Kansas City Legal Thrillers Series

A transgendered youth accused of a brutal murder… An attorney on the brink of self-destruction…   Attorney Harper Ross is at the end of her rope. Her former client, John Robinson, who she walked on a technicality, went on to kill again.  John's second victim was a young, vibrant mother of two. After suffering with the devastating guilt about the evil that she unleashed back onto the street, Harper retreats to her old haunt, a bar called Charlie Hooper's, as she confronts her old demons.     Before she has a chance to completely drown her sorrows, Harper is called to defend Heather Morrison, a transgendered youth who is accused of killing her mother in cold blood. Heather insists that it was self-defense; Harper has her doubts.   As Harper gets further into investigation of the case, she discovers an evil beyond anything that she knew was possible.  Her investigation of a church leads her to a Reverend who preaches hatred from the pulpit and possibly more.   Harper gets closer to the truth, yet further away from proving anything in a court of law. Her case seems to be sinking, and nothing can possibly save it.  With hairpin turns and twists you never see coming, Bad Faith is a fast-paced legal thriller that's not to be missed. 

Harper defends her rapist, who is charged with murdering his father-in-law.    This is the first case that she's wanted to lose...   Harper must deal with a dark part of her past when she defends her rapist, Michael Reynolds, who is charged with murdering a judge. Harper wants revenge, so she takes the case with the explicit desire to throw it. But as she digs deeper into the case, she understands that if she throws Michael's case, it means that the real culprit will go free. Struggling with her conscience, which is fighting for her desire for vengeance, Harper must access some of the darkest recesses of her brain.    As she digs in deeper into the case, she finds a conspiracy that goes to the highest level. She's not clear, however, if Michael Reynolds is also involved.  Harper wants to see Michael convicted, even though he's her client. If he's not involved in the murder, can she try to throw his case anyhow? Doing so would go against her conscience and ethics.    But it would also set her free...   With twists, turns and lightning speed, Justice Denied is one book that should not be missed by legal thriller fans!!!!  

A Kansas City police officer is dead.   A young African-American man stands accused.    A promising life is on the line...   Harper is assigned another high-profile case, as 18-year-old Darnell Williams is accused of killing a Kansas City Police Officer. At first, this seems like just another dead dog loser case that Harper would end up pleading out.    As she gets deeper into the specifics of the case, she realizes that she has stumbled into something much, much bigger. She ends up being warned to back off, or face disciplinary charges of her own.    The more she is brushed back, the more intrigued she becomes. She becomes convinced that a true injustice is being perpetrated on her client and she must fight the system to prove his innocence.   With the fast-pace that you've come to expect with a Harper Ross Legal Thriller, Injustice for All is a book that is not to be missed!

A murdered priest.   A defendant with disassociative identity disorder.   He might have killed the priest, and if he did, it will devastate Harper.   Because he's her uncle.    Harper's uncle, Jack Calhoun, has been charged with murdering a priest. Jack has no idea if he killed the priest or not. All that he knows is that he woke up in the rectory, holding a knife, with a priest covered in blood at his feet.    It soon becomes apparent that Jack is not who he seems. He's not the man who Harper grew up with. He's become something else. Somebody else. It's possible that he really killed Father Malone - Harper must come to terms with this reality.   As Harper gets further into the case, she's never quite sure exactly what happened. She doesn't want to believe that her beloved uncle would be capable of such a crime.   All signs point to Jack as the murderer.    Did he do it?   With the twists and turns that you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair legal thriller, this tightly-paced story is not to be missed!

The wife of a gangster is accused of offing him. Damien soon finds that nobody is who they seem - quite literally.   But to defend his client, he must break every ethical rule.    Damien Harrington is fresh off his come from behind victory when he's thrust into yet another harrowing scenario. Gina Degrazio, wife to Vittorio Degrazio, notorious gangster, stands accused of Vittorio's murder. Gina's a tough-talking native New Yorker who was transplanted to Kansas City. She swears she didn't do it. She was with her boyfriend, Enzo Degrazio, Vittorio's twin brother, at the time of the murder. Or so she says.   However, bit by bit, her story falls apart. Damien doubts that Gina was anywhere near Enzo at the time of the murder, yet he must use that alibi excuse if he is to win Gina's case.   In the meantime, Damien and Harper together work several wrongful death suits that were the result of toxic mold in various homes on the East Side. The plaintiffs are all poor and minority, the landlords are all slumlords and scummy, and Damien works these cases with a passion that he has not felt for the law in many years.    With all the hairpin curves and twists you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair legal thriller, this first installment featuring Damien Harrington in the lead is not to be missed!  

An Armenian mobster's son is being tried for murder, and Harper must win the case.   Her life literally depends on it.     Introducing Damien Harrington, Harper's new associate!   Harper is stuck representing Sargis' son Erik for murder. Harper thinks that he's good for it. All day long. Yet she must take on his case and find some way to get him acquitted. If she loses this case, she might lose her life. No pressure....   Helping her out is brand-new associate, Damien Harrington. Damien has a secret that he is hiding from Harper, a secret that would be devastating to him if it got out. Yet Harper and Damien work very well together. Damien takes the lead on the Erik Gregorian case because, quite frankly, Erik turns Harper's stomach.    Damien's first big case that he brings into the firm involves a wrongful death. This case might make both Harper and Damien millionaires. Damien is on the verge of settling when he finds out something that makes him regret ever taking the case on. Any money that he receives from a settlement becomes blood money, and this eats away at his conscience.   With the twists and turns that you've come to expect and love, The Associate is a legal thriller that is not to be missed!

Damien is in serious trouble, as he has been accused of murdering his birth father, Josh Roland. Harper must defend him, as he fights for his life.   Harper must defend Damien, who has been arrested for the murder of his birth father, Josh Roland. Harper knows that Damien didn't do it. He couldn't do it. Yet his past comes to haunt him, as Harper finds out things about Damien that she never knew.    The victim, Josh Roland, was, for many years, a bastard. He sexually harassed most of his female employees and was a serial rapist. He was also involved with many shady and crooked financial deals that broke the many contractors who had the misfortune of dealing with him. In short, there were many, many people who wanted this man dead. So why was Damien made the prime target of the investigation? The answer to this question stuns Harper and causes her to question everything about what she thought she knew about her law partner.    In the meantime, her tween daughters are giving her fits - even Abby has been acting out lately. They're 13, at the most awkward age imaginable, and Harper is at the end of her rope with them.  Throw in some romantic troubles with her longtime beau, Axel, and you have one seriously frazzled lawyer. She keeps it together, Harper-style, which means that her life is perpetually a mess, but she always fights her way out.    With the twists and turns that you've come to expect in a Harper Ross/Damien Harrington legal thriller, The Accused is not to be missed!  

A billionaire with secrets...A socialite hiding behind a veil of lies...A shocking secret...   Silas Porter is a handsome billionaire with a very kinky side. He's accused of killing his socialite wife, Ava, and he has come to hire Damien as his attorney. He wants Damien, and only Damien, to represent him. Ava was found, chained to a wall, after a wild-fire swept through Silas' sex dungeon. Silas is accused of deliberately setting that fire to kill his wife. Damien could not imagine a more horrible way to die, but Silas insists that there is more to the case than what meets the eye.   Despite his misgivings about taking this case, Damien takes Silas on as his murder client. As he gets into the case, he finds out that his client was possibly a psycho who is fascinated with fire. Silas' father is a schizophrenic in the hospital for the criminally insane. HIs mother was killed in a fire. A fire that was possibly set by a five-year-old Silas.    But, as Damien gets further into the case, he finds that nobody is who they seem. What he discovers truly stuns him, and makes him question everything about the case. Damien's digging finds out layers of secrets, lies, obsessions and mental illnesses.   And one fact that is the most shocking of all.   With the lightning-speed twists and turns that you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair legal thriller, "Secrets and Lies" is one book that you won't want to miss!

An innocent woman charged with murder. A conspiracy at the highest level. A greedy corporation brought to its knees...   Damien's mother, Olivia, is being charged with murder. At first glance, Damien thinks that the murder charge is flimsy at best. Olivia's friend, Dr. Tracy Dunham, died at her home of an apparent drug overdose. Olivia insists that she was simply sitting in her home, minding her own business, when Dr. Dunham came over to crash on her couch. She found him dead the next day.    The prosecutor's office, however, charges Olivia with murder. Their accusation is that Olivia gave Dr. Dunham a deadly dose of pure heroin, which is what killed him.    As Damien gets further into the case, he finds that nothing is what it seems. Somebody apparently wanted Dr. Dunham dead - but who? And why? Damien discovers the shocking conspiracy that is truly behind the man's death, but he finds himself in a race against time to find the evidence to prove his mother's innocence. If he can't get to bottom of who wanted Dr. Dunham dead, then his mother will go to prison for the rest of her life.   True, he doesn't get along with his foul-mouthed, drunk mother, but she's still his mother.   In the meantime, he also has to deal with a son, Nate, who is on the brink. Nate is slipping away, and Damien feels helpless to stop his son's destruction. Can he save him in time?   With the twists, turns and loops that you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair legal thriller, Until Proven Guilty is a thriller that you won't put down until the last heart-stopping page!  

Ginger is back, and her mouth is as unfiltered as ever...   Ginger Perry, Harper's star witness in her previous murder trial, left Kansas City for the greener pastures of the Los Angeles adult film scene. As soon as she gets out to the West Coast, however, she catches a case. A big case. A murder case.   The victim is a powerful studio head. Ginger insists she was framed. Harper's not so sure. She wants to give Ginger the benefit of the doubt, but Ginger's always been a little shady. Nevertheless, she agrees to take the case. After all, she hasn't had a vacation in years, and a trip to Los Angeles is as much of a vacation as she's ever going to get - even if it's not really a vacation, but another murder case. Harper knows that she needs another murder case like she needs a hole in the head, but she just can't resist a lost cause.   And Ginger's case seems to be as lost of a cause as you can get.   With the twists, turns and lightning-fast pace you've come to expect from a Harper Ross Legal Thriller, L.A. Defense is not to be missed!  

A famous artist murdered. A prime suspect with memory loss. A shocking revelation.   A prominent artist from New York City, in town for a show, is found brutally murdered in the back of an art gallery. A prominent gay art dealer stands accused of the murder. He fears he might have done it. He doesn't remember if he did or not. Damien must get at the truth, which is made more difficult by the fact that even his client doesn't know the truth about what happened.   In the meantime, Damien throws himself into getting his three best friends out of prison. These men mean everything to him. But getting the three guys out means that they must leave Connor O'Brien behind. Damien can't stand for this to happen, so he risks everything to make sure that Connor can be freed with the others.    With the  hairpin turns and lightning fast pace that you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair legal thriller, "Reasonable Doubt" is not to be missed!