Orem Library

The life of a beautiful young attorney is thrown into turmoil when she is called back to her hometown to defend her disturbed, estranged mother, who's been charged with murder.

In this illustrated novel told through journal entries, news clippings, and letters, twelve-year-old Lily finds herself on the jury of a murder trial while conducting her own undercover investigation of the case.

Visiting his mother in Swansea, Evan Evans encounters a young thug who was once imprisoned for murdering Evan's father and who has been accused of another killing, but Evan is surprised by the man's believable claims of innocence.

Legal investigator Stanley Hastings of New York is assigned by his lawyer boss to confirm that a client is not guilty of murdering his wife, even though he took out an insurance policy and has a new girlfriend. By the author of Movie.

Soft-hearted attorney Matthew Hope has never been known for taking easy cases, and this is no exception. A mother and her two little girls are brutally murdered on Florida's steamy west coast, and the only person who doesn't have a motive is confessing--and insists that Hope defend him.

"Tabitha is accused of murder. She is in prison awaiting trial. There is a strong case against her, and she can't remember what happened on December 21st. She is alone, frightened and confused. But somehow, from the confines of her cell, she needs to prove everyone wrong. House of Correction is beautifully written, clever, shocking, twisty, so believable and utterly compelling. This is another stunningly brilliant novel to relish from Nicci French."--Provided...

Lawyer Penn Cage returns to defend his best friend since childhood for the murder of a young female student, with whom his friend was intimate, at their old alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep.

"A complex thriller that fuses the past and present with two controversial court cases steeped in racial prejudice"--

The morning after Jonathan Parrishs fortieth birthday party, the guest of honor is found lying dead in a pool of his own blood. Police arrive at the scene to find his older brother, Ralph, covered in red and clutching the murder weapon. From behind bars, Ralph insists he didnt do it, and attorney Matthew Hope believes him.

Story of the trial for murder of O.J. Simpson, told from the point of view of Gus Bailey, a fictional character, interweaving the real and the fictional to tell how the trial affected the life and citizens of Los Angeles.