At the age of five, Steve Conroy saw his seven-year-old brother kidnapped from the very bedroom they shared. His brother was never found. And the guilt of his silence that night has all but destroyed Steve's life. Now thirty years old with a failing law practice, Steve agrees to represent convicted criminal Johnny LaSalle, an arrangement sweetened by a lucrative retainer. It's not long until he discovers that this con man might just be his missing

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Public defender Lindy Field puts her faith to the test and risks her reputation-and her life-when she defends a young man accused of a series of grisly murders. After all-he may just be innocent.

Mark Gillen has the storybook life other men dreamof, complete with a beautiful wife and an adoring five-year-old daughter. Then his wife announces she's leaving him. And taking their daughter with her.

Two bodies in an isolated canyon on the edge of LA. One with saddlebags filled with diamonds. That's how it begins for Liz Towne, a stunning blonde with a devout husband who has given up a prime job for reasons Liz cannot understand; for Mac MacDonald, a Gulf War vet who's done time in prison and is just now finding his way back to normal life; and for Roxanne "Rocky" Towne, Liz's sister-in-law, who suspects things she cannot prove. All three are...

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At age forty-seven, attorney Sam Trask finally seems to have his life in order. The dark years of too much drinking and all-consuming ambition have given way to Christian faith. His marriage is strong again. Everything seems finally on the right track. Then a voice from the past comes back to say hello. Suddenly Sam faces a danger more real then he ever imagined - danger from someone who will not rest until Sam's life comes crashing down around him....

In 1904 Los Angeles, fledgling lawyer Kit Shannon takes on a case that sparks racial hatred.

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