Devil's Advocate
No romance or no physical intimacy at all.
Closed door. No anatomical or crude language.
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This high-octane legal thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Kill for Me, Kill for You will “make your palms sweat and your blood run cold” (The Times, London) as it follows a highly successful lawyer who is hiding a deadly secret. He’s won every trial…because he’s behind every murder. Ambitious District Attorney Randal Korn lives to watch prisoners executed. Even if they are not guilty. An innocent man, Andy Dubois, faces the death penalty for the murder of young girl. Korn has already fixed things to make sure he wins a fast conviction. The one thing Korn didn't count on was Eddie Flynn. Slick, street smart, and cunning, the former con artist and now New York lawyer has only seven days to save an innocent man against a corrupt system and find the real killer. In a week the judge will read the verdict, but will Eddie be alive to hear it?
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Landline
Also about a clever protagonist racing a deadline, but the stakes are a marriage rather than a death sentence — far lighter and warmer.
Attachments
Trades courtroom danger for office eavesdropping and secrets kept from someone you care about; slow burn, gentle, no violence.
Bare necessity
Keeps the ruined-life-rebuilt-by-wits hook, but played for comedy with a cozy found family instead of corruption and murder.
Happiness for beginners
Another underdog fighting to save something they love against the odds, only the fight is small-town and hopeful rather than deadly.