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Legal Thriller
The legal thriller is a sub-genre of thriller and crime fiction in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. The system of justice itself is always a major part of these works, at times almost functioning as one of the characters. In this way, the legal system provides the framework for the legal thriller much as the system of modern police work does for the police procedural.
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Susie took mental inventory of her sensations. She could hear and smell. The air she breathed was cool and dry. She could feel her chest rise and fall. Feel the air in her lungs. She sensed that she was lying on her back, but her eyes wouldn’t open. Her hands, her feet... nothing responded. She couldn’t move. She tried again to speak, but nothing happened. She was trapped in the darkness.
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― Life for Life
― Life for Life
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Ferraud kneels down next to the dead man’s head. His face is squashed into the dirt. The policeman gradually lowers himself towards the ground, trying to see more of the man without moving him. His nose is nearly touching the earth when the penny drops.
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― Olivia Streete and the Parisian Contract
― Olivia Streete and the Parisian Contract
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