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Here are some staff picks - legal fiction you may have missed:

*The Two Mrs. Grenvilles : a novel by Dominick Dunne Find this book in our catalog
"When Navy ensign Billy Grenville, heir to a vast New York fortune, sees showgirl Ann Arden on the dance floor, it is love at first sight. And much to the horror of Alice Grenville, the indomitable family matriarch, he marries her. Ann wants desperately to be accepted by high society and to become the well-bred woman of her fantasies. But a gunshot one rainy night propels Ann into a notorious spotlight--as the two Mrs. Grenvilles enter into a conspiracy of silence that will bind them together for as long as they live." (catalog notes)
*A Patent Lie : a novel by Paul Goldstein Find this book in our catalog
"Forced out of his high-powered Manhattan law firm and stuck in a dead-end solo practice, Michael Seeley... cannot say no when his estranged brother, Leonard, head of research at upstart biotech Vaxtek, Inc., flies in from California to beg him to take over the company’s lawsuit for patent infringement of its pathbreaking AIDS vaccine after the sudden death of the lead trial lawyer. The financial and moral stakes of the case are staggering, and Seeley suspects that murder cannot be ruled out as a hardball litigation tactic of big-pharma adversary St. Gall Laboratories. As Seeley travels between San Francisco and Silicon Valley to prepare for trial, dark facts surface concerning the vaccine’s discovery by Vaxtek scientist Alan Steinhardt and its alleged theft by St. Gall researcher Lily Warren. Ethical quandaries deepen into mortal danger as the trial, under the stern prodding of federal judge Ellen Farnsworth, rushes to its unexpected end. A timely and fascinating look at how the law operates at its most arcane yet financially consequential, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller." (catalog notes)
*Death's Witness by Paul Batista Find this book in our catalog
"Paul Batista, one of the country's foremost defense lawyers, has written the ultimate legal thriller with murder in its heart. When Tom Perini, a legendary Heisman Trophy winner turned criminal lawyer, is found brutally murdered in Central Park, his widow Julie not only must unravel the mysteries of her husband's secret double life, but survive long enough to discover the truth. A thriller and courtroom drama of corruption and greed so authentic it reads like tomorrow's headlines." (catalog notes)
*Bronx Justice by Joseph Teller Find this book in our catalog"In this follow-up to "The Tenth Case," Teller takes readers back to one of the first cases of criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, who defends a young black man accused of raping five white women in the Bronx in the late 1970s." (catalog notes)

Labels: courtroom dramas, legal thrillers, trials-fiction