Michael Connelly
The Lincoln Lawyer

Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defence attorney who operates out of the back of a Lincoln Town Car, travelling between the courthouses of Los Angeles county to take whatever cases the system throws in their path. Mickey's been in the business a long time and he knows how to work it, how to grease the right wheels and palms. When a Beverly Hills rich I boy is arrested for brutally beating a woman, Mickey has his first highpaying client in years. He might even be in the rare position of defending a client who is actually innocent. But, as Mickey knows, criminal cases can turn on a dime.

• A blistering tale about a cynical defence attorney whose one remaining spark of integrity may cost him his life.

Lindsey Davis
See Delphi and Die

With safe seas, good roads and provinces rich in heritage sites, Marcus Didius Falco's fellow countrymen have become voracious tourists. Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games, is a favourite destination for Seven Sights Travel, a seedy company which provides escorted tours for wealthy travellers. When Falco and Helena hear that a young girl and a newly-wed woman, both Roman visitors, have been murdered at Olympia, they both step in to investigate. But, after making themselves unwelcome at the hidebound sanctuary, they soon find themselves up against an absentee tour guide and a mixed bunch of customers, some of whom have things to hide. They soon find that the search for culture is far from genteel - and it can be very dangerous indeed.

The high-profile, tight-security trial of a thug charged with sixty-three counts of murder has become a media circus . . . and a real nightmare for a loner type like Frank Corso, the only writer allowed to observe the proceedings. And that's before his close friend, photojournalist Meg Dougherty, is rushed to intensive care after a terrifying and brutal attack. It doesn't take long for the hardened reporter to realise there's a mysterious connection between the story Meg was chasing and the courtroom spectacle he's witnessing. Never a man to play it safe, Frank will follow a twisted trail of lies and rage to dispatch his own style of justice.