Mark Gimenez

Lawyer Scott Fenney is not thrilled when he is appointed to defend Shawanda Jones, a prostitute accused of killing the son of Texas senator and presidential candidate, Mack McCall.

The Color of Law

The Abduction

Have you ever wondered how one split-second decision could change your life for ever? The Bonners are the most powerful couple in Texas. Bode Bonner is the Republican Governor and his wife, Lindsay, is always by his side. From the outside everything looks rosy. But the Bonners are not happy. Bode is bored - he longs for more excitement in his life. Lindsay is at the end of her tether. She's had enough of Bode's womanising and of playing the dutiful wife.She is desperate to break free of her bland, wealthy lifestyle. Then Lindsay makes an impulsive decision that helps save the life of a poor Hispanic boy. From that moment on, nothing will be the same for the Bonners. Everything is about to change... From the author of the international bestsellers The Colour of Law and Accused, this is an addictively readable novel, filled with dramatic and ingenious twists and turns, that delves deep into the dark heart of Texas.

The Governor's Wife

Scott, it's Rebecca. I need you.' After years of silence, Texan lawyer Scott Fenney receives a devastating phonecall from his ex-wife. She has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Trey - the man she left Scott for - and is being held in a police cell. Now she is begging Scott to defend her. Scott is used to high-stakes cases, but this one is bigger than anything he has handled before. If Rebecca is found guilty, she will be sentenced to life imprisonment. Her future is in his hands. As he prepares to take the stand in the most dramatic courtroom appearance of his life, Scott is forced to question everything he believes to get to the truth - to save the life of the ex-wife he still loves....

Accused

John Bookman - Book to his friends - is a tenured professor at the University of Texas School of Law. He's thirty-five, handsome and unmarried. He teaches Constitutional Law, reduces senators to blithering fools on talk shows, and is often mentioned as a future Supreme Court nominee. But Book is also famous for something more unusual. He likes to take on lost causes and win. Consequently, when he arrives at the law school each Monday morning, hundreds of letters await him, letters from desperate Americans around the country seeking his help. Every now and then, one letter captures his attention and Book feels compelled to act. In the first of a thrilling new series from the author of international bestsellers The Colour of Law and Accused, Book investigates a murder set in the high-stakes world of fracking and corruption in deepest, darkest Texas.

Con Law

Governor's Wife

A mother in New York sneaks her young daughter out of a research hospital. A billionaire philanthropist in Texas fights to save his dying son at all costs. A young traffic-ticket lawyer in Austin named Andy Prescott runs his legal empire out of a tiny office above a tattoo parlor and dreams of being a rich lawyer. Lives on separate paths until Andy defends the billionaire's secretary against a speeding ticket. Their lives become fatefully intertwined, and Prescott learns that a client can be too rich for his lawyer's own good.

The common lawyer

City lawyer Beck Hardin hasn't been back to the small town in Texas where he grew up for more than twenty years. He has history there. Bad memories. But when his wife dies, Beck decides to return to Fredericksburg with his two young children. Beck learns of a unsolved case that has haunted Fredericksburg for the past five years and although Beck vowed to leave the law behind him, he can't resist the opportunity to seek justice.

The perk

End of Days

Case Against William

Mark Gimenez, author the massive international bestseller The Colour of Law, is back, as superstar lawyer Scott A. Fenney takes the stand for an impossible case. An ISIS attack on America is narrowly averted when the FBI uncovers a plot to detonate a weapon of mass destruction in Dallas, Texas during the Super Bowl. A federal grand jury indicts twenty-four co-conspirators, including Omar al Mustafa, a notorious and charismatic Muslim cleric known for his incendiary anti-American diatribes on YouTube and Fox News. His arrest is greeted with cheers around the world and relief at home. The President goes on national television and proclaims: 'We won!' There is only one problem: there is no evidence against Mustafa. That problem falls to the presiding judge, newly appointed U.S. District Judge A. Scott Fenney. If Mustafa is innocent, Scott must set the most dangerous man in Dallas free, with no idea who is really guilty. And with just three weeks before the attack is due . . .

The Absence of Guilt

When hotshot lawyer Elizabeth Brice turns up to collect her daughter Grace from football practice, the coach tells her she needn't have bothered, as Grace's uncle has already picked her up. The only problem is - Grace has no uncles. And so begins a furious race against time to save Grace from unknown kidnappers. Grace's internet geek father John leads the search, forced to unite with his terrifying wife and even more terrifying father Ben, a battle-hardened Vietnam veteran. Somehow they must find Grace before it is too late. But secrets from the past make the little girl's survival more uncertain with every passing minute... A riveting, action-packed thriller, The Abduction will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last.

A. Scott Fenney is a hotshot corporate lawyer at a big Dallas firm. At 33, in the prime of his life, he rakes in $750,000 a year, drives a Ferrari and comes home every night to a mansion in Dallas's most exclusive neighbourhood. He also comes home to one of Dallas's most beautiful women, with whom he has a much-loved daughter, Boo. For Fenney, life could not be better. But when a senator's son is killed in a hit-and-run, Fenney is asked by the state judge to put his air-conditioned lifestyle on hold to defend the accused: a black, heroin-addicted prostitute - a very different client to the people Fenney usually represents. And, more importantly, she is not going be paying Ford Stevens $350 an hour for the privilege of his services. Under fire from all sides, Fenney drafts in a public defender to take the case on. Yet as Scott prepares to hand over to Bobby, he feels increasingly guilty about the path he is taking, because Scott still believes in the principle of justice. The question is: does he believe in it strongly enough to jeopardise everything in his life he holds dear? And to what lengths is the dead man's power-hungry father prepared to go to test Fenney's resolve?

The Colour of Law

The Absence of Guilt  [Paperback] [Jun 15, 2017] Mark Gimenez

THE COMMON LAWYER:Andy Prescott is the most laid-back young lawyer in Austin, Texas. Specialising in traffic law, he operates from a room above a ramshackle tattoo parlour. When billionaire Russell Reeves retains Andy as his lawyer and pays him more money than he has ever earned before, his life is transformed. But nothing comes for free. Russell is a desperate man whose sole aim is to save his eight-year-old son, Zach, who is dying from leukemia. He is prepared to do anything - even if it means putting Andy's life in danger...THE PERK:Beck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. The town is still reeling from the murder of sixteen-year-old Heidi, whose father - Beck's old college friend - asks Beck to help him find Heidi's killer before the statute of limitations runs out. Meanwhile, Beck is pushed into becoming town Judge, and he makes some powerful enemies...

The Common Lawyer/the Perk

Avukat ve müvekkil arasındaki yazışma ve görüşmelerin gizliliğinin korunması ve tanık sandalyesinde ifşa edilmemesi müvekkilin hakkıdır.'Yeni John Grisham' övgüsüne layık görülen Mark Gimenez'den sürükleyici bir hukuk macerası, kesintisiz bir kovalamaca 'Yeni John Grisham.' The Times 'Deneyin tartışmasız John Grisham tarzı.' Daily Mirror 'Gimenez'in kaleminden tutkuyla ve samimiyetle anlatılmış güzel bir öykü.' Sunday Telegraph Hiç hasta olmamış, olamayan, bağışıklık sistemi bilinen tüm hastalıkları yenen Hasta X. Sekiz yaşındaki lösemili oğlunun tedavisi için çırpınan bir baba.Hastalıktan, ölümden kâr sağlayan büyük firmaların tetikçileri.Olayların ortasında 'müvekkil gizliliği' ilkesince hareket eden bir avukatın mücadelesi.Andy Prescott, Austin'deki en rahatına düşkün genç avukattır. Trafik cezalarına bakmaktadır ve ofisi, yıkık dökük bir dövme dükkânının üst katındaki küçük bir odadır. Dağ bisikletiyle gezmek ve arkadaşlarıyla vakit geçirmek en sevdiği işlerdir. Andy hırslı bir avukat değildir, hayatı hafife alan biridir. Bu durum Teksas'ın en zengin adamının ofisine gelmesine kadar sürer. Milyarder Russell Reeves onu avukatı olarak işe alır. Andy basit hukuki işler karşılığında o zamana kadarki tüm kazancından daha fazlasını alır ve hayatı değişmeye başlar. Ama hiçbir şey karşılıksız değildir. Russell hayatındaki tek emeli sekiz yaşındaki lösemili oğlu Zach'ı hayata döndürmeye çalışmak olan çaresiz bir adamdır. Bu uğurda her şeyi yapmaya hazırdır, ucunda avukatının hayatını tehlikeye atmak dahi olsa

Avukat

Andy Prescott is the most laid-back young lawyer in Austin, Texas. Specialising in traffic law, he operates from a small room above a ramshackle tattoo parlour. He rides a trail bike and spends way too much time drinking beer in the sunshine. Ambition has never been Andy's strong point - he prefers to take it easy. That is, until one of Texas's wealthiest men walks into his office. On the spot, billionaire Russell Reeves retains Andy as his lawyer and, in exchange for some easy legal work, pays him more money than he has ever earned before. Andy's life is transformed. But nothing comes for free. Russell is a desperate man whose sole aim is to save his eight-year-old son, Zach, who is dying from leukemia. He is prepared to do anything - even if it means putting Andy's life in danger...

The Common Lawyer

Beck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. The town is still reeling from the murder of sixteen-year-old Heidi, whose father - Beck's old college friend - asks Beck to help him find Heidi's killer before the statute of limitations runs out. Meanwhile, Beck is pushed into becoming town Judge, and he makes some powerful enemies amongst the rich white landowners when he refuses to condone their treatment of the Mexican workers of the town. As events escalate, the landowners carefully plot their revenge...

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