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There is no job description and the job isn't advertised anywhere, not even on the Job Board at Georgetown Law. But Thaddeus Murfee just graduated from law school and has $200 left from his student loan. He is so broke he has to borrow his roommate's suit for his first job interview. While he is so desperate to earn rent and food money, he fails to nail down exactly what it is he'll be doing.

Dr. Jason White and Ricky Gold, a former professor and defense attorney in New York City, find themselves blacklisted from their professions after Jason is denied tenure and Ricky is disbarred from the legal profession. Desperation leads the two to start working as consultants for a new Mexican cartel. Soon, their academic prowess helps the cartel make millions of dollars, and the criminal organization expands its operations and revolutionizes the way business is conducted in the criminal underworld through data science.

As a child Catherine Monsigny was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now she is an ambitious rookie attorney in sophisticated modern-day Paris. On the side she does pro bono work and hits the jackpot: a major felony case that could boost her career. A black woman is accused of poisoning her rich farmer husband in a peaceful village in central France, where the beautiful, rolling hills hold dark secrets. While preparing the case, Catherine's own past comes back with a vengeance.

Gruppeninspektor Frank Karl wird zu einem Tatort in der Wiener Innenstadt bestellt. Der Kieberer wird jedoch unerwartet von dem Fall abgezogen, denn seinen Vorgesetzten quälen andere Sorgen: Seine Tochter liest, von ihrer Gymnasiallehrerin angeregt, obszöne Texte, die sich schnell als Zitate aus der Weltliteratur herausstellen. Frank Karl klappert die Wohnungen der empörten Eltern ab. Dabei begegnet er nicht nur einzigartigen Exemplaren der Wiener Gesellschaft, sondern stolpert auch ins Bett der Lehrerin—und über die Leiche eines prominenten Anwalts.

Peter Caine, a cutthroat Manhattan defense attorney, worked ruthlessly to become the best at his job. On the surface, he is charming and handsome, but inside he is cold and heartless. He fights without remorse to acquit murderers, paedophiles and rapists. When Charlie Doyle, the daughter of the Manhattan DA - and Peter’s former lover - is murdered, Peter’s world is quickly sent into a tailspin.