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Chemical industry Fiction Chemical industry Waste disposal Environmental aspects Fiction Corporations Corrupt practices Fiction Florida Fiction Judges Corrupt practices Fiction Law schools Corrupt practices Fiction Mississippi Fiction Pharmaceutical industry Fiction Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) Fiction Washington (D.C.) FictionGrisham, John.
Summary: When a judge returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste in a small Mississippi town, the company's billionaire owner seeks to influence the appeal process by using his money to "buy" a seat on the state Supreme Court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468 FIC GRIGrisham, John.
Summary: Wall Street millionaire Carl Trudeau purchases an unsuspecting candidate to run for Supreme Court judge when a Mississippi jury rules agains one of his chemical companies for dumping toxic waste into the towns water supply, causing a cancer cluster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2008
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Summary: Wall street millionaire Carl Trudeau purchases an unsuspecting Mississippi State Supreme Court judge candidate when a lower court rules against one of his chemical companies for dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply causing a cancer cluster.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: LP FIC GRIKahn, Michael A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAHLocke, Attica.
Summary: When African-American lawyer Jay Porter jumps into the bayou to save a drowning white woman in Houston, Texas, in 1981, he finds his practice and life in danger when he becomes embroiled in a murder investigation involving Houston's elite.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOCGrisham, John
Summary: Three students who have borrowed heavily to attend a third-rate law school realize they have been caught in a scam when they discover that the school's owner also owns a bank specializing in student loans, and plot to expose the scam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Grisham 2017Johnston, Joan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHGrisham, John
Summary: As an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, Lacy Stoltz sees plenty of corruption among the men and women elected to the bench. Stoltz took on a crime syndicate that was paying millions to a crooked judge. Now, the crimes are even worse. The man hiding behind the black robe is not taking bribes - but he may be taking lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Audio 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC GRIGrisham, John.
Summary: Clay Carter, a public defender, reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, assuming it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRISTanenbaum, Robert.
Summary: While New York City sizzles beneath a blanket of early summer humidity, the Karp family is happily taking refuge in their renovated farmhouse on Long Island's north shore. Karp's battles against the city's corrupt politicians are never-ending. His wife, Marlene, is training guard dogs; Lucy is enjoying her summer break from Boston College. The tide quickly changes, however, when Marlene...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TANTanenbaum, Robert.
Summary: "A villainous union leader is willing to go to whatever lengths necessary to protect his corrupt longshoremen's union. When a whistleblower tries to clean up the system, the leader sees his way of life threatened by this bold newcomer. He orders an open hit contract to kill the man, which is carried out by three of his underlings. Soon the law picks up on the trail, and Marlene Ciampi and Butch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TANGrisham, John
Summary: Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, to make it a better place. But now, as third-year students, these close friends realize they have been duped. They all borrowed heavily to attend a third-tier, for-profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs. And when they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRIMargolin, Phillip.
Summary: After wading into treacherous waters at the Portland law firm where he tried to establish his reputation, disgraced attorney Daniel Ames attempts to re-open the case that sank his career but encounters fierce resistance and attempted murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARJones, J. Sydney
Summary: 1901. Karl Werthen and his colleague, renowned criminologist Dr Hanns Gross, are investigating a bizarre series of murders in the small Austrian town of Graz. Meanwhile, back in Vienna, Karl's wife Berthe is looking into what seems to be a fraudulent breeding scheme involving the prized Lipizzaner horses. Could the two investigations be connected?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONTurow, Scott.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audiobooks 1999
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Summary: Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FICTION GRIGrisham, John
Summary: Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRICopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRIPatterson, Richard North.
Summary: When tragedy strikes at his own wedding, a young president takes on America's gun lobby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATPatterson, Richard North.
Summary: President Kerry Kilcannon and his fiancee, television journalist Lara Costello, have at last decided to marry. But their wedding is followed by a massacre of innocents in a lethal burst of gunfire, challenging their marriage and his presidency in ways so shattering and indelibly personal that Kilcannon vows to eradicate gun violence and crush the most powerful lobby in Washington - the Sons of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATMcBain, Ed
Summary: Toy designer Lainie Commins sues her boss for patent infringement, claiming he stole her cross-eyed bear. When the man is killed aboard his yacht in Florida, Lainie is accused of murder. Lawyer Mathew Hope takes up her defense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1996