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Author
Series
Lemonade war volume 2
Language
English
Description
When money disappears from fourth-grader Evan's pocket and everyone thinks that his annoying classmate Scott stole it, Evan's younger sister stages a trial involving the entire class, trying to prove what happened.
Author
Series
Sisters Grimm volume 6
Language
English
Description
When a kangaroo court of Everafters, led by Judge Mad Hatter, tries Mr. Canis for his past crimes as the Big Bad Wolf, the Grimms seek evidence to save their friend, although Sabrina questions whether he should be saved.
Author
Series
Xanth volume 19
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Demoness Metria must find a jury to acquit Roxanne Roc of bizarre crimes.
5) Poison ivy
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In a government class three popular girls undergo a mock trial for their ruthless bullying of a classmate.
6) Judge & jury
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Senior FBI agent Nick Pellisante is closing in on the notorious mob boss "The Electrician," when the scheduled sting goes spectacularly awry. Two FBI agents are dead, the boss is wounded, and Pellisante vows the Electrician's next move will be from a jail cell. Andie Echeverra, a part-time actress and a single, full-time mom, is assigned her next role as Juror #11 in the landmark trial against Mafia Don Dominic Cavello. Everybody is on edge. No one...
7) Livid
Author
Series
Scarpetta volume 26
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has just inherited one of the most notorious cases of her career. Two years ago, a former beauty queen's body washed up on the shore of Wallops Island, Virginia. She was last seen on a boat with her fianč, who has since been held in jail while awaiting trial. Scarpetta must act as the expert witness for the case, an investigation previously botched by another forensic pathologist. After a grueling cross-examination...
8) The chamber
Author
Language
English
Description
In Mississippi, a young lawyer races against time to save his grandfather from the gas chamber. The grandfather was tried three times for a Ku Klux Klan bombing which killed two civil rights workers in 1967. He was found innocent twice, but guilty the third time. By the author of A Time To Kill.
11) The trial
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Series
Language
English
Description
On his thirtieth birthday, Josef K. is arrested by two unidentified agents for an unspecified crime. In The Trial, Kafka brings us a nightmarish vision of the irrationality and blindness of modern bureaucracy in twentieth-century totalitarian regimes as the narrative is driven by a terrifying inevitability, driving the protagist towards a meaningless and helpless demise. The Trial is an existential masterpiece that resonates strongly with modern audiences....
Author
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
In a novel set against the backdrop of World War II, Helene, the abandoned wife of an SS guard who fled to avoid arrest, ministers to the liberated survivors of a Nazi concentration camp, during which she finds her own liberation from spiritual bondage, sin, and guilt.
13) Family
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Series
Language
English
Formats
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When Katy Hart travels to Los Angeles to testify against the knife-wielding fan who tried to kill her, she is hunted by paparazzi who quickly realize she is the mystery woman photographed with movie star Dayne Matthews. Tension and pressure build to a dangerous level as Katy and Dayne seek private moments amidst the frenzy. In the end, Daynes celebrity life makes Katy certain that a future with him is all but impossible. As the trial comes...
14) The reader
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Language
English
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Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his loverthen she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he is a young...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When young attorney and mother Brek Cuttler finds herself covered in blood and standing on a deserted train platform, she has no memory of how she got there. For one very good reason. She's dead. But she doesn't believe it at first. Trapped between worlds, Brek struggles to get back to her husband and daughter until she receives a shocking revelation that makes her death no longer deniable: She's been chosen to join the elite group of lawyers who...
16) The fourth enemy
Author
Series
Daniel Pitt novel volume 6
Language
English
Description
"Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark--and dangerous--secrets in this gripping mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Working his way up at London law firm fford Croft and Gibson, Daniel Pitt is named second prosecutor on a fraud case with the potential to make or break his--and the firm's--reputation. The trouble is, Malcolm Vayne, the man on trial, has deep pockets, and even deeper connections....
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Language
English
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Description
Judge Scott Sampson doesn't brag about having a perfect life, but the evidence is clear: A prestigious job. A beloved family. On an ordinary Wednesday afternoon, he is about to pick up his six-year-old twins to go swimming when his wife, Alison, texts him that she'll get the kids from school instead. It's not until she gets home later that Scott realizes she doesn't have the children. And she never sent the text. Then the phone rings, and every parent's...
18) QB VII
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
In Queens Bench Courtroom Number Seven, famous author Abraham Cady stands trial. In his book The Holocaustborn of the terrible revelation that the Jadwiga Concentration Camp was the site of his familys exterminationCady shook the consciousness of the human race. He also named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Kelno as one of Jadwigas most sadistic inmate/doctors. Kelno has denied this and brought furious charges. Now...
19) Lord Jim
Author
Language
English
Description
Jim, a young British seaman, becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the hajj. When the ship starts rapidly taking on water and disaster seems imminent, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are picked up by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also saved, and the reprehensible actions of the crew are exposed....
20) War crimes
Author
Series
World of warcraft volume 13
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The brutal siege of Orgrimmar is over. Alliance and Horde forces have stripped Garrosh Hellscream, one of the most reviled figures on Azeroth, of his title as warchief. His thirst for conquest devastated cities, nearly tore the Horde apart, and destroyed countless lives. Now, on the legendary continent of Pandaria, he will stand trial for his transgressions. Renowned leaders from across the world have gathered to witness this historic event. As the...
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