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“Humpty Dumpty”: Friday Night Immunity
A horrific crime, a football-mad Ohio town and a narrator whose lawyers keep interfering.
Book Reviews
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Michael Connelly Could Coast on the Boschverse Now. Not a Chance.
The Hollow: A $4 billion abuse settlement, sealed discovery and a spectacular suppression hearing.
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“Man in the Mirror”: When Jordan Neely Became the Defendant
Anand Giridharadas revisits New York’s notorious subway chokehold case and the bureaucratic paper trail Jordan Neely left behind.
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Lawrence Wright Finds Another Way to Tell a Death Row Story
In Redemption, seven women on Texas death row find an unlikely sisterhood with a group of nuns
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Is John Grisham Bored?
“The French Illusion” finds the master of legal thrillers trying espionage. The plot holds up, but the ending doesn’t.
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“Fair Ones”: A Mystery, Almost
Lydia Millet begins with a violent death and the people left behind. The legal questions come later.
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Justice When the Law Looks Away
In Marlon James’s “The Disappearers,” the courtroom is nowhere to be found.
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Lucy Foley Gets Custody of Miss Marple
Sometimes Justice isn’t happening in a courtroom, but is sitting by the fireplace, knitting quietly, and seeing right through you.
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When Housing is a Real Bitch: 5 New Property Law Thrillers
The Fine Print Is Terrifying!