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Manning Wolfe

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MANNING WOLFE, an award-winning author and attorney, writes cinematic-style, smart, fast-paced thrillers and crime fiction. Manning was recently featured on Oxygen TV’s: Accident, Suicide, or Murder, and has spoken at major book festivals around the world.

* Manning’s legal thriller series features Austin attorney Merit Bridges, including Dollar Signs, Music Notes, Green Fees, and Chinese Wall.
* Manning’s new Proxy Legal Thrillers Series features Houston attorney Quinton Bell, including Dead By Proxy, Hunted By Proxy, and Alive By Proxy.
* Manning is co-author of Killer Set: Drop the Mic, and twelve additional Bullet Books Speed Reads.

As a graduate of Rice University and the University of Texas School of Law, Manning’s experience has given he ...more

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	Dollar Signs (Merit Bridges #1) 4.11 avg rating — 355 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead By Proxy: A Lawyer On The Run Action Suspense (Proxy Legal Thriller Series Book 1) 4.30 avg rating — 216 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Music Notes (Merit Bridges #2) 4.25 avg rating — 161 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunted By Proxy: A Lawyer On The Run Action Suspense Thriller (Proxy Legal Thriller Series, #2) 4.52 avg rating — 118 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Green Fees (Merit Bridges #3) 4.46 avg rating — 98 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Wall: Lawyer in Jeopardy Redacting Secret Documents (Merit Bridges Legal Thriller Book 4) 4.38 avg rating — 95 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killer Weed 4.47 avg rating — 55 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Straw (Bullet Books Speed Reads Book 11) by Manning Wolfe (Goodreads Author), V.P. Chandler (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloody Bead (Bullet Books Speed Reads Book 3) by Manning Wolfe (Goodreads Author), Helen Currie Foster (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stabbed (Bullet Books Speed Reads Book 5) by Manning Wolfe (Goodreads Author), Kathy Waller 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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First, Alive By Proxy, the third book in the Proxy Legal Thriller Series, is now live in eBook and paperback. Here’s what readers are saying:

“All of the characters are well established and believable in their roles. I couldn’t put this book down, reading it in three sittings.” – J. Bering

“There are multiple twist and turns throughout this book to

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Manning Wolfe liked Susi's review of Alive By Proxy: A Lawyer On the Run Action Suspense Thriller (Proxy Legal Thriller Series Book 3): "Another Quinton Bell installment. Quinton is drawn into a case defending a rising young football star accused of his agent's murder. While preparing the defence Quinton is diving deep into the young man's past and makes some terrible discoveries. At " Read more of this review »
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