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The Enemy Inside
A truly original debut novel from an extraordinarily talented new voice in children�s books. Laugh, cry and wonder at this raceagainsttime story of a boy who travels back to 1984 to prevent a gokart accident, and save his father�s life My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve. The first time had nothing to do with me. The second time definitely did, but I would never even have been there if it hadn�t been for his �time machine� When Al Chaudhury discovers his late dad�s time machine, he finds that going back to the 1980s requires daring and imagination. It also requires lies, theft, burglary, and setting his school on fire. All without losing his pet hamster, Alan Shearer
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Compelling Evidence
"Seamless, suspenseful, plausible . . . all that a courtroom drama should be" (New York Daily News). Sharp defense attorney Paul Madriani was on the rise with the firm of Potter, Skarpellos--until a short-lived affair with Potter's wife cost him his job. Now, Potter's wife is accused of his murder--and Paul is thrust back into the big time, as he uncovers secrets that may end his career--and his life.
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THE JURY
Paul Madriani has ample reason to suspect that he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher and principal in mapping the human genome, is charged with the murder of a young colleague: twenty-six-year-old Kalista Jordan, an African American research physician whose dismembered body was found in a nearby bay. Forensic evidence links her murder with items discovered in Crone's garage. Madriani takes Crone's case, but his defense is hindered by the secrecy surrounding Crone's current research. As the trial unfolds, a scandal from Crone's past, involving his controversial use of genetic racial profiling, is revived. The murdered woman had filed charges of sexual harassment against Crone, and taken secret documents from his files. Paul is left to try to piece together a defense while Crone and his colleagues are hiding parts of the puzzle. When a key witness for the prosecution ends up dead, leaving an incriminating note behind, Crone's acquittal at trial is all but assured. Yet Paul is left with nagging questions concerning his client, doubts that are answered with a stunning revelation and a shattering climax.
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Undue Influence
Paul Madriani made a deathbed promise to his wife to help her sister Laurel win a custody battle against Jack Vega. But when Jack's new wife is found shot to death in her bathtub-and Laurel is caught fleeing with crucial evidence--things heat up. Madriani knows some surprising facts about this case. But there's one thing he doesn't know ... Is his sister-in-law, Laurel Vega, guilty of murder?
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The Judge
When Judge Armando Acosta is charged with soliciting a prostitute, attorney Paul Madriani is less than sympathetic. Nevertheless, Madriani is forced to defend his old nemesis. And when the policewoman who snared Acosta is brutally murdered, he wonders if the judge is also the executioner.