lee 1969 1 want to read
Why it's on the stack
Fierce and defiant · it makes you cry, in a good way
It shares this with 2 more books on this stack
The explosion of racial hate and violence in a small Alabama town is viewed by a little girl whose father defends a Black man accused of rape