John Ellsworth

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...

Michael Gresham is assigned to prosecuting the case against the at-large killer. When Michael's team has tried everything else to find the killer, they turn to twelve-year old Annie Gresham. Annie, the savant daughter of Michael Gresham, gathers together all the known evidence and begins mining...

She's the daughter he doesn't know he has, until she calls him . . . from death row. Michael Gresham meets his lost daughter, Cache, in her prison cell. She is scheduled for execution in thirty days. Her other lawyers have given up; there is nothing left to do. On a hunch, Michael reviews...

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...

A deadly arms shipment, a rigged trial in Russia. Can Michael Gresham navigate a labyrinth of deception to save his clients from execution? When two CIA operatives uncover evidence of a massive weapons shipment entering the U.S., their investigation takes a perilous turn. Arrested in Moscow and...

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...

Carlos puts in his forty hours a week, pays his taxes, and loves his family. But when his daughter gets sick and the only treatment that will save her is far beyond his means, he does the only thing he can think of. He robs banks.

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....

Assistant District Attorney Lettie Portman charges a US senator with the murder of his wife. The wife was found dead, sitting in her Mercedes with a garden hose from the exhaust into her window....

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

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.

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...

Climb aboard the justice train and let Thaddeus keep you up all night in Flagstaff Station An FBI chase through the streets of Phoenix leads to an epic firefight and the fatal shooting of an important member of the Vittini mob. As a result, Special Agent Donnie Francisco faces an enraged crime...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When a hospital covers up a tragedy, a young lawyer seeks justice. Thaddeus Murfee, a tenacious young lawyer, takes on a corrupt hospital and insurance company after a newborn suffers a devastating brain injury. As Murfee navigates a treacherous web of medical malpractice and forged records, he...