Southern California Legal Thrillers Series

A wealthy family with DARK secrets.    A SHOCKING reveal that you guaranteed won't see coming...   Avery Collins is an attorney with the tender heart of a warrior for the wrongfully accused, for one simple reason. She was once wrongfully accused, and spent 7 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit.    Now sworn to protect the indigent accused, she's persuaded to represent Esme Guitierrez, an El Salvadoran refugee who is accused of killing 21-year-old Aria Whitmore. Aria was the daughter of the prominent billionaire hotelier Jacob Whitmore, and was also an aspiring concert pianist and music composer.   As Avery digs further into the case, she realizes that there were some sick games taking place behind the closed doors of the Whitmore mansion, and Avery ends up with more questions than answers.    What happened to Aria's birth mother?    How did Julian Rodriguez, a young schizophrenic man, come to befriend Aria?    And who is sending threatening emails that are filled with facts that are not widely known to the public?   When Avery finds out the answers to these questions, she's shocked. But she also realizes that the big reveal opens up more questions than answers, and the case takes an unexpected turn.    As time runs out to find the true culprit, Avery faces the trial of her life. Amidst an intense media glare, death threats, protestors and stalkers breaking into her home, Avery nonetheless gives this case her all.    Because if she doesn't, her client will end up on death row.    With the lightning speed, twists and turns you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair novel, Presumption of Guilt is a legal thriller that is not to be missed! Come and meet your newest favorite badass attorney, Avery Collins, today!

Southern California legal thrillers - over 1,500 pages full of twists, turns, drama, crime and justice. For fans of Grisham, buy the series that one reader says "are among the best page-turners around." Presumed Guilty Introducing Avery Collins! Former inmate turned Harvard trained lawyer, Avery is a social justice warrior with a thirst for justice for the wrongfully accused. She represents Esme Gutierrez, a refugee accused of killing a wealthy young girl. As the city melts down as one side proclaims her guilty without evidence, Avery risks her life to defend Esme. An ending you guaranteed won't see coming! Justice Delayed Avery gets her revenge on each and every person responsible for her wrongful imprisonment. Along the way, she exposes a sick sex trafficking ring, ripped from the headlines just like Law and Order. Strap in and prepare for a bumpy and exciting ride! Insanity Defense Avery's brother Aidan gets his first murder case, and it's a doozy. He represents a beautiful, but mentally unstable, woman. She's accused of killing her husband and doesn't know if she did it or not. Aidan discovers a sinister plot beyond his wildest imagination. Wrongful Conviction Avery's partner Christian represents a young black boy convicted for the brutal rape of an A-List actress. The boy had nothing to do with it, but he's poor, black and dispensable, so he was convicted. The real culprit is an extremely powerful man who can intimidate anybody into covering up his sick crimes. Can Christian find a way to bring this man to justice? If he doesn't, an innocent boy will spend the rest of his life in prison. The Trial A case of pure corporate greed. Avery's back and representing the mother of a child with mesothelioma, a disease virtually unheard of in children. Avery finds out the child was deliberately sickened, and when she finds out why, she knows she must bring this company down. Of course, it's never that easy, and Avery faces blocks at every turn. Can she bring this corrupt company down? Rachel Sinclair's books are full of lightning fast twists, turns and spins. If you love books about social justice warriors bringing down powerful interests - greedy corporations, corrupt billionaires, perverted and evil powerful men, sick politicians and mad scientists - you'll LOVE these books! If you're a fan of Grisham, give these books a try!  

Justice delayed is not justice denied...   Avery Collins went to prison for seven years for a murder she did not commit. And now her best friend, and Private Investigator, Regina Baldwin, is investigating the case and finds corruption, deceit, sick greed and games at the highest level.   The highest level.   Little by little, one by one, Regina uncovers the powerful forces behind Becky Whitfield's murder. And, little by little, one by one, Regina, helps her best friend take just revenge on each of these men and women who ruined Avery's life so many years ago.   Avery was once an innocent pawn in their sick games.    But the hunted is now the hunter.    Revenge is a dish best served cold....   And Avery should know.

A young boy dying of a lethal disease...   A corporation's greed is the cause...   Avery Collins must get justice and possibly find the person who can save his life...   Avery Collins, social justice warrior, has a new case, only it's not a criminal case.    Not yet, anyway.   7 year old Frankie Jamison is dying, and nobody quite knows why. Avery knows Frankie through Regina, as Frankie is the son of Lorinda, one of Regina's best friends from the street. Lorinda has nothing in her life, nothing but her young son, and now she's losing even that.    With nobody to turn to, Lorinda tells Avery her story, and, with Regina's persistence, Avery decides to look a little deeper. And what she finds is corruption and greed at the highest level. Not to mention a cover-up that goes higher than Avery could ever imagine.   Is there a chance that this young kid can find justice and a cure? Avery becomes determined to find out, while also being determined that the bastards who are behind this kid's illness are brought to justice.   And Avery always gets justice, no matter how she has to do it.   With the lightning speed and twists and turns you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair legal thriller, this is one book you won't want to miss!!!!!

A young black boy serving life in prison...   A city on fire...   One man stands between a life behind bars and total exoneration...   Christian Davis, a former big-firm lawyer turned social justice warrior, has just been assigned the case of his life by the State of California. Jamel Jackson, a 16-year-old black boy, has just been convicted for the brutal rape of a prominent movie star.    Christian digs into the case with gusto, as he examines the trial court transcript for any hint that the trial court might have erred in Jamel's case. As he gets into the investigation of the case, he's shocked at what he has found. Corruption at the highest level is staring him in the face.   The problem is, the person who Christian suspects was actually behind the rape is somebody who is powerful and connected. And this person will stop at anything to make sure that young Jamel stays in prison for the crime.   Christian soon finds himself not only fighting the system, but also trying to stay one step ahead of the man who Christian knows was the one who raped the actress.   Because Christian knows that Jamel will not remain in prison for this rich bastard's crime.   And he will risk all, even his life, to make that doesn't happen.   With the lightning pace and twists and turns you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair thriller, Wrongful Conviction is a book that you will not want to miss!!!!  

An unstable beautiful woman is accused of murdering her wealthy husband.    She claims she didn't do it.   She is not to be trusted.   Aidan Collins has his very first large case when his client, Marina Vasiliev, a drop-dead gorgeous mental patient, is accused of killing her wealthy husband. Marina insists that she didn't do it, but Aidan can't trust her. He knows Marina well, too well.    After all, he met Marina in the mental hospital - he originally obtained her as a client when she was involuntarily committed, and he assisted her with getting out.  Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, Marina's view of reality shifts from day to day. Moment to moment. Wracked with paranoia, suicidal behavior and mental instability, Marina also admits that she has losses of time - entire days where she has no idea what happened.    Marina has no memory of what happened the night that her husband died.   Aidan can never be sure if Marina is guilty or not. He makes the decision that the best way to defend her would be to try for the insanity defense. His client is not on board with this decision, and, to make things worse, she begins to imagine him as her lover, which turns his professional relationship with her upside down.    It also puts Aidan into danger, both professionally and personally.   However, once Aidan gets more into the case, he begins to doubt that his decision to try for the insanity defense was a sound one. Clues lead away from Marina's involvement in her husband's murder.    Before long, Aidan feels that his reality is shifting as much as his client. One day, he's convinced that she's guilty. The next, he's convinced that somebody else did it.    Aidan can never be sure that he's doing the right thing in using the insanity defense. An 11th hour witness throws his entire trial strategy into disarray.    With the lightning pace, twists and turns that you've come to expect from a Rachel Sinclair novel, By Reason of Insanity is a legal thriller that is not to be missed.