Titres dans Juridique

Während des norwegischen Nationalfeiertags wird in Oslo ein Mann in einer Tiefgarage regelrecht hingerichtet. Gleichzeitig explodiert über der Ostsee ein Militärflugzeug, das acht ukrainische Soldaten einer Spezialeinheit an Bord hatte – ein Anschlag? Und hängen die beiden Vorfälle womöglich zusammen? Liselott Benjamin und Martin Tong vom Polizeilichen Sicherheitsdienst sollen die Flugzeugexplosion aufklären – sich aber von dem Mordfall fernhalten. Vor allem aber sollen sie keine Theorien über eine mögliche Beteiligung Russlands in Umlauf bringen.

When Deputy Attorney General Eleanor Vance dies in an apparent suicide, DOJ prosecutor Alex Hayes is left holding fragments of a conspiracy—evidence of a covert network placing corrupt judges on the federal bench. Vance had hinted at a link to Alex’s own mother, then vanished before revealing the truth.

Bruce Cable le cuenta a su amiga la escritora Mercer Mann una irresistible historia que bien podría convertirse en su nueva novela. Una poderosa empresa constructora está usando todos sus recursos para reclamar la propiedad de una isla semidesierta frente a Florida. Solo la última habitante del lugar, Lovely Jackson, se interpone en su camino. Lo que la constructora desconoce es que se dice que Dark Isle está maldita: los ahogamientos, las desapariciones y la locura han sido el destino de los intrusos.

A brand new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS **** Rookie police officer Rachel Hoffman has never seen a dead body before. It will not be her last. Her first murder case is a young woman - sent off to sleep with a mysterious note that quotes from an...

RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME. WRONG MAN. 'Engrossing...ingenious...Goodman combines traditional elements - the nods to Buchan, Fleming and le Carré - with the topicality of 2020s technology and the threat from Russia' SUNDAY TIMES, THRILLERS OF THE MONTH 'A propulsive, intelligent...

In Charleston, South Carolina, against a backdrop of racial tension, twenty-one-year-old Deon Ramsey was convicted for the brutal assault of his blonde girlfriend. The first trial stirred up feelings of hatred and angst amongst the community, bringing the city to the edge. Two years after the conviction, when new information is discovered that might prove Ramsey's innocence, criminal defense attorney Joe Hennessy agrees to join the defense team.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The classic legal thriller that inspired the blockbuster film starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington “There is a propulsiveness to [Grisham’s] narrative that keeps the pages turning briskly.”—People In suburban Georgetown, a killer’s Reeboks...

Die Stockholmer Investigativjournalistin Julia verfolgt eine heiße Spur: Alles deutet darauf hin, dass der charismatische, beliebte Ministerpräsident Schwedens auch dunkle Seiten hat. Als Julia von ihrem Chefredakteur kaltgestellt wird, ahnt sie, wie hochbrisant die Sache ist. Erst recht, als ihr politisch unerfahrener Ehemann, Windkraft-Experte Alfred, plötzlich zum Pressesprecher des Ministerpräsidenten ernannt wird. Julia kann Alfred nicht sagen, was sie sofort vermutet: Dieser Job wurde ihm nur angeboten, um sie endgültig zum Schweigen zu bringen.

Am letzten Arbeitstag der Woche hat es dem Direktor eines Autozubehör-Unternehmens gehörig die Laune verhagelt: Während er gespannt eine wichtige Bundestags-Haushaltsdebatte verfolgt, kündigen zwei ungeliebte Betriebsräte einen Besuch in seinem Büro an. Die beiden planen eine Ethik-Kommission für seine Firma, was Direktor Freudenberg zusätzlichen Stress bereitet. Auch sorgen die kürzlich installierten Überwachungskameras auf dem Betriebsgelände für Aufregung unter den Mitarbeitern, und die Organisation des Kinderbetreuungsprogramms stellt ihn vor organisatorische Herausforderungen.

Under Color of Law is a devastatingly tense legal thriller that operates on two levels: as a gripping, high-stakes race against time and as a profound meditation on loyalty, corruption, and the integrity of the American justice system. The result is a novel that is impossible to put down and impossible to forget. The Core Conflict • The story begins with a brutal act of political self-preservation.

Brought to you by Penguin. The evidence is overwhelming. But what if it hides the truth? When Janelle Thompson takes the stand accused of murder, she already knows how this ends. Her adoptive parents are dead and the case against her is airtight. As the trial strips her life down to its ugliest...

Deutschland, 2033. Die rechtsextreme Partei AUFSTAND stellt die Bundeskanzlerin. Als die junge Anwältin Marie Wigand ihrer Chefin bei einem neuen Strafprozess assistieren soll, ahnt sie noch nichts von seinem historischen Ausmaß. Die Generalsekretärin der einzigen Oppositionspartei REFORM wird angeklagt, hinter einem Bombenanschlag auf die Parteizentrale des AUFSTANDs zu stecken.

Der Missbrauch eine Intrige? Bewährungshelferin Marie Marler zweifelt an der Schuld des Physiotherapeuten, der nach Verbüßung seiner Freiheitsstrafe bei ihr unter Führungsaufsicht steht. Hauptkommissar Christian Kramer, der für die Überwachung rückfallgefährdeter Sexualstraftäter zuständig ist, fehlt jedes Verständnis für seine Freundin. Der Mord ein Racheakt? Alles deutet darauf hin, wäre da nicht das eindeutige Alibi des Hauptverdächtigen. Und die Tatausführung spricht für die organisierte Kriminalität.

Winner of the British Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.
Adam Hill is 26 years old and in his first year at a top Chicago law firm. He volunteers for the toughest assignment any lawyer could ask for. His prospective client doesn't want Adam or his law firm. Why would he take on Adam, a complete novice, to defend him? And why would Adam want his case so desperately?

Winner of the British Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.
Neely Crenshaw was once star quarterback for Messina High School's football team. Afterwards his life went nowhere. But now the man who molded him, Coach Eddie Rake, is dying and Neely returns to Messina.

Winner of the British Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.
The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with two weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist high to my father, almost over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a 'good crop'.

Winner of the British Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.
The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courtroom in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. But in Mississippi in 1970, 'life' didn't necessarily mean 'life'...

Winner of the British Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.
They kidnapped him in a small town in Brazil. He had changed his name and his appearance, but they were sure they had their man. Four years before, he had been called Patrick S. Lanigan. He had died in a car crash in February 1992. His gravestone lay in a cemetery in Biloxi, Mississippi. He had been a partner at an up and coming law firm, had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future.

Winner of the British Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.
Two supreme court justices are dead. Their murders are connected only in one mind, and in one legal brief conceived by that mind. Brilliant, beautiful, and ambitious, New Orleans legal student Darby Shaw little realises that her speculative brief will penetrate to the highest levels of power in Washington and cause shockwaves there.

Winner of the British Book Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007.
The Office of the Public Defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long, and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week.