Order in the Court: Top 10 Legal Thrillers

Murder, crooked politicians and the mafia run rampant in this gritty New York City-set debut from the former director of the FBI, who clearly knows this terrain from his early days as a federal mob prosecutor.

The Georgia political powerhouse returns to pull back the curtain on the machinations of power in Washington. This time, a federal judge is dead and Supreme Court clerk Avery Keene must crack a conspiracy involving murder, blackmailed judges and the nation's top secret court.

A money and scandal-soaked judicial juggernaut from the celebrated chronicler of American life. This 1998 National Book Award Finalist delivers a critically-acclaimed, spellbinding journey into the belly of the American legal system during the boomtown Atlanta of the 1990s.

The very first collection of novellas from the undisputed master of the legal thriller game, with forty-seven consecutive #1 bestsellers under his belt. Naturally, the law takes center stage in all three of these engrossing tales from one of America’s most prolific crime writers.

This blockbuster series stars attorney Mickey Haller as he drives around LA defending gangsters, drug dealers and their ilk. In book one, he's hired to help a Beverly Hills playboy accused of assault, before things quickly take a sinister turn.

A brilliant new translation of one of the 20th century's most powerful novels. In this OG parody of the legal system, a terrified man faces prosecution for a mysterious crime that is never fully revealed to him.

The latest from the venerable author of 80s legal blockbuster Presumed Innocent throws an offbeat private eye named Pinky into the middle of a twisted police department sex scandal.

An all-time courtroom classic from the 50s by a Michigan Supreme Court justice writing under a pen name, which was later made into a famous film starring Jimmy Stewart. After a veteran kills his wife’s rapist on Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula, a tense legal drama unfolds.

A poker-playing, wisecracking Philly lawyer takes on a high-profile client and gets caught up in a dangerous game of murder and suspense full of twists, turns and snappy one-liners.

Written by a working Brooklyn private eye, this hard-boiled page-turner about a blackmailed New York lawyer is an espionage story wrapped inside a legal thriller featuring two terrific female leads and a cast of unforgettable shady characters.