|
|
The rule of law : a novel
by John T Lescroart
Attorney Dismas Hardy finds himself in the unlikely position of having to defend his faithful longtime assistant, Phyllis, from being charged as an accessory to murder at the same time her brother is released from prison.
|
|
The perfect alibi
by Phillip Margolin
Two rape cases at the same bar are complicated by a prominent athlete's threats, baffling DNA evidence, suspicious attacks on case lawyers and a D.A.'s resolve to prosecute a killing in self-defense. By the best-selling author of Violent Crimes.
|
|
|
|
The girl in the glass box
by James Grippando
Miami attorney Jack Swytech lands in the heart of a contentious immigration debate when he takes on the heart-wrenching case of an undocumented immigrant who has fled to America to safeguard family lives.
|
|
Trigger
by David Swinson
Working as a vigilante robbing drug dealers after achieving hard-won sobriety, retired cop-turned-private investigator Frank Marr is drawn back into the world of police corruption to prove an old friend's innocence.
|
|
|
|
Court of lies
by Gerry Spence
A ruthlessly ambitious and sadistic prosecutor attempts to frame Judge John Murray in a first degree murder case. By the New York Times best-telling author of How to Argue and Win Every Time.
|
|
Miracle Creek
by Angie Kim
A dramatic murder trial in the aftermath of an experimental medical treatment and a fatal explosion upends a rural Virginia community where personal secrets and private ambitions complicate efforts to uncover what happened.
|
|
|
|
Law and Addiction
by Mike Papantonio
Young lawyer Jake Rutledge returns to his hometown of Oakley, West Virginia, after his twin dies of a drug overdose, and joins with an attorney from one of the country's most powerful law firms to seek justice for Big Pharma's greed.
|
|
Blood orange
by Harriet Tyce
A young lawyer's idyllic family life and blossoming career is upended by a murder case involving a questionable confession and the lawyer's toxic affair with a manipulative senior partner.
|
|
|
|
The inglorious arts : an Alec Brno novel
by Alan Hruska
"Seasoned New York lawyer Alec Brno, first introduced in Pardon the Ravens, is tested again by overlapping personal and professional crises. He must rescue his firm's oldest client, which is being sued vindictively by a giant public utility, as well as the firm's largest client, embroiled in a politically motivated suit before a lunatic federal judge. To avoid professional and financial ruin, Alec must somehow get rid of both cases almost immediately and stop thousands of others from suing.
|
|
First, kill the lawyers
by David Housewright
When sensitive case files are stolen from prominent Minnesota attorneys who are subsequently blackmailed, private investigator Holland Taylor is forced to navigate ethical quandaries in five cases in order to protect the state's legal system.
|
|
|
The implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
by Vesselin Popovski
In December 2015, 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, seen as a decisive landmark for global action to stop human-induced climate change. The Paris Agreement will replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2020, and it creates legally binding obligations on the parties, based on their own bottom-up voluntary commitments to implement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The codification of the climate change regime has advanced well, but the implementation of it remains uncertain. This book focuses on the implementation prospects of the Agreement, which is a challenge for all and will require a fully comprehensive burden-sharing framework. |
|
|
|
The Lazarus files : a cold case investigation
by Matthew McGough
On February 24, 1986, 29-year-old newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in the home she shared with her husband, John. The crime scene suggested a ferocious struggle, and police initially assumed it was a burglary gone awry. Before her death, Sherri had confided to her parents that an ex-girlfriend of John’s, a Los Angeles police officer, had threatened her. The Rasmussens urged the LAPD to investigate the ex-girlfriend, but the original detectives only pursued burglary suspects, and the case went cold. DNA analysis did not exist when Sherri was murdered. Decades later, a swab from a bite mark on Sherri’s arm revealed her killer was in fact female, not male. A DNA match led to the arrest and conviction of veteran LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus, John’s onetime girlfriend. The Lazarus Files delivers the visceral experience of being inside a real-life murder mystery. McGough reconstructs the lives of Sherri, John and Stephanie; the love triangle that led to Sherri’s murder; and the homicide investigation that followed. Was Stephanie protected by her fellow officers? What did the LAPD know, and when did they know it? Are there other LAPD cold cases with a police connection that remain unsolved? -- Amazon |
|
|
|
|
On faith : lessons from an American believer
by Antonin Scalia
An inspirational collection of the late Supreme Court Justice's reflections, articles and other writings on faith in modern America shares insights into his own distinctly religious life and the Constitution-protected religious liberties that may be facing challenges.
|
|
|
First : Sandra Day O'Connor
by Evan Thomas
Based on exclusive interviews and access to archives, an authoritative portrait of America's first female Supreme Court justice includes coverage of her convention-breaking achievements and role in shaping decades of American law. By the best-selling author of Being Nixon.
|
|
Finding my voice : my journey to the West Wing and the path forward
by Valerie Jarrett
"When Valerie Jarrett interviewed a promising young lawyer named Michelle Robinson in July 1991 for a job in Chicago city government, neither knew that it was the first step on a path that would end in the White House. Jarrett soon became Michelle and Barack Obama's trusted personal adviser and family confidante; in the White House, she was known as the one who "got" him and helped him engage his public life. Jarrett joined the White House team on January 20, 2009 and departed with the First Family on January 20, 2017, and she was in the room--in the Oval Office, on Air Force One, and everywhere else--when it all happened. No one has as intimate a view of the Obama Years, nor one that reaches back as many decades, as Jarrett shares in Finding My Voice.-Provided by publisher
|
|
|
|
The trial of Lizzie Borden : a true story
by Cara Robertson
Draws on 20 years of research and recently discovered evidence in a revisionist account of the infamous Lizzie Borden trial that explores professional and public opinions while considering how Gilded Age values and fears influenced the case.
|
|
|
Patchogue-Medford Library 54-60 East Main Street Patchogue, New York 11772 (631) 654-4700www.pmlib.org/ |
|
|
|