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DUTY TO CLIENT > DUTY TO JUSTICE? Attorney Talon Winter confronts the darker side of criminal law, in more ways than one, when she is hired to defend the indefensible.A young man with every advantage in life is charged with murdering his own grandparents. The media goes into a frenzy. The state puts their top prosecutor on the case. And the young man's parents, despite everything, hire the best defense attorney in town: Talon Winter. As the case proceeds, Talon wrestles with her role in the justice system, is tempted by an opportunity to abandon criminal practice altogether, and faces what it would mean for her both professionally and personally if she wins a case where the only truly just verdict is guilty. STEPHEN PENNER IS AN AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR WITH OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD Winter's Duty is Book 5 in the top-rated legal thriller series featuring hard-nosed criminal defense attorney Talon Winter. Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone novel, but also follows the personal and professional growth of Talon and her friends and foes. "Talon Winter is a kick-ass main character." --Amazon Reader Review If you're looking for an authentic legal thriller that doesn't shy away from the big issues in the criminal justice system, you'll love Winter's Duty.

A VACATION TO DIE FORDave Brunelle, Seattle homicide prosecutor, and his new girlfriend, police detective Casey Emory, fly to Berlin for a romantic getaway. But these two can't seem to get away after all. On their luxury spa day, they discover a dead man floating in one of the therapeutic pools. The next thing they know, they're mixed up in a case that doesn't add up.They encounter a cadre of local characters, including a friendly detective, an unfriendly prosecutor, and an enigmatic defense attorney. The case seems open and shut, but Brunelle and Casey just can't stop themselves from opening it up again.Will it be a Pandora's Box or a treasure chest of international justice? Join your favorite homicide D.A. and his favorite lady friend on a tourist de force as they tackle a HOMICIDE IN BERLIN.

PARANORMAL ADVENTURE. 14-year-old Jeni Tanaka just wants to belong. To something. To anything. But right when she's about to join the cool girls' clique, she suffers an embarrassing seizure--brought on by an ancient Japanese goddess trying to possess her.When she wakes up, the girls are gone, but a mysterious boy appears, claiming to be the "godling" to a Native American creation god. He tells Jeni that she has threatened all of existence by rejecting her goddess.What follows is a whirlwind adventure, as Jeni criss-crosses the globe, trying to save her kidnapped mother, restore balance to the universe, and join... THE GODLING CLUB.

LEGAL THRILLER. A man is murdered in Seattle's Pioneer Square. The killer is caught just blocks away, blood still on his hands. When it's discovered that both killer and victim belong to the same Native American tribe, the Tribe asserts jurisdiction and homicide D.A. Dave Brunelle has to prosecute the case in their Tribal Court.It's bad enough when the defense attorney claims the killing was justified under the ancient custom of "blood revenge." It gets worse when blood revenge turns into a blood feud. The bodies start piling up and it looks like Brunelle may be next.Can he stay alive long enough to win the case?

LEGAL THRILLER. Sometimes the easiest cases are the hardest. The defendant absolutely, positively murdered her own mother. She's also absolutely, positively mentally ill. Homicide prosecutor David Brunelle is tasked with holding her responsible despite the best efforts of her defense team, which includes a psychologist who's convinced she's innocent. As the case proceeds, the pressures mount and Brunelle begins to question his own sanity. Will Brunelle crack the case, or will the case crack him?

LEGAL THRILLER. Seattle homicide D.A. David Brunelle has spent his entire career prosecuting criminals. But when his girlfriend, medical examiner Kat Anderson, asks him to go to California to defend her ex-husband on a murder charge, he just can't say no to her.Brunelle has to fight not only his prosecutorial instincts, but also a smooth-talking D.A., an unhelpful detective, and--worst of all--a client who won't give him a straight answer. As the evidence piles up and the case unfolds, Brunelle waits for the other shoe to drop, but this time the shoe is on the other foot.

A man shot to death under a freeway overpass.A suspect who flees into the night.And a witness no one can find.Homicide D.A. David Brunelle must figure out the connection between these three people in order to hold a murderer responsible. But how can he, when he has no idea who the witness really is or how to find her?To prevail against a theatrical defense attorney, and win over a dubious judge, Brunelle enlists the help of his usual allies, plus a newbie prosecutor and a mysterious woman who seems to know everyone-except the missing witness.It will take all of his abilities to put the pieces together in time to solve the puzzle and convict a killer.

From the author of the top-rated David Brunelle Legal Thriller Series...Talon Winter was one of the most feared civil litigators in the Pacific Northwest-until she was wrongfully terminated by her high-priced law firm for refusing to follow an unethical order. Forced to reinvent herself, Talon recalls the one time she truly enjoyed being a lawyer-defending a fellow tribal member accused of murder-and decides to strike out on her own as a criminal defense attorney.She's also going to sue the pants off her old firm.But balancing her personal lawsuit with a fledgling law practice proves more difficult that Talon imagined. She has no choice but to take on the first client who walks in her door: Michael Jameson, a successful, forty-something, African American husband and father-who's just been charged with a 25-year-old cold case murder, a gang-related drug deal gone horribly wrong.The one question Talon needs answered is the one question Michael refuses to answer: Did he do it?Michael insists it doesn't matter. He's not the same person he was twenty-five years ago. He's built a new life in the intervening years, and nothing that happens now will bring the victim back. Instead, he poses a far more provocative question: Would the legal system reach back that far to take away everything built up by a successful White man?Talon must simultaneously battle her old law firm, a condescending prosecutor, reluctant witnesses, and even her own client to achieve that most elusive of goals: Justice.

Motive, means, opportunity. The solution to the classic whodunit. But what if the person "who done it" had no motive at all?Tech mogul Neil Rappaport had everything any person could want: fame, riches, a mansion on the shores of Lake Washington. So why would he murder some nameless drifter in a parking garage under the booming downtown of Seattle's most affluent suburb? His lawyers argue he wouldn't, and therefore he didn't. But the admittedly grainy surveillance video seems to say otherwise.Homicide D.A. encounters new friends, old flames, and a relentless defense attorney as he tries to hold a killer responsible. But how can he convince the jury that Rappaport committed the crime when he has to admit there's a complete LACK OF MOTIVE?