Attorney and client book series in reading order

by James Grippando

by David Rosenfelt

by William Bernhardt

by Michael Connelly

by Stuart Woods

by Michael Nava

by D.W. Buffa

James Grippando writes legal thrillers set largely in Miami, with the defence lawyer Jack Swyteck at the centre. The Pardon (1994) opens a catalogue of 36 books that reaches The Right to Remain in 2026, alongside standalone novels, novellas and plays. Missing persons, suspense and the work between attorney and client supply the plots.

Manuel Ramos is a mystery writer with 11 catalogued books from The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz (1993) to Angels in the Wind (2021). Subject headings include Denver, Colorado, Mexican Americans, lawyers and private investigators, and name Luis Montez as a fictitious character. The series on the site are Luis Montez, Mile High Noir and Sherlock Homie. Other titles include The Last Client of Luis Montez (1996), Blues for the Buffalo (1997), King of the Chicanos (2010), Desperado (2013) and My Bad (2016). The author is listed as dormant.

Paul Madriani, a lawyer working in California, is the recurring figure in Steve Martini's legal thrillers. The Simeon Chamber (1988) opens the catalogue and Compelling Evidence (1992) starts the Madriani run, which continues through The Judge (1996), The Attorney (2000) and The Jury (2001) to Blood Flag in 2016. Eighteen books are catalogued, and nothing later than 2016 is listed.

Legal thrillers written from a Christian standpoint make up most of Randy Singer's catalogue. Courtroom trials, murder cases, the insanity defence and questions of Christian life recur across 17 titles, beginning with Directed Verdict in 2002 and ending with Rule of Law in 2017. Singer also wrote non-fiction, including Made to Count: Discovering What to Do with Your Life in 2004. No new title has appeared since 2017.

Michael Connelly

60 books• 10 series

Michael Connelly is an American crime novelist, born July 21, 1956. The catalogue lists 60 Connelly books, running from The Black Echo (1992) to Ironwood (2026). LAPD detective Harry Bosch and defence attorney Mickey Haller are the recurring leads, and the listed series include Bosch Universe, Lincoln Lawyer and Safe Man. The Black Echo won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Clint Eastwood directed and starred in a 2002 film of Blood Work. Subject headings cover police procedurals, legal fiction, serial murder and Los Angeles.

Stuart Woods

104 books• 9 series

Crime and detective thrillers make up Stuart Woods's catalogue of 104 titles, running from Blue Water, Green Skipper (1977) to Finders Keepers (2025). The Barrington Universe, built around the recurring character Stone Barrington, is the largest strand; Teddy Fay, Ed Eagle and Rick Barron head further series, with standalone novels and non-fiction beside them. Private investigators, police and New York settings recur through the subject tags.

Andy Carpenter leads David Rosenfelt's longest series, a run of legal mysteries set in New Jersey in which dogs recur throughout. Rosenfelt's catalogue holds 49 titles, opening with Open and Shut (2002) and running to Bark Humbug (2026). The K Team and Doug Brock series and a set of standalone novels complete the list. Murder trials and investigation are the recurring subjects.

The lawyer Ben Kincaid is the recurring character in William Bernhardt's legal mysteries. Primary Justice (1991) is the earliest of 77 catalogued titles, followed by Blind Justice (1992), Deadly Justice (1993) and Perfect Justice (1994), and the listing reaches The Superman Wars (2026). Daniel Pike, Splitsville, Susan Pulaski and the Red Sneaker Writers books are further series. Tulsa, Oklahoma, murder trials and serial murder fill the subject tags.

William Lashner, born in 1956, is an American novelist who worked as a trial lawyer, serving in the Criminal Division of the United States Justice Department; NYU School of Law and the Iowa Writers' Workshop trained him, and he lives outside Philadelphia. Victor Carl, a Philadelphia lawyer, is the recurring character of the main series, which runs from Hostile Witness (1995) through Fatal Flaw and Past Due (both 2003), Falls the Shadow (2005) and Marked Man (2006) to A Killer's Kiss (2007). Kockroach (2006) appeared under the name Tyler Knox. Twenty books are catalogued, the last being Elizabeth Webster and the Chamber of Stolen Ghosts (2021).

Legal thrillers are the core of D.W. Buffa's 22 books, which begin with The Defense (1997). Joseph Antonelli is the character behind Buffa's main series, and murder trials, attorney and client, San Francisco and Portland are recurring subjects. The Prosecution, The Judgment and The Legacy followed from 1999 to 2002. Buffa also writes the Western Quartet and the Senator Bobby Hart series, published Rubicon (2008) as Lawrence Alexander, and closes the list with Lunatic Carnival (2023).

Joe Hilley, born Joseph H. Hilley on June 29, 1956, is a New York Times best-selling author from Birmingham, Alabama, who grew up in Grand Bay on the Gulf Coast. Hilley graduated from Asbury College, Asbury Theological Seminary and the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. The catalogue lists the Mike Connolly Mystery series, with subject headings on lawyers, murder trials and conspiracies. Sober Justice (2004), Double Take (2005), Electric Beach (2006) and The Deposition (2007) are among the titles, and Kipling Park (2023) is the newest.

Michael Nava

13 books• 1 series

Michael Nava, born September 16, 1954, is an American attorney and novelist who worked on the staff of the California Supreme Court and ran for a Superior Court seat in 2010. Nava wrote a ten-volume mystery series about Henry Rios, an openly gay criminal defense lawyer. Nava's novels have won seven Lambda Literary Awards. The catalogue lists 13 books from Lay Your Sleeping Head / The Little Death (1986) to Lies With Man (2021), including Goldenboy (1988) and The Hidden Law (1992).