Other Legal Authors

Other Authors Who Write Legal Thrillers or Courtroom Thrillers

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Looking for other authors who write legal or courtroom thrillers like John Gresham or Scott Turow? These authors may be listed primarily under another tag but have also written some books that have a primary character or a legal focus in this crime genre.

Michael Connelly

The Lincoln Lawyer

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The Black Echo, published in 1992 and partly based on a true crime, is the first of Michael Connelly’s novels featuring his primary recurring character, Los Angeles Police Department Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch.

In The Lincoln Lawyer, Connelly’s first legal novel, he featured defense attorney Mickey Haller, who is Harry Boschs half-brother.

A subsequent sequal to this, The Brass Verdict, brought together Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller for the first time.

The Reversal, Michael Connelly’s new book for 2010 also features Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch.

John Sandford

Rules of Prey

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In 1989 John Camp wrote Rules of Prey and the publisher asked Camp to provide a pseudonym so it was published under the pseudonym of “John Sandford“.

The Prey series proved very popular, with its charismatic police protagonist Lucas Davenport, and subsequently all sequels have been published under the “Sandford” name.

Rules of Prey and some other novels in John Sandfords various thriller series have themes including attorneys and legal issues.