After a catastrophic motorcycle accident, Jacob Underwood woke up believing he was already dead. This unusual condition has a name?Cotard?s syndrome?and a surprising benefit: Feeling dead makes Jacob frighteningly good at his job. A contract employee of the multinational corporation DBG, he can now carry out his assignments with ruthless precision, untroubled by guilt, fear, dishonor or any moral conflict?the perfect skills for a hired assassin.

Hu-bots ?e” robots that humans created as perfect versions of themselves ?e” now control the world. They seized power in a war that almost wiped humankind off the face of the earth

The murder of a glamorous DC socialite becomes Alex Cross’s deadliest case since Along Came a Spider. Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public–she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the vice president. ..

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life?steady boyfriend, close family?who has barely been farther afield than their tiny village

They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. The third for a career-ending drunken joyride. Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich?very fast.

Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That?s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they?ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won?t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren?t even going to have a tree. They won?t need one, because come December 25 they?re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences?and isn?t half as easy as they?d imagined.

a crowded courtroom in mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town?s water supply, causing the worst ?cancer cluster? in history. the company appeals to the mississippi supreme court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict?or reverse it.

Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushing relentlessly to the top of Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. law firm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, in an instant, it all comes undone

Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother are sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer leaves Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most-sought-after dead body in America.

twelve men and women who have been investigated, watched, manipulated, and harassed by high-priced lawyers and consultants who will stop at nothing to secure a verdict. Now the jury must make a decision in the most explosive civil trial of the century, a precedent-setting lawsuit against a giant tobacco company. But only a handful of people know the truth: that this jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him.

Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him.

Ford County, Mississippi, the setting of his first novel, A Time to Kill . This riveting collection of short stories features an unforgettable cast of characters: Wheelchair-bound Inez Graney and her two older sons embark on a bizarre road trip through the Mississippi Delta to visit Inez?s youngest son, Raymond?on death row. A hard-drinking, low-grossing divorce lawyer fed up with his wife, his life, and the law plans a drastic escape after an unexpected phone call. A quiet, unassuming data collector sets out to bring down a flashy casino owner with his skill at blackjack?as payback for the theft of his wife.

When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought that he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school loans, arranged a mortgage, and hired the McDeeres a decorator. Mitch should have remembered what his brother Ray?doing fifteen years in a Tennessee jail?already knew: You never get nothing for nothing. Now the FBI has the lowdown on Mitch?s firm and needs his help. Mitch is caught between a rock and a hard place, with no choice?if he wants to live

They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner and his face had been altered. He spoke a different language, and spoke it very well.But Danilo had a past with many chapters. Four years earlier he had been Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a prominent Biloxi law firm. He had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Then one cold winter night Patrick was trapped in a burning car and died a horrible death. When he was buried his casket held nothing more than his ashes.From a short distance away, Patrick watched his own burial. Then he fled. Six weeks later, a fortune was stolen from his ex-law firm’s offshore account. And Patrick fled some more.But they foun

in a plush virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. with his death just hours away, troy phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions?a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives.