The Fall
John Lescroart (Atria, May)
Rebecca, daughter of series hero Dismas Hardy, takes center stage as lead counsel in a murder trial.
A Good Killing
Alison Leotta (Touchstone, May)
Federal prosecutor Anna Curtis heads home to Michigan to defend her sister, who has been accused of killing a local hero.
The Crossing
Michael Connelly (Little, Brown, Nov.)
A retired Harry Bosch teams up with “Lincoln Lawyer” Mickey Haller after Mickey’s new client is set up on a murder charge, and the pair find that the truth may lie inside the LAPD.
Chasing Justice
H. Terrell Griffin (Oceanview, Sept.)
Matt Royal has agreed to defend Abby Lester, his good friend and the wife of Longboat Key’s police chief, who has been charged with murder, squaring off against a prosecutor with a 22–0 record in murder trials.
Bum Rap
Paul Levine (Thomas & Mercer, July)
NFL linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter is on the verge of leaving Miami when he’s roped into a murder case that involves the Russian mob.
A House Divided
Robert Whitlow (Thomas Nelson, Aug.)
Corbin Gage, who runs a law practice in a small Georgia town, takes on a toxic tort case on behalf of three boys who have contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma due to an alleged chemical exposure, pitting him against the largest employer in the area.
