In the tradition of the best legal and political thrillers, Friendly Fire is an explosive tale of greed, revenge, treason, and murder. $0.99 on Kindle.
Friendly Fire
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Free: Tilted Scales: Inhuman Trafficking
January 5, 2023 By
Jayne Hart, dubbed the “Southern Serpent” by the media, is one of Texas’s premier attorneys, famous for representing magical and non-human clients in court. No one knows about her dark past or how much she’s had to overcome to make it to where she is and that is just how Jayne prefers it.
When a simple favor to a senior partner plunges Jayne into a war between two magical crime rings, Jayne’s past threatens to unmake her. The stakes are raised by the discovery that Jayne’s half-elven foster sister is not only alive, but still trapped in the life that she helped Jayne escape.
With the help of a mysterious tengu swordsman, who may or may not be on her side, Jayne must battle these monsters in the courtroom and in herself to save the sister who saved her. Free on Kindle.
Music Notes: Texas Lady Lawyer vs L.A. Baron
November 24, 2017 By
ATTORNEY MERIT BRIDGES IS LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER! WHO’S BACK THERE?
When client Liam Nolan is slain with his own guitar, Davey Ray Bell shows up claiming to be Liam’s illegitimate son. L.A. Baron, Nolan’s former manager, makes a back-door music deal and vies for the estate.
When the probate court pushes Baron out of the power position, he pursues Merit with a vengeance. Using the dark web, he ruins her reputation, destroys her career, and finally attempts to take her life.
Who will come out on top of the scales of music and the scales of justice? $5.99 on Kindle.
Beyond a Reasonable Death
October 4, 2017 By
This legal thriller is the story of a very young lawyer in a small town who crosses the mob. They send a hit man after him. Trying to break free, he sues them and a courtroom drama ensues. Very quickly he learns you don’t sue the mob and go back to normal living. He is pursued relentlessly and runs west to the mountains of Arizona, where he seeks refuge with a Navajo shepherd. He sets up his office in a cabin while he pursues his case against the godfather.
The shepherd has many lessons for Thaddeus Murfee—lessons about surviving when all odds are against you. Together they face the first mob soldier sent after Thaddeus. Plus…the old shepherd has a granddaughter who attends medical school. Katy teaches him to fly-fish, and romance blossoms. Then, he is pursued again and must abandon her in this powerful crime fiction. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Defendants
September 16, 2017 By
While Ermeline was passed out, her date carved his name in her breasts. Later, he is found murdered. Ermeline is arrested based on circumstantial evidence because she had motive and opportunity. She hires Thaddeus, who makes his criminal lawyer debut defending his first murder case in this intense courtroom drama. In The Defendants, John Ellsworth offers you a courtroom thriller that puts you right in the front row of the jury. See the politics that lurk behind criminal cases and discover how love can grow out of the strangest beginnings that anybody could imagine. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Empty Place at the Table
August 30, 2017 By
It was just a quick sandwich in the hospital cafeteria… But when she returned to her daughter’s room… Whatever happened to Melissa’s daughter is anyone’s guess. The police seal the hospital doors; a search proceeds but the four-year-old is nowhere to be found. The girl is gone, vanished without a ransom note, without a body being found, without a trace. The detectives believe she has most likely been sold into human trafficking. No matter, Melissa is determined. She is also very, very bright, a woman who refuses to give up, a woman who knows what motherhood means. She journeys to Mexico in search of her missing child. She confronts the Tijuana Cartel. Do they have her daughter? Twelve years have passed by and she no longer has any idea what the little girl even looks like. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Judge Roth’s Law
June 12, 2017 By
A different kind of legal thriller, about a judge with a past.
Judge Al Roth has everything going for him–great job, loyal friends, and a beautiful woman who loves him. When a congressman threatens to expose a murder Roth helped commit when he was stationed in Cold War Germany, he stands to lose everything. Roth instinctively turns to Jake Gertner, his boyhood friend in Detroit, who’ll do anything for him. But unless Roth can find a way of manipulating a murder trial, Jake will get whacked by the mob himself.
Fast paced story with penetrating cross-examination, shrewd backroom maneuvering, murder, and revenge. Free on Kindle from 6/12 to 6/16.
The Mental Case
May 26, 2017 By
Ansel Largent, partner of large Chicago Law Firm. Happy home life. Complicated office life. One day, both his wife and co-worker are missing. Along with 200 million dollars of client money. His sanity is questioned during trial. The conclusion? Shocking. $0.99 on Kindle.
Dollar Signs
December 25, 2016 By
MERIT BRIDGES, an attorney and widowed mother in Austin, Texas, works hard, drinks too much wine, and sleeps with younger men. When Merit goes after a shady corporation threatening her client, she encounters hired gun Boots King. His charge is simple, “Stop her!” Merit and her team – including Betty, a mothering office manager with a bad-ass attitude – struggle to stay alive, while they navigate a labyrinth of legal issues, and prove once again that you don’t mess with a Texas lady lawyer. $0.99 on Kindle.
