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Contempt of Court  is the second Charlie Trust legal thriller by Jake Needham, following Habeas Corpus . It continues the story of Charlie Trust, a burned‑out American lawyer drawn back into legal and moral conflict in Southern California in the early 1990s.   In the story, the man lending Charlie his beach house in Malibu has a favor to ask. How can he refuse? After all, the man is lending Charlie a fantastic place on the Pacific next door to Ryan O’Neil and Farrah Fawcett. The favor is to...

1929 is a narrative history of the 1929 stock market crash and its aftermath, told through the experiences of key financiers and political leaders.  It traces how exuberant speculation, regulatory neglect, and overconfident elites pushed the U.S. economy to the brink, triggering the Great Depression and reshaping the relationship between Wall Street and Washington.   Sorkin spends the first half of the book painting a market in which everyone wanted a brass ring dispensed by the New York...

In The Widow , John Gresham returns to his legal drama roots. The novel follows Simon Latch, a small‑town lawyer drowning in gambling debts, a failing marriage, and a lackluster practice built on minor cases that barely pay his bills. He experiences a change of fortune when elderly widow Eleanor "Netty" Barnett, a rich woman, hires him to manage her estate.   Seeing a chance to escape his financial ruin, Simon ingratiates himself with Eleanor, becomes her trusted adviser, and positions...

The year is 1992. Charlie Trust is a divorce lawyer from Virginia and hates his job. So, when a client offers his house in Malibu, California, he quits his job and heads west. Charlie plans to spend his days drinking beer and watching the Pacific while he figures out his future.   He shares the beach with an assortment of television and movie stars. One of whom is Martin (“Marty”) Cole, the star of a long-running TV police procedural. Marty interrupts Charlie’s quiet life when he asks for...

Imagine an opening scene in which President Madeline Wright is riding in a motorcade with her husband Cole Wright, the First Gentleman, toward a courthouse in which the jury has reached a verdict—a verdict in which the First Gentleman is accused of murder.   Cole Wright, a former NFL star, stood trial for the murder of a cheerleader, a crime dating back seventeen years. The allegations risk both his reputation and President Wright's political career, throwing the administration into disarray...

The Secret of Secrets  by Dan Brown is a thriller set in Prague in winter, featuring Robert Langdon as he becomes entangled in a dangerous quest involving the mysteries of human consciousness, secret organizations, and ancient mythology. When Langdon attends a groundbreaking lecture by noetic scientist Katherine Solomon, she is about to release a manuscript that could disrupt centuries of belief.   Robert Langdon, the hero of Brown’s past novels, is drawn into an international race to unlock...

Reminder: October 15 is Coming Soon One Aztec Secret. One Rogue Programmer. One Chance to Save the World. Cryptographer Nicholas Foxe is...

One Aztec Secret. One Rogue Programmer. One Chance to Save the World. Cryptographer Nicholas Foxe is looking forward to a quiet getaway...

In Never Flinch , Stephen King comes up with a unique twist, as only King can do. He has a serial killer murdering innocent people as...

The Fury is an unique and compelling novel on several levels. Foremost, it is a murder mystery and, like good murder mysteries, it...