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Necessity

By: D. W. Buffa

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A defense attorney faces the toughest case of his career: representing a man who has admitted to murdering the president . . . When Joseph Antonelli, who has never lost a case, takes on the most shocking client of his career, he is unprepared for the depths of trouble he’s about to get into. A senator has confessed to stabbing the president of the United States to death—but has invoked the “Law of Necessity,” which states that a crime is justified if it serves the greater good. As the nation is gripped by the trial of the century, Antonelli must try a case with all eyes on him—and his own life on the line—in this riveting read from a bestselling Edgar Award nominee. “Highly recommended for lovers of legal and political thrillers.” ―Library Journal (starred review) Praise for D. W. Buffa “Buffa is one of a kind.” —San Jose Mercury News “A whopper of a reveal.” —Booklist

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1504099621

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The Judgment

By: D. W. Buffa

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The Judgment

By: D. W. Buffa

When Judge Calvin Jeffries becomes the first sitting judge to be murdered while serving in office, charismatic criminal defense attorney Joseph Antonelli finds himself smack in the middle of a riveting case. As he works through the intricacies of a homicide audacious enough to strike at the heart of justice, the ensuing investigation and trial reveal a deadly trail of evil, shattered lives, and revenge. While challenging traditional notions of crime and punishment, the novel also calls into question the very principles of our judicial system and marks the breakthrough of a master storyteller. D.W. Buffas The Defense (Henry Holt, 1997) received great praise and grossed more than 40,000 hardcover copies. The Prosecution (Henry Holt, 1999) was also lauded by critics and garnered equally impressive sales.

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0759523436

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The 45th

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The 45th

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What if a political party in disarray turned to a man to lead them with no political background? What if a country torn apart by ideology turned to a man whose charisma belied a complete lack of governing experience? What if a country elected a President based not on qualifications, but on hope? Would this man lead the country into a new era of fortune and prosperity? Or would he lead them into total and complete chaos? D.W. Buffa has proven himself as one of the absolute best political writers working today, and in THE 45TH he creates a work of compelling fiction that’s as timely as this morning’s news. THE 45TH will leave you breathless, enraged, and unable to forget it once the last page is turned.

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1947993747

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The Judgment

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Evangeline

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Evangeline

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Evangeline, the finest ship of her kind, built to sail anywhere in the world, sinks in a ferocious storm off the coast of Africa. A single lifeboat with fourteen people crowded into it gets away. Forty days later, a thousand miles from South America, six survivors are rescued from the sea. One of them, the captain Vincent Marlowe, is charged with murder. His only defense is that it was necessary to kill some to save the others.

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Hillary

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Hillary

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“A Dan Brown read-alike tailor-made for an election year." —Booklist A President is murdered. A First Lady demands answers. And a young Senator will uncover a conspiracy that threatens the world as we know it. When Robert Constable, President of the United States, dies in bed with a woman in a New York hotel room, the public is told that he died suddenly and peacefully of natural causes--and alone. The truth, however, is anything but that. The President’s wife, Hillary Constable asks young senator Bobby Hart, who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, to find out who had her husband murdered and why. As Hart begins to learn more about the President’s shady dealings, he uncovers a massive global criminal and financial conspiracy, headed by a secret underground organization nicknamed The Four Sisters. Yet the closer Hart gets to the truth, the more shocking secrets are revealed that could threaten his life, American Democracy, and the future of the nation. A riveting a timely political thriller from acclaimed, bestselling Edgar nominee D.W. Buffa, HILLARY is a novel that will appeal to fans of David Baldacci, Brad Meltzer, Brad Thor, and Vince Flynn.

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1943818428

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Necessity

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The Last Man

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The Last Man

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Walter Bannister had the manner that nothing could rival and no one could imitate, and with it a rare intelligence and perfect rectitude, complete self-command and not a trace of vanity or a hint of ambition for anything he did not already have. He was what every trial court judge should be. When he entered his courtroom, it was as if he had been there the whole time: one moment everything all chaos and confusion, a hundred jumbled voices, lawyers, jurors, spectators crowding the benches, the next moment, when the door at the side opened, nothing but silence. No one could remember anything except what was right in front of them: the judge, tall, thin, the slightest touch of gray in the auburn hair cut short and parted on the side, moving with a scholar’s eye and the sure, gliding step of a man who had been something of an athlete in his youth. Walter Bannister often told himself that he had nothing to complain about. Seen from the outside, he had the perfect life: a respected judge, a house in Bel Aire, the fortunate son of a father who had become one of the richest men in Los Angeles, and the husband of an important woman, wealthy in her own right and just about the first person anyone would call who wanted a charitable event to be so successful everyone talked about for months. He had everything, and still he had nothing at all. There was no excitement in his life, no sense of adventure, nothing like what he had seen in the movies of his childhood, the movies that had depicted the kind of life he thought he would live. Life was something lived by others, something he saw every day in his courtroom but never felt himself. With growing fascination, Walter Bannister tries to understand what makes criminals behave the way they do. He becomes more and more obsessed with what drives someone to murder. His own life an empty shell, he has forgotten, if he ever knew, how to feel anything. Presiding over the murder trial of a man without conscience or remorse, he decides that people kill, not because they are abnormal, different from the rest of us, but for the sheer thrill of it. He wonders, he has to know, what it would be like to kill someone. Is that the secret of what it means to be alive, to know, to really know, what it is like to kill? Walter Bannister must find out...even if it means the consequences are deadly.

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The Swindlers

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The Swindlers

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A Fatal Triangle of Deception... They had everything anyone could want - money, power, fame and influence – but none of it was enough. They had to have more. Nelson St. James, one of the world’s richest men, is accused of a massive fraud, stealing billions from innocent investors. Before he can be brought to justice he is murdered on his yacht. His young wife, Danielle, whose face has been on the cover of every major fashion magazine, is charged with the crime. One of the best known lawyers in the country, Andrew Morrison, agrees to defend her, but only after she reminds him of certain things she knows about him, things that had happened between them a long time before. Morrison agrees to take the case, but when she tells him what happened the night her husband died he does not believe her. So she tells him something else instead. The story keeps changing, and the more it changes, the more entangled Morrison becomes. The trial comes to a stunning conclusion, and it is only then that the real story unravels and Andrew Morrison comes face to face not just with the truth -- but with himself. Three people, brought together in a fatal triangle of murder and deception; three people who swindle each other, and then swindle themselves. The Swindlers will leave you guessing until the final page.

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Evangeline

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Evangeline

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One of the best books I've read this year! Highly recommended!" Reader review 5 stars In this gripping courtroom drama, a jury must decide whether a ship's captain is a man, or a monster... Evangeline is the finest ship of her kind, built to sail anywhere in the world. Like the Titanic, she is meant to be unsinkable. But when she runs into a ferocious storm, only a single lifeboat with fourteen people onboard manages to escape. Forty days later, only six survivors are rescued from the sea. One of them, the Captain Vincent Marlowe, is charged with murder. But when Marlowe claims it was necessary to kill some to save others, the people on the jury are faced with a dilemma... Is the captain a killer, or a hero? What will YOU decide? Evangeline is a riveting thriller by a bestselling Edgar Award nominee.

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The Privilege

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The Privilege

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Joseph Antonelli, who never lost a case he should have won and won nearly every case he should have lost, is about to see his client, Justin Friedrich, convicted for a crime he did not commit. His wife was found shot to death in the bedroom of their yacht in the San Francisco marina, and Friedrich does not have a chance. But then the real killer approaches Antonelli... Famous and enigmatic, James Michael Redfield, the head of a high tech company that leads the world in the development of artificial intelligence, Redfield gives Antonelli evidence that proves Friedrich is innocent. But why did Redfield wait until the last minute to give Antonelli this proof? Before Antonelli can even begin to solve that riddle, there is another murder, and Antonelli finds himself an unwilling participant in a conspiracy he does not understand. Antonelli has never known anyone like James Michael Redfield. Because for Redfield, it isn’t about murder at all; it is all about the trial. Because only a trial can show the world what Redfield believes it needs to know...no matter how many people need to die.

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Trial by Fire

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Trial by Fire

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Attorney Joseph Antonelli finds that murder can be a very public affair in this moody and scintillating novel of love, loyalty, and revenge in the Edgar Award-nominated series.

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Breach of Trust

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Breach of Trust

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Edgar Award–Nominated Series: A courtroom case has dangerous implications for a presidential race—and a group of friends who thought they’d left the past behind . . . “Electrically charged.” —The New York Times on The Prosecution When defense attorney Joseph Antonelli attends a Harvard Law School reunion at Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel, he isn’t prepared for how unsettling his return will be. Long ago, at a party in this very hotel, a young woman fell from a window to her death. At the time, the event was ruled an accident, but the case is about to be reopened, and a possible witness, the vice president of the United States, is wary of its potential to ruin his political chances . . . When the trial begins, the nation’s eyes turn to the accused, and to the powerful players both within and beyond the White House who want the downtrodden suspect out of the way. But can Antonelli uncover just where the secrets lie—and exactly who is playing whom? “Maddening suspense, captivating courtroom scenes, and a marvelously twisted ending.” —Booklist Praise for the Joseph Antonelli Thrillers “Adroit and often elegant.” —Los Angeles Times “Absorbing.” —Orlando Sentinel

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1504099613

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Rubicon

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Rubicon

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It could happen... Bobby Hart, an idealistic young senator from California, thinks that he's escaped the political spotlight when he decides not to run for president. Then, on a secret mission to Germany, he discovers that there is going to be an assassination. He doesn't know who is the target, who is behind the plan, or where it will take place. All he knows is that it will happen before the election. And that it operates under the code name "Rubicon". Rubicon, Hart remembers, is the river Caesar crossed with his army when he decided to seize power in Rome. For Caesar it meant that there was no turning back for a republic on its way to becoming an empire. But crossing the Rubicon meant the beginning of an era in Rome. Could it mean the end of something else today? As events pile up before the predicted attack, it becomes clear that "Rubicon" isn't just about the election. It's a plot to steal the country. Now Hart is in a race against time to find out who is behind the conspiracy and how to stop it before it's too late and democracy in America is changed forever. A blistering indictment of our current political climate, Rubicon is an intelligent, action-packed thriller that will change the way readers think about the next election.

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1943818606

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Lunatic Carnival

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Lunatic Carnival

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“D.W. Buffa has taken the legal thriller one step further - endowing it with an eerie and stylish noir sensibility…masterfully crafted and people with characters you won’t forget.” —Jonathan Kellerman D.W. Buffa’s first novel, The Defense, left the New York Times “wanting to go back to the beginning and read it again.” Lunatic Carnival, Buffa’s latest riveting and thought-provoking thriller, does that and more. In Lunatic Carnival, Buffa paints an unforgettable and timely portrait of an age in which nothing is thought more important than fame and money, a world in which immorality has become the trademark of success, and murder just another business decision. A professional athlete, T.J. Allen, is charged with the murder of Matthew Stanton, the owner of the team. Antonelli agrees to take the case only after the trial court judge tells him that Allen is innocent and that “All of America contributed to the making of Matthew Stanton.” The evidence is firmly stacked against Allen: he was found standing over Stanton’s dead body, the murder weapon still in hand. The only way to prove Allen is innocent it is to find the real killer and their motive. Who had a reason to kill Matthew Stanton? What had he done, or what was he planning to do, that made the real killer think he had no choice? As Joseph Antonelli prepares for the most difficult case of his career, he will learn that the answer to that question will change not only the outcome of this trial, but could change the world as we know it. D.W.Buffa’s novels have been “filled with remarkable prose and jaw-dropping suspense.” In Lunatic Carnival, a trial for murder becomes an indictment of a world gone mad in a compelling novel that will keep you in suspense until the very last page, and then, like only D.W. Buffa can do, it will make you want to go back to the beginning and read it all over again.

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1957957417

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The Dark Backward

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The Dark Backward

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William Darnell thought he had seen every kind of human conflict, every type of human tragedy, seen them in all their immense variety: murder done from envy, murder done for revenge, murder done for money, murder done for love, murder done after careful planning, murder done in a moment’s rage. He had known, and defended, every kind of murderer, all of them, despite their differences, driven by the same desire, known since Cain slew Abel: the need to kill because, in their twisted imaginations, it was the only way their own lives would be worth living. He had known them all, and if there was something he had missed, it was in all probability now too late. But that was before he knew Adam and began the strangest case of his long career. It was not just the strangest case he had ever tried; it was the strangest case ever tried by any lawyer anywhere. It was impossible to explain; or rather, impossible to believe. The defendant, who did not speak English or any other language anyone could identify, had been found on an island no one knew existed, and charged with murder, rape and incest. He was given the name Adam, and Adam, as Darnell comes to learn, is more intelligent, quicker to learn, than anyone he has ever met. Adam, he learns to his astonishment, is a member of an ancient civilization that has remained undiscovered for more than three thousand years. William Darnell had promised to retire after a trial in which the captain of a luxury yacht that went down in the Atlantic is charged with murder because of what had been done to survive during the forty days they were lost at sea. He breaks that promise to take a case that rescues from the oblivion of time the lost tribe of Atlantis that has somehow managed to survive on an island in the Pacific. The critically acclaimed Evangeline was about the trials of the human soul; The Dark Backward tells a tale about both the limits, and the power, of the human imagination. It leaves you with the question whether Atlantis was nothing more than an ancient myth, or might still exist. William Darnell, to his own astonishment, discovers that what he had always believed was wrong.

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Trial by Fire

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Trial by Fire

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Attorney Joseph Antonelli finds that murder can be a very public affair in this moody and scintillating novel of love, loyalty, and revenge in the Edgar Award-nominated series.

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The Prosecution

A Legal Thriller

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The Prosecution

A Legal Thriller

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A defense attorney plays for the other team when a DA is accused of murder in this “electrically charged courtroom drama” in the Edgar Award–nominated series (The New York Times). It was a one-way ticket out of his self-imposed isolation and into the courtroom on the right side of justice. It was a favor for his old friend Judge Horace Woolner. It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to serve as special prosecutor in a case against a man sworn to uphold the law—Marshall Goodwin, the chief deputy district attorney accused of having his former wife murdered. It was an opportunity Joseph Antonelli couldn’t walk away from. But Antonelli is walking into more than he bargained for—and when a worldly, wealthy man from a prominent Portland family is found dead and the judge’s wife is accused, he may be in over his head . . . “A thorough look at the legal system from an insider’s viewpoint . . . dynamic writing and well-rounded characterization.” —Library Journal “Buffa’s spare observation, crackling dialogue, and shadowy circle of criminals, lawyers, and lovers keep you riveted.” —Entertainment Weekly “Explosive . . . Buffa is one of a kind.” —San Jose Mercury News

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The Legacy

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The Legacy

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A young black student is on trial for the murder of a hot-shot California senator. The student claims he is innocent, but all the evidence indicates otherwise. Joseph Antonelli leaves his Oregon law practice to put up a case for the defence. He soon discovers a world of deceit, betrayal and naked ambition.

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