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Kenneth Eade

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Described by critics as "one of our strongest thriller writers on the scene," author Kenneth Eade, best known for his legal and political thrillers, practiced law for 30 years before publishing his first novel, "An Involuntary Spy." Eade, an up and coming author in the legal thriller and courtroom drama genre, has been described by critics as "One of our strongest thriller writers on the scene and the fact that he draws his stories from the contemporary philosophical landscape is very much to his credit." He is often compared to John Grisham, whom many regard as the master of the legal thriller.

Says Eade of the comparisons, "Readers compare me in style to John Grisham and, although there are some similarities, because John also likes to cra ...more

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	Paladine (Paladine Political Thriller #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,039 ratings — 9 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
	Predatory Kill (Brent Marks Legal Thriller Series #2) 3.84 avg rating — 621 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	An Involuntary Spy (Involuntary Spy #1) 3.64 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2013 — 12 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
	A Patriot's Act (Brent Marks Legal Thrillers #1) 4.03 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2014 — 12 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
	Russian Holiday (Paladine Political Thriller #2) 4.25 avg rating — 218 ratings — 7 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
	HOA Wire (Brent Marks Legal Thrillers #3) 3.80 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Traffick Stop (Paladine Political Thriller #3) 4.28 avg rating — 177 ratings — 5 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
	Paladine Box Set: Paladine / Russian Holiday / Traffick Stop (Paladine Political Thriller #1-3) 4.39 avg rating — 161 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
	And Justice? (Brent Marks Legal Thrillers #11) 4.17 avg rating — 163 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
	Unreasonable Force (Brent Marks Legal Thrillers #4) 4.19 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2015 — 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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Reintroducing "The Lincoln Lawyer," courtesy of John Grisham?

Remember The Lincoln Lawyer? That legal thriller by Michael Connelly which introduced unconventional lawyer Mickey Haller? He’s back! And apparently because of John Grisham.

Grisham’s Rogue Lawyer is Sebastian Rudd, who works out of a van instead of an office, has a driver/bodyguard instead of a receptionist, an ex-wife and a kid, a problem with alcohol and with authority and the occasional brush u Read more of this blog post »

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Involuntary Spy (2 books)
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The Temporary Agent (The Agent #1)

by Daniel Judson

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The Outside Man

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The Trial Lawyer (Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thriller, #9)

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“We are all alone in this world; even in a crowd.”
― Kenneth G. Eade, HOA Wire

tags: alone-in-a-crowd, loneliness

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“Home was truly the best place he could possibly be, but, alas, was not an available option.”
― Kenneth Eade, Unreasonable Force

tags: coming-home, home, home-sweet-home, leaving-home

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“He didn’t see a man with hopes and dreams, with disappointments and accomplishments. All he saw in front of him was just another nigger.”
― Kenneth Eade, Unreasonable Force

tags: police, police-brutality, race, race-discrimination

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Kenneth’s Quotes

“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: resistance

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“If you knew when your last day of life was going to be, it was the best place to spend your last night on earth, because in Russia people party like tomorrow will never come.”
― Kenneth Eade, An Involuntary Spy

tags: espionage, gmo, russia, spies

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“Society tends to stick labels on everything and everyone. The label that is given to you will stick with you for a lifetime.”
― Kenneth Eade, An Involuntary Spy

tags: espionage, political-thriller, spy, thriller

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“Sometimes one man must fight for what he feels is right, even against the majority. Something that is wrong does not change to right just because the majority approves it, ignores it, or the government says it is right. It is still wrong.”
― Kenneth Eade, An Involuntary Spy

tags: espionage-thriller, political-thriller, thriller

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“Genetic engineering was messy. To force a sequence of foreign DNA into a plant, you couldn’t just snip the desired gene from the bacteria and sew it on to the plant’s DNA sequence like an old woman working on a quilt.”
― Kenneth Eade