A Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series

A Priest with a depraved appetite. A family battling tragedy. Can one down-and-out attorney force a change from cassock to cuffs?   Zack Blake is teetering on the brink of alcohol-fueled disaster. Once heralded as The King of Justice, the now-floundering lawyer's arrogance got him kicked out of his practice and stuck hanging a shingle on the seedy end of town. But when an old client hires him to sue the church and a predatory priest, his demons threaten to destroy the case before it begins. Tempted by a shadowy group into chasing a cheap settlement, Zach is stunned when the fierce mother fires him for trying to sell her out. But after begging for a second chance and struggling to assemble witnesses who can reveal the defense's black-hearted lies, he fears the dark side of the clergy is willing to do whatever it takes to stand in the way of justice. Has he stumbled on the trial of the century or a fast track to permanent disgrace?   Betrayal of Faith is the tense first book in The Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series. If you like characters who capture the imagination, riveting suspense, and page-turning twists, then you'll love Mark M. Bello's courtroom drama.   Fans of John Grisham and Dan Brown will enjoy the twists and turns of this tense legal thriller, the first in the Zachary Blake Legal Thriller Series. "SPOTLIGHT" MEETS "THE FIRM" in Attorney/Author Mark M. Bello's Award-Winning Debut Legal Thriller.  

"Cut off the head of the snake and another will grow in its place."   Attorney Zachary Blake returns with Police Captain Jack Dylan in this intense legal thriller. Dearborn, Michigan has enjoyed relative tranquility after beating white supremacists in the field and in the courtroom. However, a second group of dangerous bigots plots revenge for their fallen brothers. Their evil plan? To steal a cache of deadly Sarin Gas and release it in Dearborn. Jack Dylan and his team discover this terrorist plot and are set to diffuse it. At the last minute, the FBI usurps the investigation and achieves uncertain results. Furious with the FBI and operation's outcome, Jack defies orders, goes rogue and chases evil to the small, fishing town of Manistee. When his own plan goes awry, Dylan finds himself under arrest and on trial for murder. He calls on Zack Blake to defend him in the biggest trial the community has ever seen. The local cops and the FBI are hell-bent on convicting Dylan, while Blake and his team seek proof that things are not as they appear.   Can Zack pull off a courtroom miracle or will Jack fall victim to this Betrayal in Blue?

What does a kid do when it just won't stop? ​ Kevin Burns has had enough. Today, the bullying stops. Today, he has easy access to his father's gun cabinet. Today, Kevin exacts his revenge. ​ "You think I'm small? Maybe I am, but my gun is huge . . . Size does matter—the larger the gun, the larger the . . ."  ​ Jake Tracey's phone buzzes. It's a text from his brother, Kenny. ​ Where are you? English class. Stay there. Someone has a gun. Lock the door. ​ Bloomfield, Michigan, an affluent Detroit area suburb, is home to trial lawyer Zachary Blake. Other school districts envy Bloomfield, that is, until Kevin Burns commits shocking, all too familiar, acts of senseless violence. In the aftermath of the tragedy, everyone wonders 'why?'.  ​ Zack Blake seeks answers, justice for the victims, including his own son.  ​ How does a kid get a cache of weapons? ​ The sellers are politically powerful and cover up their role in the bloodbath. The 2nd Amendment protects them, doesn't it?  And President Ronald John, Zack's old nemesis, is a friend.  ​ Can powerful evildoers be brought to justice? Can Zack expose a dark web weapons conspiracy and the abuse of absolute political power in court?   ​ How does a broken community heal? ​ In Betrayal High, a Zachary Blake legal thriller, award-winning author/attorney Mark M. Bello answers these questions and more in this fifth installment of what many readers are calling the country's best courtroom drama series. Prepare to get Betrayed . . . again.

In Betrayal at the Border, attorney Zachary Blake returns to tackle two cases that strike at the heart of our nation's contentious immigration debate. In Riverview, Michigan, undocumented immigrants Miguel and Mary Carmen Gonzalez are determined to realize the American dream. They find jobs at a local filler plant, have children, and lead an all-American life, that is until ICE raids their plant . . .   Canan and Karim Izady are naturalized citizens of the United States. They have immigrated legally from Kurdistan and have an American-born daughter, Hana. Unable to persuade her mother to follow the young family to America, Canan and Hana travel to an ISIS hotbed so the child may meet her grandmother for the first time. With the war over, what could possibly go wrong?   Two unique immigrant families, two uniquely dangerous consequences of America's dysfunctional immigration system. Enter Zachary Blake, superstar lawyer.  But, for the first time in a long time, Blake is out of his element—immigration law calls for the expertise of his specialist/partner, Marshall Mann. Together, two extraordinary lawyers take on a terrorist network and a broken immigration system. And master investigator Micah Love returns, racing against the clock to prevent tragic circumstances. In our politically charged, anti-immigrant international climate, will a Hail Mary be their only move?   Award-winning legal thriller author, Mark M. Bello, pits our nation's broken immigration system against important human and social justice rights issues, spinning a tale that shines a bright light on the everyday fears of immigrants all over the United States. Can Blake, Mann, and Love prevent a Betrayal at the Border?

Award-winning author Mark M. Bello presents another headline-inspired Zachary Blake legal thriller.   Hayley Larson isn't a party girl, but she is tired of always doing everything her parents say. She decides to finally attend a Wilkinson party and see what all the hype is about.   It isn't long before fellow classmates are in various states of inebriation throughout the lakefront mansion in West Bloomfield. Hayley contemplates leaving but decides to find a bathroom first. Upon exiting the master bath, the only one she could find available, Hayley is startled to see Oliver Wilkinson standing at the door, blocking her exit.   "You scared the hell out of me! How long have you been standing there?"   Barely coherent, incredibly drunk, stoned, or high, Wilkinson replies: "Hey, baby. Want to party?"   The assault that night has tormented Hayley for twenty years.   Now, Oliver Wilkinson is the President's nominee for a vacant seat on the Supreme Court, the position he has coveted his entire career.  Hayley Larson can't let that happen.   "Oliver Wilkinson on the Supreme Court? That is a bridge too far! He's a criminal and should be in prison! He should never have been granted a law license . . ." But Wilkinson will stop at nothing for a seat on the court . . . NOTHING!   Only Hayley stands in his way. With attorney Zachary Blake's help, can Hayley prevent a sexual predator from being elevated to the highest court in the land?   Supreme Betrayal is a gut-wrenching, powerful legal thriller told from alternating points of view by the award-winning author of Betrayal of Faith.