Southern California Legal Thrillers

In a world of wealth and secrets, one attorney fights for the truth. Avery Collins isn't your typical attorney. After years behind bars for a murder she didn't commit, she's now a relentless defender of the innocent. Her latest case? A ticking time bomb of secrets and lies. Esme Guitierrez, an El Salvadoran refugee, stands accused of murdering Aria Whitmore, the talented daughter of a billionaire hotelier. Avery unearths a web of disturbing truths hidden within the Whitmore mansion: the disappearance of Aria's birth mother, her unlikely friendship with a schizophrenic man, and threatening emails containing insider information point to a much darker reality. Each revelation draws her into a labyrinth of secrets that only leads to more questions. Avery must navigate a treacherous legal landscape filled with media scrutiny, death threats, and unexpected twists to uncover the truth and prevent an innocent woman from facing the death penalty. Sinclair delivers a high-octane legal thriller with a shocking twist. A pulse-pounding journey through the underbelly of justice. Clear your schedule-once you start, you won't be able to put it down.

Vengeance Served Cold Framed. Imprisoned. Now free and out for blood. Avery Collins spent seven years behind bars for a murder she didn't commit. Now she's hell-bent on exposing the truth and making her enemies pay. With her best friend and relentless PI Regina Baldwin at her side, Avery peels back layers of corruption reaching to the highest levels of power. As they dig deeper, a sinister web of greed, deceit, and murder unravels-revealing the shocking truth behind Becky Whitfield's death. Armed with damning evidence, Avery transforms from victim to vigilante. One by one, she hunts down those who stole her freedom, serving ice-cold revenge to the powerful elite who thought themselves untouchable. In this pulse-pounding legal thriller by Rachel Sinclair, an innocent pawn becomes a ruthless predator. Justice Delayed, the explosive second installment in the Southern California Legal Thrillers series, is a high-stakes game of cat and mouse that will leave you breathless until the final page. The hunt is on. And Avery never misses her prey.

Aidan Collins has his very first large case when his client, Marina Vasiliev, a drop-dead gorgeous mental patient, is accused of killing her wealthy husband. Marina insists that she didn't do it, but Aidan can't trust her. After all, he met Marina in the mental hospital–he originally obtained her as a client when she was involuntarily committed, and he assisted her with getting out. Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, Marina's view of reality shifts from day to day. Marina has no memory of what happened the night that her husband died. He makes the decision that the best way to defend her would be to try for the insanity defense. His client is not on board with this decision, and, to make things worse, she begins to imagine him as her lover, which turns his professional relationship with her upside down. However, once Aidan gets more into the case, he begins to doubt that his decision to try for the insanity defense was a sound one. Before long, Aidan feels that his reality is shifting as much as his client. Aidan can never be sure that he's doing the right thing in using the insanity defense. An eleventh hour witness throws his entire trial strategy into disarray.