Bøger af John Ellsworth

Thaddeus Murfee's plane is hijacked. Stuck with an aspiring journalist who thinks this could be her award-winning story, Thaddeus finds himself at the heart of a legal storm in Moscow. Together, as unwilling guests of the Russian President, they must navigate the dark landscape of international politics.

Two confessions. One murder. Thaddeus Murfee's most trying case yet. Defense attorney Thaddeus Murfee is challenged when a mother and daughter both confess to the same murder. As the trial takes unexpected turns, Thaddeus must defend a death penalty case and convince a skeptical jury of the truth.

A Chicago attorney's life unravels overnight. With the disappearance of the two women closest to him, intense scrutiny of his life and character cast doubt on his mental stability. Taking on the complex case, Thaddeus Murfee is pushed to the limit as he faces a trial that challenges his moral compass.

What happens when you do all the right things for all the wrong reasons?Thaddeus Murfee is drawn into a web of deceit when the District Attorney's wife confesses to murder. As he uncovers disturbing truths, a traumatized teen seeks his help, forcing him to make a choice that could define his career.

Thaddeus Murfee, a determined young lawyer, takes on a corrupt hospital and insurance company after a newborn suffers a catastrophic brain injury. As he uncovers a web of medical malpractice and falsified records, a deeper conspiracy threatens to destroy his case. Murfee must outsmart his powerful adversaries in his relentless pursuit of justice.

A lawyer's fight for justice puts his family in the crosshairsThaddeus Murfee's world unravels when he discovers a long-lost sister charged with murder. While defending three felony cases, including his own, he faces brutal mob attacks and must fight to protect his family and save his sister.

He promised them a reasonable death. They should have accepted. Targeted by old-school gangsters, Thaddeus Murfee files a lawsuit, only to face deadly consequences. Fleeing across the country, he hides with a sheepherder in the Arizona mountains, racing to uncover the truth before the mob catches him.

Fresh out of law school, Thaddeus Murfee lands a high-profile murder case-but his biggest adversary isn't the prosecution, it's his own client. Pulled into a deadly web of treachery and lies, Murfee faces the fight of his life to uncover the truth and survive the ruthless world of criminal justice.

A powerful tale of love, loss, and the lengths we will go to for those we care about the mostIn a race against time, attorney Thaddeus Murfee battles for a girl's right to die with dignity. As he confronts Johann, a nurse with a dark past, Thaddeus must navigate legal and ethical challenges to grant Rachel's final wish.

Thaddeus Murfee faces the shocking realities of La Jolla LawAttorney Thaddeus Murfee is thrust into a high-profile murder case after a presidential event turns deadly. Amidst a boy-band tour and a tech billionaire's collapse, he must navigate wealth and deception to defend a murder suspect.

Defender. Father. Target. FBI Agent Donnie Francisco faces the Vittini mob after a shooting in Phoenix. Teaming up with attorney Thaddeus Murfee, they unravel a dangerous conspiracy stretching from Arizona to Indian reservation lands. With the body count rising, Thaddeus must stop his daughter from causing a catastrophe that could kill hundreds.

Thaddeus Murfee's life is about to change foreverAfter a brutal attack, Thaddeus Murfee is pulled into a web of betrayal when a long-time friend seeks his help. Facing a ruthless prosecutor and personal turmoil, Thaddeus must defend his friend while confronting his own doubts and vulnerabilities, testing the limits of his legal prowess.

When you need to prove life after death to win a court case, you better hope for a miracleDr Emerick Sewell's bestselling book about his near-death experience leads to a lawsuit after a reader's overdose. Thaddeus Murfee, despite his doubts, takes the case and uncovers evidence that challenges his understanding of life and death.

Looking for justice in a lawless landSan Diego attorney Thaddeus Murfee's world turns treacherous when his nephew is kidnapped and taken to South America. Using his unique skills and unwavering determination, Thaddeus must confront cartel corruption and his own past to rescue his sister's son.

How to Win the Property War in Your BankruptcyNavigating through bankruptcy is a challenging journey, especially when it comes to safeguarding your property. "How to Win the Property War in Your Bankruptcy" is a crucial guide for anyone facing the daunting intersection of property management and bankruptcy proceedings.Written by an expert with profound insights into both real estate and bankruptcy law, this book is a beacon of hope and guidance. It offers readers a comprehensive understanding of how to manage and retain property during a financial crisis. With clear, step-by-step advice, it demystifies complex legal procedures and provides practical strategies for dealing with creditors, courts, and bankruptcy laws.More than just a legal handbook, this book also focuses on the emotional and psychological aspects of bankruptcy. It empowers readers to regain control of their financial lives and navigate their way to a more secure future. Whether you are an individual struggling to keep your home or a business owner trying to save your assets, "How to Win the Property War in Your Bankruptcy" is an indispensable resource in these challenging times.

Two CIA field operators obtain a bill of lading from an arms supplier in Moscow. Tracing the origin and destination of the weapons there is reason to believe a massive arms shipment has come into the U.S. through the Port of Long Beach. While their investigation proceeds, the CIA operatives are arrested in Russia and put on trial for stealing state secrets and murder. Michael Gresham appears in Moscow to defend them, but the trial turns into a kangaroo court of Russian justice. Corruption and undercover deceit threaten to put the Americans in front of a Russian firing squad. The jury trial that follows is probably Michael's strangest case ever. People die and people disappear, secrets are stolen, and confessions are made, but...is any of this based on truth and reality? Or is everything a wall of disinformation meant to throw off the Americans and stymie all attempts at justice in the Russian court? Watch from your front row seat as Michael takes on the KGB only to find the judge sending him to jail because he fought back in court. Everything is at risk here, as we look in on the American President, the NSA, the CIA, and DoD while the story accelerates to its exciting and shocking climax.

For fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, and The Nightingale comes a historical novel about one woman's gallant, fearless search for war crimes evidence during the most terrible times of World War II.May 1940 - Paris. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Claire hears the devastating news: the German army has invaded her homeland, and her beloved Paris has fallen. Within months, her life is turned upside-down. She takes in an orphaned Jewish toddler only days before her beloved German-born husband Remy is forcibly conscripted into the Nazi army. In desperation she connects with other young members of the French Resistance, determined to fight back in whatever way she can. Armed only with her wits and her 35mm camera, she looks for the one photograph that will expose the Nazi horror for what it is. When her rebellion is discovered and Claire is sent to Auschwitz, she knows her moment has arrived. A Nazi officer, hiding in the shadows of Auschwitz, commits an unspeakable atrocity, a war crime. Can Claire help bring down the beast who emerged from Auschwitz? Or will her secret evidence die with her as the SS hunts her down?The Point of Light is part of the Historical Fiction series, a collection of John Ellsworth wartime novels. If you love page-turners with thrills, clandestine plotting and a dash of romance, dive into these books today! From USA TODAY bestseller, John Ellsworth.AMAZON HAS SAID, "WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF THIS WRITER AND HOW HE IS DELIGHTING READERS"--AMAZON PRESS RELEASE 10/15/18

Killen Erwin slumps on the other side of the desk, silently waiting for his longtime friend to respond. It's not a question of whether Thaddeus wants to help, but whether he can. Thaddeus barely survived last week's savage attack, and for the first time ever he's feeling unsure of his abilities in front of a jury. Now, Killen's life has fallen apart: his wife is brazenly sleeping around, he's facing charges for driving drunk and causing a death, and a special prosecutor is hell-bent on destroying him. Will Thaddeus have any strength left to defend a friend? And in the face of such brutality, will he even be able to make a difference?

Ansel Largent has been a founder and managing partner of a large Chicago law firm for two decades. He is respected. Ferocious in the courtroom but a winner with the jury. Happy at home with wife Libby, a stroke victim. Happy at the office with Melinda, a married woman with a special interest in him. Ansel has fathered two sons and loves them both dearly. Then Ansel's law firm is horrified by two shocking crimes: the trust account has been embezzled. $2 hundred million has vanished. And full-partner Suzanne Fairmont has been found dead in her office. Whether her death is a homicide or suicide is immediately disputed. And an even greater shock: Ansel suspects his son David of the embezzlement and wonders if there might also be a connection to Suzanne's sudden death. The conclusion is shocking.

A Legal Thriller With Romance by USA TODAY Bestseller John Ellsworth Assistant District Attorney Lettie Portman charges a U.S. Senator with the murder of his wife. The wife was found dead sitting in her Mercedes with a garden house from the exhaust into her window. Suicide? Maybe, except the detectives learn the wife's fingerprints are nowhere on the hose. She appears to reach from the grave and point an accusing finger at her husband. And there's another twist: the Senator's Million Dollar Lawyer is involved in a deadly conspiracy against Lettie. Lettie is hard at work on the case when she finds Detective Tony Reedy won't give up on her. She's been injured before when she lost her childhood. But she wants to love again and she asks him to wait. He reaches out but will he be able to touch her? AMAZON HAS SAID ABOUT JOHN ELLSWORTH, "WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF THIS WRITER AND HOW HE IS DELIGHTING READERS"--AMAZON PRESS RELEASE 10/15/18 What Amazon readers are saying: ★★★★★' Once I started reading I didn't want to put it down!'★★★★★' Recommend to anyone who likes legal thrillers.'★★★★★ 'Once again I love the way the author keeps you on your toes on who is going to be involved in the next crime.'★★★★★ 'So far this series is a must read. John Ellsworth is a new author to me and I will continue to read what he writes.'★★★★★ 'John Ellsworth has done a great job creating a character who is in the same category as John Grisham, And the other great writers, my new favorite.'★★★★★ 'Of course I enjoy all of his books, but this one was exceptional!'★★★★★ 'Remarkable book!'★★★★★ 'John Ellsworth doesn't fool around.'★★★★★ 'Simply awesome.'★★★★★ 'This is another unputdownable book by Mr. Ellsworth.'

Sometimes a victim decides to stop being a victim. Michael Gresham and Marcel, his investigator, go on the hunt for a client's missing wife. She has been nominated to the U.S. District Court, and now she can't be found. She's an outstanding lawyer, but Chloe suffers from personality problems. Her personality splits, and an alter personality takes over. There's an accident. Chloe battles to regain her ability to think clearly and survive. She must re-learn how to recognize faces. She struggles with her competing personalities. Michael Gresham is getting closer to finding her, but then there's a shooting, and everyone becomes a target. Interwoven is the story of Michael's wife and the illness and incarceration she must endure. Verona is Russian by birth and Russia wants her back. Two women that powerful forces want to victimize. Will they fight back and overcome? Sometimes a victim refuses to remain a victim. Sometimes they even go on the hunt.

Who Defends the Defense Lawyer...a New Twist on the Legal Financial ThrillerMichael Gresham is a criminal attorney who defends his clients with an iron will. They know that when he takes their case they are probably going to leave the courthouse a free man or free woman. But what happens when the defender becomes the defendant himself? A law partner will have to step up and do for him what he can't do for himself. Isn't that how it should work? Watch up close as a tried and proven criminal defense lawyer is forced to face the most important case of his career. If he wins, he's a free man. If he loses, he will die in prison. A lawyer named Harley Sturgis comes on the scene just in time--if she's not too late already. It's her chance to shine in a career that has all but crashed and burned around her. But here comes her last chance, a chance to redeem herself and win the case that can restore both her and Michael Gresham's careers.

Carlos has a sick daughter and needs money. He's also an upstanding citizen who pays his taxes, puts in his forty hours, doesn't drink and carouse, and loves his wife. Still...he has nowhere else to turn. So Carlos gets money the old-fashioned way--he robs banks. The money comes pouring in but then a new man joins the crew and everything tumbles downhill. Criminal charges for armed robbery are brought against Carlos in several states and he needs a heavy hitter to defend him. Carlos calls Michael Gresham for help and the lawyer comes to his aid. But it is going to be the meanest case of Michael's career, as the prosecutor is a woman who means to jab the death needle in Carlos' arm and watch him die. And she has the legal chops to do just that. But she has problems of her own--legal problems, big ones. Full of bank robberies and courtroom drama, this legal financial thriller is sure to satisfy even the most ardent Michael Gresham fan as the trial lawyer walks into a courtroom where the toughest district attorney and the guiltiest client on the West Coast await him.

No Trivial Pursuit. Not When It's Your Own Daughter Missing. A front-page murder is assigned to LAPD Detective Harley Ellis and her partner. Hollywood studio head Ira Spielman has been murdered. His widow says he had no enemies. Except one, says Harley, and she must discover who that is and why. She knows he sometimes interviewed actresses alone in his Hollywood office. Harley wonders: did he make a wrong move? It's not much, but it's a starting point. She would know: her own daughter had a screen test with Spielman before he was killed. Robbery-Homicide Division begins an investigation that obtains the name of Harley's daughter. Is she a suspect? No, but she's a person of interest. Charges get filed. The LAPD investigation is put beneath the microscope. Will Harley's investigation of a totally different suspect be vindicated? The amazing conclusion to this thoughtful investigation culminates in a final chapter few will see coming. If you enjoyed Thaddeus Murfee you're going to love this tough, brilliant detective, Harley Ellis. John Ellsworth is a Goodreads writer with over 56,000 ratings and a USA Today Bestseller and a Kindle All-Star and an Amazon featured author. Fans of Tracy Crosswhite and Kinsey Millhone will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love.

When the legal system fails to convict an abuser, what do you do?Meet Assistant District Attorney Lettie Portman, a sex crimes prosecutor whose past demands justice. When a fourteen-year-old girl is savagely attacked by her mother's live-in boyfriend, Lettie is called to the hospital. There, she meets a sweet young girl whose only goal is to go to school and come home to a safe environment. But mom's boyfriend makes the girl's world anything but safe. Soon, the abuse gets worse and Lettie, the prosecutor, goes to the grand jury with the case. Two juries later, the abuser is still loose on the streets.Lettie is no stranger to abuse. She takes matters into her own hands. Will Lettie's own past interfere with her prosecution of what should be San Diego's Most Wanted? Will she be able to make peace with her own abuse and move on to become the hard-hitting prosecutor the young girl deserves right now?Is hope on the horizon?John Ellsworth is a Goodreads writer with over 60,000 ratings and a USA Today Bestseller and a Kindle All-Star.Enjoy this Legal Thriller Series FREE as part of your Kindle Unlimited subscription. You can read these Kindle Unlimited books online via your Kindle device or any smartphone or tablet with the free Amazon Kindle app.≈≈≈≈≈Amazon's press release about John Ellsworth et. alTop Picks To Add Self-Published Books to Your End-of-Year Reading ListsSEATTLE--Oct. 15, 2018- Hundreds of thousands of independent authors are finding their audiences through self-publishing with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). More than ever before, authors are reaching new readers directly and cultivating communities as they grow their writing careers on KDP. On average, 20% of books on this year's Amazon Charts Top 20 weekly lists are self-published. Included in the curated list of top-selling books: John Ellsworth's 30 Days of Justis (Michael Gresham Series) (Thriller). Overall rating: 4.6 stars. "I could hardly put this book down. First book I have read by John Ellsworth. I cannot wait to read more. Well written and holds your attention!" - Ann C"We are inspired by the success of these writers and how they are delighting readers," said Charles Kronbach, Director of Independent Publishing Worldwide for Amazon.

Even though he escaped, he was never truly free. In occupied Poland, there are whispers of a terrifying darkness in the northern forests. When a young Lodzi Ashstein learns the horrifying truth about the Treblinka extermination camp, he is kidnapped and tormented by a senior SS officer, Janich Heiss. After a prisoner uprising, Heiss disappears into the woods and Lodzi is left with nothing but his nightmares and the eternal scars of a survivor.More than 70 years later, Heiss has been mysteriously murdered, and Lodzi is accused of a crime of revenge. When attorney Thaddeus Murfee takes the case to trial, he unearths a startling trove of evidence that has the power to change everything. But can he bring the truth to light in time to save Lodzi from another nightmare?

SOMEONE IS KILLING OFF LAWYERS IN THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 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 to create a criminal profile. Annie, the savant daughter of Michael Gresham, gathers together all the known evidence and begins mining the data. The killer moves closer and closer to the investigators. Now everyone is a potential target, especially those who are getting the closest to making an arrest. Annie creates a shocking profile of the killer, leaving the FBI agents skeptical of Michael Gresham. The noose slips around Michael and he struggles to arrest the killer before the FBI turns on him. Michael is put on administrative leave. He retains Joy Heavens to come to his defense. Help comes from an unexpected source when Marcel Rainford returns from his work at Interpol and joins Michael's team. In a shocking twist, the true identity of the killer becomes known--too late, for the jury meets and returns with its verdict. Marcel pulls out all the stops to obtain enough evidence to require a new trial. Video is purchased from an unexpected source and brought to court. One day remains to file for a new trial and complete Michael's struggle to be free. Will the judge buy the shocking truth? Or is Michael's jail cell now his long-term home?

Lawyer Christine Susmann is at her terrible best in this bookA Syrian wedding party is mistakenly incinerated by a Hellfire missile fired from an American drone. Many are killed, but one survivor turns to an American lawyer for help in bringing the responsible parties to justice. The survivor is the bride-to-be and she is furious. Besides seeing justice done in an American court, she also is ready for payback of her own with a weapon of mass destruction.The American lawyer called on to obtain justice is Christine Susmann. Together with her lunch group known as Sisters In Law, the pursuit of justice begins. Old loves are re-visited by the sisters and new romances take root as their daily lives become focused on the Syrian wedding party gone awry. A trial follows. The accused are brothers who are oil-rich and looking to obtain Syrian oil for their own tankers. Christine decides to send them all to the bottom of the sea. Will this help her client heal? Or will it only rain down more sorrow on a broken life?A Legal Thriller!