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The Jailhouse Lawyer by James Patterson

The Jailhouse Lawyer

James Patterson, Nancy Allen

Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · September 20, 2021

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Who it’s for
A young lawyer’s fight against a judge brings courtroom suspense into uneasy questions of justice.
Genres
Legal Thrillers, Crime Fiction, Suspense
Published
Little, Brown and Company, September 20, 2021

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About this book

From the world's #1 bestselling author, a young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There’s only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets.

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Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.

Justice Under Pressure

A young lawyer’s fight against a judge brings courtroom suspense into uneasy questions of justice.

Come here for

  • A hometown legal fight with a sharp turn toward the jailhouse
  • Small-town crimes and questions about who gets kept behind bars

Expect

  • Legal tension rooted in a deceptively quiet Alabama town
  • A serious, suspenseful read about power and punishment

Where it sits

Legal Thrillers86%
Suspense29%
Crime Fiction19%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Women Detectives
  • Suspense
  • Crime Fiction
  • Legal Thrillers
Authors
James Patterson, Nancy Allen
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Published
September 20, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Women Detectives