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The fan-favorite former Supreme Court clerk has finally gone out on her own, securing a prestigious position at a high-end law firm in Washington, D.C. Her new client is Camasca—a mega-tech firm that's on the forefront of developing a new integrated AI system poised to revolutionize the medical industry, particularly by delivering vastly improved health care to veterans. The AI potential is breathtaking, but some disturbing anomalies have plagued Camasca in early testing—including the mysterious death of a Camasca engineer.

In the latest twist of fate, defense attorney Sam Johnstone confronts a formidable challenge: defending a renowned surgeon accused of domestic battery against her estranged husband, who happens to be a local attorney. This seemingly straightforward misdemeanor case spirals into a complex murder trial, where Sam must show his client acted in self-defense. But the courtroom isn't his only battleground.

Ein brutaler Serienmörder. Ein todkranker Kommissar. Eine Stadt, die von einer Sintflut bedroht ist. Der Polizist Noah Scott ist herzkrank und weiß, dass seine Lebenszeit begrenzt ist. Doch er ist besessen davon, das Rätsel um den Serienmörder Bible John zu lösen, der Ende der 60er-Jahre junge Frauen tötete und nie gefasst wurde. Jetzt, im Jahr 1983, folgt Noah einer neuen Spur, die ihn nach Bilbao führt. Er weiß, dass sich der Mörder hier versteckt hält und durchforstet die Stadt, deren herbe Schönheit ihn gefangen nimmt, bis sich eine Jahrhundertflut ankündigt, die alles zu verschlingen droht.

At the start of a new century, a shocking murder transfixes Manhattan, forcing bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to work together to save a man from the gallows. Just before Christmas 1799, Elma Sands slips out of her Quaker cousin’s boarding house—and doesn’t come home. Has she eloped? Run away? No one knows—until her body appears in the Manhattan Well. Her family insists they know who killed her. Handbills circulate around the city accusing a carpenter named Levi Weeks of seducing and murdering Elma. But privately, quietly, Levi’s wealthy brother calls in a special favor.

When a shocking murder occurs in the home of Angie and David Sheehan, their lives are shattered. Desperate to defend their family, they turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn’t just legal counsel—she’s also the mother of Angie’s first love, Julian, a now-successful New York City criminal defense attorney. As Julian and Angie confront their shared past and long-buried guilt from a tragic accident years ago, they must navigate their own culpability and the unresolved feelings between them.

Der siebte Fall für Eddie Flynn vom Autor der SPIEGEL-Bestseller Thirteen und Seven Days. Carrie Miller ist die meistgehasste Frau Amerikas. Ihr Mann Daniel hat vierzehn Menschen ermordet, bevor er verschwand. Nun steht Carrie als Komplizin des "Sandmanns" vor Gericht. FBI, Staatsanwaltschaft und Medien sind überzeugt, dass sie von den Taten wusste und Daniel gedeckt hat. Für ihren Anwalt Eddie Flynn dürfte es schwer werden, allen das Gegenteil zu beweisen. Aber er glaubt Carrie, dass sie von der dunklen Seite ihres Mannes nichts ahnte.

Rusty is a retired judge attempting a third act in life with a loving soon-to-be wife, Bea, with whom he shares both a restful home on an idyllic lake in the rural Midwest and a plaintive hope that this marriage will be his best, and his last. But the peace that’s taken Rusty so long to find evaporates when Bea’s young adult son, Aaron, living under their supervision while on probation for drug possession, disappears. If Aaron doesn’t return soon, he will be sent back to jail.

Jack Swyteck’s new client fled Iran to Miami with her daughter, and has been accused of kidnapping by her husband. The seasoned attorney must not only plan a winning defense. To stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack must build a case under international law and prove that returning the child would put her at risk. But everything in this case isn’t what it seems, and Jack quickly learns that his client is really the child’s aunt and that the biological mother may have been killed by Iran’s morality police.

Eine True-Crime-Doku machte die Familie Pine in den USA berühmt. Nun hat ein Unfall sie ausgelöscht. Ein Zufall? Die Nachricht trifft Matt Pine wie ein Schock: Bei einem Urlaub in Mexiko kam fast seine gesamte Familie ums Leben. Die örtliche Polizei behauptet, es sei ein Unfall gewesen, doch das FBI bezweifelt das. Allerdings wollen sie Matt den Grund für ihre Skepsis nicht verraten. Das Drama rückt Matts Familie erneut ins Rampenlicht der Medien. Vor sieben Jahren war sein älterer Bruder Danny wegen Mordes an seiner Highschool-Freundin zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt worden.

New to the job and with everything to prove, Crown Prosecution Service lawyer Eve Wren is working on the biggest UK trial in decades. Notorious cult leader Patrick Nye and his followers, known as The Seven, are pleading not guilty to detonating a bomb in a London theatre. Patrick might be charming on the stand, but Eve knows that the evidence never lies. The trial has already started when Eve discovers a piece of evidence that calls the whole case into question.

Divorce attorney Olivia Sinclair is retiring. She is ready to pack the rat race in, settle down in Tahoe with her boyfriend Brian and finally live life at the pace she deserves. But when an old friend calls in a favour, she’s compelled to take on one last case…Ava, wife of tech-millionaire and media darling Mark Bledsoe has escaped from her abusive husband. He has proved himself to be a dangerous man and Ava needs to flee the country before he can track her down.

A three-year-old girl disappears without a trace from her wealthy parents' summer house. The alarm was on all night long and the windows and doors were locked. Investigators do not find any evidence of an abduction and fear the worst. Experienced lawyer, Joanna Chylka, and her novice protégé, Kordian Orynski, are tasked with defending a married couple charged with murder by the prosecutor's office. The trial is circumstantial in nature, but everything seems to point to the parents' guilt - after all, when you eliminate what is impossible, whatever remains must be the truth.

Far from the neon glare of the Vegas Strip, attorney Piper Danes walks away from a hotshot law firm to work as a guardian ad litem (GAL). Piper was once a vulnerable youth herself, and a GAL gave her hope when she needed it most. Now she’s committed to paying it forward. Her latest case is unlike any other: fifteen-year-old Sophie Grace is the sole survivor of a gruesome family murder. Teaming up with the formidable Judge Hope Dawson and enigmatic Detective Lazarus Holloway, Piper delves into a world more sinister than she could have imagined.

Charlie Webb is a third rate lawyer who graduated from a third rate law-school and, because he couldn’t get hired by any of the major law firms, has opened his own law firm, where he gets by handling cases for dubious associates from his youth and some court appointed cases. Described as “a leaky boat floating down the stream of life,” Charlie has led unremarkable life, personally and professionally. Until he’s appointed to be the attorney for a decidedly crackpot artist who calls himself Guido Sabatini (born Lawrence Weiss).

Denglers Mutter wird langsam alt. Nachts sieht sie Schatten auf dem Hof und sie droht damit, ihr letztes Geld für Überwachungsanlagen auszugeben. Ihr Sohn kommt zur Beruhigung angereist und stellt fest: Entweder ist er nun auch verrückt geworden, oder da draußen sind tatsächlich Gestalten unterwegs. Oben am Feldberg besitzt die Familie ein Stück Weideland – die ideale Lage für ein Windrad. Wäre da nicht der örtliche Widerstand. Als die Wortführerin der Protestierenden ermordet aufgefunden wird, sieht sich Dengler mit einem komplizierten Fall konfrontiert. Kompliziert ist er auch in privater Hinsicht: Die Tote war seine Jugendliebe.

It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall – unconfirmed and a little scandalous – that George Smiley might almost be happy. But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found.

When Jenna Bernstein, disgraced wunderkind CEO of a controversial biotech company, is accused of murdering her former partner and lover, she turns to Seattle attorney Keera Duggan to defend her. Keera is more than a master chess player who brings her intuitive moves into court—she’s Jenna’s childhood friend. But considering their history, Keera knows that where Jenna goes, trouble follows.

1965. The British Establishment is reeling after a series of defections and acts of treachery by high- ranking intelligence officers. When Francis Hollander, an American academic, accuses Sir James Digby QC, a baronet and leader of the Bar, of being a Soviet spy, Digby retains Ben Schroeder and his head of Chambers to represent him. At first, it seems to be a simple case of libel, but as evidence starts to emerge of Digby's association with the Cambridge spies, and as MI6 becomes involved, Ben can no longer be sure that he can save Digby from prosecution and ruin.

After a long career as one of DC’s most powerful litigators, Rob Jacobson is faced with the case of a lifetime: the former President of the United States—his childhood best friend—has been accused of murdering his mistress. Rob knows he’s the only one who can prove his friend’s innocence, but he is soon overwhelmed as he attempts to devise a strategy to defend an authoritative man with a taste for infidelity, serious anger issues, and unconventional sexual appetites.

Chester Newton is a successful racehorse syndicate organiser and his company, Victrix Racing, is having its best year yet. When his prized horse, Potassium, wins the world-famous Epsom Derby, Chester is set to become the next big thing in British horse racing. But one phone call changes everything. Someone hiding behind a voice scrambler and an untraceable phone is demanding he fixes a race – and they’re willing to go after Chester’s family if he fails to comply.