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An ex-con, Nora Dockson pulled herself out of the gutter and became an appeals lawyer. She focuses on rescuing women unfairly convicted of killing their loved ones.Yet she won't work for the woman who poisoned her husband and partied hard on the insurance proceeds. Privileged and reckless, Hunter Logan can afford any lawyer she wants. She doesn't need Nora.But when Nora learns more, she has to take Hunter's case. Her whole life, Nora's been getting...
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For an ex-con, no prison visit is routine. When the gate in the perimeter fence slams shut behind Nora Dockson, her gut churns.She hates the concertina wire topping the chainlinks. The black-uniformed guard eyeing her suspiciously. The petty rules dictating when and where she can stand. Sit. Breathe.But Nora pulled herself out of the gutter and became an appeals lawyer. Her clients are behind bars and that's where she meets them.All are convicted...
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Three full-length thrillers in one ebook-get them all for a savings of more than fifty percent! Nora Dockson is an ex-con who pulled herself out of the gutter and became an appeals attorney. Nora works only for convicted felons, rescuing innocents trapped by the flawed process that put them behind bars.
Join Nora for three legal battles that take place in the span of a single landmark year of her life.
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Laugh with Odin, the robot vacuum cleaner who tells you how the Danish government supplies senior citizens with nonhuman assistance so they can live independently.
Odin is a tireless worker and his elderly client relies on him totally. She treats him like a dear friend. Spurning her Havanese helper dog, she lets Odin do as he pleases.
5) China Box
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Fifteen years ago, Casey Collins's Polish lover was murdered and she lost heart for the war against terror.
After 9/11, the State Department intelligence analyst knew she'd also lost her touch.
Now, she works in tiny US embassies far from Washington, doing routine admin work that numbs her.
The highlight of her day is happy hour. Nothing gets between her and her five o'clock gin and tonic.
Except the ancient spymaster limping into the American...
6) Hear My Plea
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An ex-con, Nora Dockson has a soft spot for underdogs. So how did police officer Wesley Mitchell jump to the top of her potential client list?
Mitchell's no underdog. Man's so well-connected, for years he evaded punishment for killing unarmed civilians. Only after the FBI and the Justice Department stepped in did a jury find him guilty of two hot-blooded murders. Mitchell's no innocent. He deserves his 65-year prison sentence.
But did the feds fight...
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A sharp and deadly femme fatale with a talent for poker, a weakness for men, and a bum kidney.Livvie's gambling her way to a life-saving transplant.Using her sweetheart Neal's body parts as the stakes.Neal antes up. He loves Livvie.But how much does Livvie love him? "… had me clutching at my organs. Macabre and twisted to hell – loved it." (AB Patterson blog review Feb. 6, 2018)Buy "Organ Trade Off: A Noir Short Story" today and take a dangerous...
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March Madness is a month away. FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd is off-duty from her temp assignment in Seattle. And on board Amtrak's Coast Starlight, headed for Eugene. Tonight, she'll cheer for the Lady Ducks' basketball team, ranked number three in the nation.
Fate trumps that plan when her train stops in Portland.
The number one criminal on the FBI's most-wanted list boards her double-decker coach and claims the aisle seat three rows in front...
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Seven years ago, a private company headhunted Bella away from her career job keeping State Department employees safe. She got the company's runaway cowboy culture under control.
But in Washington today, diplomacy is out and mercenary armies are in. Bella's methods aren't profitable.
The greedheads in charge agree she has to go. They figure getting rid of the old bitch will be easy. Piss-poor at threat assessment is how Bella assesses them. She'll...
10) Lay Bare the Lie
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An ex-con, Nora Dockson pulled herself out of the gutter and became an appeals lawyer. She works only for convicted felons. She's sure her current client didn't murder his wife. The jury was misled by testimony from an expert witness who reconstructed the crime based on bloodstain patterns. She'll prove the so-called expert made leaps of logic incompatible with the latest forensic science.But a family emergency pulls her away from the case and back...
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FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd teams up with a long haul trucker to nail a rogue Department of Transportation safety inspector. The crooked government employee extorts money from drivers of Middle Eastern appearance who haul hazardous materials through New Jersey. Under cover as the trucker's big-haired flashy wife, Dawna has her ears peeled when the inspector leads up to his payoff demand. Until beribboned Precious, the third member of the team...
12) Help Me Nora
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Lawyer Nora Dockson swore to tell the truth. But will she stick to her oath when only deception can save her innocent client?An ex-con, Nora pulled herself out of the gutter and became an appeals attorney. She works only for convicted felons, rescuing innocents trapped by the flawed process that put them behind bars.For seven years, she's tried to convince the court that her client didn't kill the victim. She failed again today.She thinks the real...
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Ten years after the Lockerbie explosion, a New York-bound flight falls out of the sky over Scotland and rips a hole in Casey Collins's heart. Her lover was on board that plane and the State Department specialist in the war on terror flies to Europe to discover who killed him.
Swiftly embroiled in a twisted series of events that paint her as a suspect in the bombing, she becomes a fugitive whose only protection is a small band of skilled agents operating...
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Washington State Trooper Captain Kent Harper desperately needs hands-on experience with Spokane County's updated electronic Pawn Database System.
To get it, he'll investigate a minor crime way below his pay grade. The bonus is that he can also do a favor for his long-time lover Nora Dockson. A veteran cop, Kent's sure he'll identify the culprit who stole from LaNoir Kennedy, owner of Nora's favorite hair salon. Unfortunately, LaNoir waited a month...
15) Judge Me Not
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Appeals lawyer Nora Dockson might be able to free Silvia Simon from prison. But why should she try?
An ex-con herself, Nora broke free from her trailer park roots and went to law school. She works only for convicted felons.
Silvia, a young single mother, insists she's not guilty of arson-murder. But investigators determined only she could have started the fire. The prosecutor argued that Silvia set it to kill her daughter.
Was he wrong? Or is Silvia...