After five years on the police force, a bullet in the kiester from a vengeful gangbanger convinces Walt that it's time to turn in his badge. Walt realizes once again that retirement just isn't his cup of tea, and with a little urging from his brother-in-law, decides to become a private investigator. For five years he had served the Lady Justice wearing a white robe and a blindfold and followed the rules, but he soon discovered that the P.I. business was leading him across the line into the dark side and a completely different set of rules. When Walt comes face to face with the Lady Justice on the dark side, dressed in a tight skirt, fishnet stockings and high heels, he is faced with decisions that will change the course of his life.

The Consortium, an international group of businessmen, launches a silent war against the United States using biological contaminates to destroy crops and create the need for medical technology it intends to black market. The goal? Financial Gain. The method of attaining it? Manipulate the economy and, through it, the government. The war will be won before the U.S. realizes it has been attacked--and the Consortium will rule the U.S. But the Consortium didn't plan on the Special Detail Unit Senior Special Agent, Gabby Kincaid, discovering there is a war and it's being fought and won by the enemy: a discovery that exposes Gabby's cover and marks her for elimination by her partner, Special Agent Max Grayson. Max attempts to execute his orders, but he and Gabby become the U.S.'s strongest defense. They must work together to expose the enemy--before more innocents die from deliberate contamination; before the economy collapses; and before the country is crippled. Few things surprise Gabby or Max on this mission, but one stuns them. Neither expected to fall in love.

Winner of the LA Times Book Prize in Current Interest An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Stirring…Lithwick’s approach, interweaving interviews with legal commentary, allows her subjects to shine...Inspiring.”—New York Times Book Review “In Dahlia Lithwick’s urgent, engaging Lady Justice, Dobbs serves as a devastating bookend to a story that begins in hope.”—Boston Globe Dahlia Lithwick, one of the nation’s foremost legal commentators, tells the gripping and heroic story of the women lawyers who fought the racism, sexism, and xenophobia of Donald Trump’s presidency—and won After the sudden shock of Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016, many Americans felt lost and uncertain. It was clear he and his administration were going to pursue a series of retrograde, devastating policies. What could be done? Immediately, women lawyers all around the country, independently of each other, sprang into action, and they had a common goal: they weren’t going to stand by in the face of injustice, while Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the Republican party did everything in their power to remake the judiciary in their own conservative image. Over the next four years, the women worked tirelessly to hold the line against the most chaotic and malign presidency in living memory. There was Sally Yates, the acting attorney general of the United States, who refused to sign off on the Muslim travel ban. And Becca Heller, the founder of a refugee assistance program who brought the fight over the travel ban to the airports. And Roberta Kaplan, the famed commercial litigator, who sued the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. And, of course, Stacey Abrams, whose efforts to protect the voting rights of millions of Georgians may well have been what won the Senate for the Democrats in 2020. These are just a handful of the stories Lithwick dramatizes in thrilling detail to tell a brand-new and deeply inspiring account of the Trump years. With unparalleled access to her subjects, she has written a luminous book, not about the villains of the Trump years, but about the heroes. And as the country confronts the news that the Supreme Court, which includes three Trump-appointed justices, will soon overturn Roe v. Wade, Lithwick shines a light on not only the major consequences of such a decision, but issues a clarion call to all who might, like the women in this book, feel the urgency to join the fight. A celebration of the tireless efforts, legal ingenuity, and indefatigable spirit of the women whose work all too often went unrecognized at the time, Lady Justice is destined to be treasured and passed from hand to hand for generations to come, not just among lawyers and law students, but among all optimistic and hopeful Americans.

Stanley Michael Woods is a gifted spy for the Central Intelligence Agency. Authorities are shocked when Stan’s beautiful wife is murdered. Although the evidence doesn’t add up, Stan is arrested for her death. Now, the Agency must put together a skilled legal team to save their man. There are so many unanswered questions. If Stan used a hammer to murder his wife, why wasn’t he covered in blood? And, why did Stan’s young daughter flee the scene instead of staying with her father? Stan could be guilty, but there is another more ominous option: that Foreign Intelligence Officers murdered Stan’s wife in an attempt to destroy him. In Maury Berthon’s latest thriller, go behind the walls of the CIA, FBI, and Chinese Intelligence to witness justice being sought on behalf of a talented spy. Stan’s innocence might be hard to prove, though, what with all the lies, intrigue, and political twists of high stakes espionage.

Here is the courageous, groundbreaking story of Rosa Parks and Recy Taylor—a story that reinterprets the history of America's civil rights movement in terms of the sexual violence committed against Black women by white men. "An important step to finally facing the terrible legacies of race and gender in this country.” —The Washington Post Rosa Parks was often described as a sweet and reticent elderly woman whose tired feet caused her to defy segregation on Montgomery’s city buses, and whose supposedly solitary, spontaneous act sparked the 1955 bus boycott that gave birth to the civil rights movement. The truth of who Rosa Parks was and what really lay beneath the 1955 boycott is far different from anything previously written. In this groundbreaking and important book, Danielle McGuire writes about the rape in 1944 of a twenty-four-year-old mother and sharecropper, Recy Taylor, who strolled toward home after an evening of singing and praying at the Rock Hill Holiness Church in Abbeville, Alabama. Seven white men, armed with knives and shotguns, ordered the young woman into their green Chevrolet, raped her, and left her for dead. The president of the local NAACP branch office sent his best investigator and organizer—Rosa Parks—to Abbeville. In taking on this case, Parks launched a movement that exposed a ritualized history of sexual assault against Black women and added fire to the growing call for change.

Gina Gallagher, a beautiful federal prosecutor in Chicago, becomes the target of an assassination plot by Colombian narcotics traffickers. The hitmen sent to kill Gina miss her, but brutally murder her trial partner and his wife. Gina is determined to run the investigation into the two murders, but U.S. Attorney John Malone and his first assistant, Jane Newhart, won't allow it. They are afraid Gina will find out that they and U.S. Marshall George Norton failed to act on a tip that there would be an attempted hit on a prosecutor. Gina turns to Chicago homicide detective Moe Ryan, who was her deceased father's police partner. Gina and Moe—working within the law and at its edge—quickly reach a dead end. Gina's break comes when she receives a tip from Frank Spello, an undercover FBI "mole" working as the right-hand man of Chicago mafia boss Sal "the Joker" Licata. Gina and Frank fall in love. After Frank learns that Gina's superiors are engaged in a coverup, he joins Gina in an elaborate plan to bust the Colombian bad guys. When those plans go awry, Gina is confronted with a painful choice between the law and justice.

Several tales feature women wronged seeking the ultimate revenge, empowered by the spirit of Lady Justice. In "Control Freak," Brigitte Diamond (formerly Brigitte Dyson) is on a quest for justice that leads her to the man who taught her to kill-her lover! It's steel against steel as she fights the final battle for her sanity and her soul. "Woman About Town" features two ex-cons with a new score planned-but there's betrayal in the air. When the smoke clears, there's going to be a price to be paid, and the new Lady Justice will be there to collect it. Plus: Slow Death," "Disliked and Feared," and the origin of Lady Justice is finally revealed in "The Highest Bidder."

Most men retire and take it easy at age sixty-six-but not Walter Williams He's busy fighting crime and giving Lady Justice a helping hand. In Lady Justice and the Lost Tapes, Walt and his band of scrappy seniors continue their battle against the forces of evil. When an entire eastside Kansas City neighborhood is terrorized by the mob, Walt has to go undercover to help solve the case, but he certainly doesn't want to Why? Well, the clues they need can only be found at a gay club and a transvestite bar. Why is Captain Short always volunteering Walt for these jobs? Later, the amazing discovery of a previously unknown recording session by a deceased rock 'n' roll idol stuns the music industry. But what should be a joyous occasion soon turns dark as lives are threatened, and Walt's going to have to take some courageous leaps to save the day. All of your favorite characters, along with two lovable additions, are back to help Walt in his quest for justice in ways you can't imagine. Can they do it again? Can they take down the Italian mob and keep the tapes and their owners safe from harm while dealing with a new member of the group who won't stop joking? Their adventures and misadventures are sure to keep you captivated-and splitting your sides

Lady Justice never takes a break-not even for weddings or vacations. And that means Walt Williams is back at it Walt and his sweetheart, Maggie McBride, are finally going to tie the knot. But getting to the big day is an adventure in itself. Walt finds himself wondering if it's even a good idea to get married at the age of sixty-seven. After all, he and Maggie are both set in their ways. Can they learn to share a living space and a life together? Walt isn't so sure, until another mystery comes his way. When Walt and Maggie are told by a Hawaiian historian that they will someday go to Hawaii to serve a purpose, they're not sure what to think. When that same historian is murdered, as well as his brother, Walt can't help but wonder what his connection to this case is. What's in store for him this time? He and Maggie feel the pull to Hawaii, and it's off they go to say 'I do.' Their best pals Mary and Willie are along for the comical ride. Just getting to Hawaii with these two in tow is an adventure But this won't be a quiet vacation. Walt and Maggie do have a purpose in Hawaii, and it's time to fulfill it. Ancient artifacts, political zealots, and a tiny lizard drag the honeymooners and their friends from their posh hotel into more sticky situations. Lady Justice always needs a hand The characters that readers have come to love have returned to tickle your funny bone with their crazy antics. Join them and a surprising new addition to the cast for off-the-wall humor and intriguing mystery in the third installment of Robert Thornhill's compelling series, and see what happens when Lady Justice Gets Lei'd.

SHE WAS HIGH SOCIETY. HE WAS BLUE COLLAR. Judge Jessica Kirkland and Detective Doug McGuire clashed every chance they got, from the courtroom to the evening news, but ultimately they were after the same things—justice and each other. But they had every reason to ignore the passion singeing the air between them, tempting them to cross the line and risk it all…. Until someone started taking the law into his own hands, meting out punishment in the form of murder. Now the lady judge and the rugged detective had two new assignments: Stop the vigilante killer before it was too late…and keep from imprisoning each other's hearts.