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I couldn't put down Jailhouse Lawyer, a page-turning legal thriller that exposes a headline-making crisis in the American courts: the new debtors' prisons, where an inability to pay court costs sentences poor people to jail, with devastating consequences.

TONY MESSENGER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.

No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.

LEE CHILD, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series

Patterson boils a scene down to a single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.

IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series

James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.

STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series

Two gripping legal thrillers

A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown - and ends up behind bars... 
 
In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. 
 
Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth. 
 
Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time. 
 
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'I couldn't put down Jailhouse Lawyer, a page-turning legal thriller' Tony Messenger 
'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting' Mark Lawson, Guardian 
'Nobody does it better' Jeffery Deaver 
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Two brand-new legal thrillers in one book - from the authors of Juror No. 3 
 
A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown - and ends up behind bars... 
 
In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. 
 
Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth. 
 
Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time. 
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Praise for James Patterson 
 
'The master storyteller of our times' Hillary Rodham Clinton 
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' Patricia Cornwell 
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin 
'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent' Lee Child 
'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' Michael Connelly

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.

Jailhouse Lawyer

Two gripping legal thrillers

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