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Here you can see what library staff are recommending and read a summary of each book.

How To Use:
  • Select a title link to find that book's library location and availability.
  • Select the Full Review link to read the entire summary and view the book cover, both in a popup window.
  • To read previous recommendations by category, pick a category from the table to the right.

List 1 - 10 of 10 records in Crime & Law

No Physical Evidence by Gus Lee
"You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear." That seems to be the case at first for Josh Jin, hard-boiled lawman in distress, when he is assigned a mishandled ...
Full Review (December 2008)

Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer
-- also available in Book on CD format --
John Mortimer’s renowned character, Horace Rumpole, crusty old barrister and dedicated defender of the “golden thread of justice,” has won the hearts of many a mystery fan throughout his career. In this ...
Full Review (April 2005)

The Last Juror by John Grisham
-- also available in Book on CD format --
Do you like a story about good, strong people who have lead interesting lives? Then you won’t want to miss The Last Juror. Those who don’t usually read Mr. Grisham or who ...
Full Review (October 2004)

Last To Die: a Novel by James Grippando
-- also available in Book on Cassette format --
$46 million dollars goes to the last surviving heir. These are the words that five individuals hear at the reading of Sally Fenning’s will. One of these individuals is Tatum Knight, a ...
Full Review (August 2004)

Little Friend by Donna Tartt
-- also available in Book on CD format --
When Harriet was just a baby, her brother Robin was found hanging in a tree. The crime (or accident) was never solved. Now twelve years later, Harriet decides to spend her summer ...
Full Review (March 2004)

Letter of the Law [book on cassette] by Tim Green; Read by Keith Szarabajka
-- also available in Book format --
World-renowned criminal law professor, Lipton, stands trial of the murder of his once beautiful and now mutilated, young students. Lipton’s choice to represent him is a former student, the beautiful and ambitious ...
Full Review (October 2003)

A Trial by Jury by D. Graham Burnett
Burnett, a historian of science and assistant professor at Princeton University, finds himself serving as a jury foreman on a murder trial in New York City. This book is a nonfiction account ...
Full Review (December 2001)

Bank Shot by Donald Westlake
We are all in need of stress relief or a good laugh at some time and this book in the Dortmunder series guarantees both. In this story of the crime that never ...
Full Review (September 2001)

River of Darkness by Rennie Airth
This is the first novel by the South African born author and the first of a projected series featuring John Madden, a Scotland Yard inspector who is both physically and emotionally scarred ...
Full Review (September 2001)

A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr
-- also available in Book on Cassette format --
If it wasn't for the fact that it's an absolutely TRUE story, you'd swear you were reading the latest John Grisham book! A Civil Action follows the course of a sensational trial ...
Full Review (August 2001)

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