John Ellsworth

Attorney Michael Gresham has a new go-to person. Her name is Annie and she's twelve. Annie is a savant. She can look at you and, like her idol, Sherlock Holmes, tell you where you're from, whether or not you're happily married, and where you went to school. But now she must use her skills to...

Meet Assistant District Attorney Lettie Portman, a sex-crimes prosecutor whose past demands justice. When a 14-year-old girl is savagely attacked by her mother's live-in boyfriend, Lettie is called to the hospital....

Thaddeus Murfee's life is about to change forever. And there is nothing he can do to stop it. Reeling from a brutal attack, Thaddeus Murfee finds himself drawn into a complex web of betrayal and legal turmoil when his long-time friend, Killen Erwin, seeks his help. With Killen facing a ruthless...

When Michael Gresham and his wife offer to help their priest, life takes a dark turn. The holy man has a son, illegitimate of course, and he's on a first degree murder charge. It's time for Gresham to step up, and this time it includes having the boy in their home.

A judge's wife is dead, and the public are demanding blood. It's the sort of case that will end a defense attorney's career. But Michael Gresham doesn't have much left to lose and when he smells a rat in this headline grabbing story, it's the justice establishment that needs to be worried. A...

Who defends the defense lawyer? Michael Gresham's career is hanging by a thread. The lawyer who stops at nothing to defend others is in the defendant's chair, alone. Enter Harley Sturgis, a lawyer whose own career is on the brink of collapse. But Gresham's case could be her salvation. Save...

He’s an unhappy Russian spy who wants to run, but only one person can go with him: his wife or his daughter....

The only thing worse than rain on your wedding day? Hellfire. A drone mission gone awry just blew up one bride's special day, and she calls on celebrated war hero and justice-hungry lawyer Christine Sussman to bring the responsible parties to justice. But while court cases fought solely on US...

Once a decorated soldier, now a hero in the courtroom, Christine Sussman doesn't back down from a fight. But can one lawyer secure victory when the whole system seems rigged against her client? That's exactly what Christine will find out when she agrees to represent a young woman who was...

A lawyer's fight for justice puts his family in the crosshairs. Thaddeus Murfee's life takes a shocking turn when he discovers a long-lost sister charged with murder, desperately needing his legal expertise. Already juggling the demands of raising a young family and his own legal troubles...

What happens when you do all the right things for all the wrong reasons? Thaddeus Murfee finds himself entangled in a web of deceit when the wife of a prominent District Attorney confesses to murder. As Murfee delves deeper into the evidence, he uncovers a twisted tale that challenges everything...

Sanity is on trial as Thaddeus Murfee faces his toughest case. Ansel Largent, a fierce Chicago attorney, seems to have it all: a successful career, a happy marriage and near-universal respect. Until everything falls apart in a single night, with the disappearance of the two women closest to him...

Attorney Thaddeus Murfee is skyjacked to Moscow. Next to him on the plane is Angelina Sosa, a brash twenty-something with a degree in journalism from the esteemed University of Chicago. Angelina decides to write a New York Times bestseller based on the skyjacking. She isn't sure if it will be...

When you need to prove life after death to win a court case, you better hope for a miracle. Dr. Emerick Sewell's book, a sensational account of his near-death experience, has taken the world by storm. But when one of his readers overdoses on pills to be reunited with her dead husband, her family...

Authentic and binge-worthy, a high-octane legal thriller from lawyer turned bestseller, John Ellsworth. When he lands a high-profile murder case to defend, Thaddeus Murfee is up against his first major adversary. But it's not the prosecution. It's his client. He might be fresh out of law school...

He promised the mobsters a reasonable death. They should have accepted. When Thaddeus Murfee finds himself in the crosshairs of old-time mobsters, he knows his days are numbered. In a desperate attempt to break free, he files a lawsuit, only to learn that suing the mob comes with deadly...