Talon Winter Legal Thrillers Books

From the author of the top-rated David Brunelle Legal Thriller Series...Talon Winter was one of the most feared civil litigators in the Pacific Northwest—until she was wrongfully terminated by her high-priced law firm for refusing to follow an unethical order. Forced to reinvent herself, Talon recalls the one time she truly enjoyed being a lawyer—defending a fellow tribal member accused of murder—and decides to strike out on her own as a criminal defense attorney.She's also going to sue the pants off her old firm.But balancing her personal lawsuit with a fledgling law practice proves more difficult that Talon imagined. She has no choice but to take on the first client who walks in her door: Michael Jameson, a successful, forty-something, African American husband and father—who's just been charged with a 25-year-old cold case murder, a gang-related drug deal gone horribly wrong.The one question Talon needs answered is the one question Michael refuses to answer: Did he do it?Michael insists it doesn't matter. He's not the same person he was twenty-five years ago. He's built a new life in the intervening years, and nothing that happens now will bring the victim back. Instead, he poses a far more provocative question: Would the legal system reach back that far to take away everything built up by a successful White man?Talon must simultaneously battle her old law firm, a condescending prosecutor, reluctant witnesses, and even her own client to achieve that most elusive of goals: Justice.

Criminal defense attorney Talon Winter holds a man's life in her hands.Ezekiel Frazier is just another small time drug user, until he gets pulled over in someone else's car with a gun under the seat. Now his past catches up to him and he's facing Strike Three, and a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.Talon doesn't just have to battle a heartless prosecutor who's using the case to get her next promotion. She also has to deal with a social justice lawyer who wants her to throw the case for the greater good, a former investigator who wants to be more than just friends, and her own brother--fresh out of prison with nowhere else to go.It's her chance to win a big case, and save a man's life. But can she really ignore her other chances: to fix the law, to fix her relationships, to fix her brother? She might just have to, if she really wants to be the lawyer she really wants to be.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LAW AND JUSTICE? Criminal defense attorney Talon Winter agrees to represent an 18-year-old man charged with a murder he didn't commit. But under the strict letter of the law, he can still be held responsible for the actions of the person who actually pulled the trigger. The problem is, the trigger-puller is a cop. The bigger problem is, so was the victim. A high profile case with a dead police officer leads the prosecutor's office to pursue a complicated legal theory to secure a murder conviction for a possible robbery gone horribly wrong. Talon appeals to the prosecutor's sense of justice, but is rebuffed by the harshest possible interpretation of the murder statute--and the prospect of a mandatory life sentence. Talon will battle against public outrage, an intractable prosecutor, and 'the felony murder rule' to seek a just result for a young man facing the rest of his life in prison for the acts of another person. STEPHEN PENNER IS AN AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Winter's Reason is Book 3 in the top-rated legal thriller series featuring hard-nosed criminal defense attorney Talon Winter. Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone novel, but also follows the personal and professional growth of Talon and her friends and foes. "Talon Winter is a kick-ass main character." --Amazon Reader Review If you're looking for an authentic legal thriller that doesn't shy away from the big issues in the criminal justice system, you'll love Winter's Reason !

THE PROBLEM WITH FIGHTING THE SYSTEM IS THAT THE SYSTEM FIGHTS BACKKarim Jackson, college student and social justice activist, joins a protest at a newly completed private jail in downtown Tacoma, Washington. When the director of the jail comes out to confront the protesters, a physical altercation ensues. The director ends up on the ground with a fatal headwound, and Karim ends up arrested for his murder.Talon Winter defends Karim against the murder charges, struggling to convince the prosecutor that Karim didn’t actually cause the death and in any event was acting in self-defense. But the prosecutor isn’t going to cut a deal for someone accused of killing one of their own. When Talon gets too close to the truth, a third lawyer jumps in—a partner from her old civil firm representing the private jail company.Talon battles both the power of the government and the corporate prison complex to save a man from losing his freedom for a crime he didn’t commit.

DUTY TO CLIENT > DUTY TO JUSTICE? Attorney Talon Winter confronts the darker side of criminal law, in more ways than one, when she is hired to defend the indefensible. A young man with every advantage in life is charged with murdering his own grandparents. The media goes into a frenzy. The state puts their top prosecutor on the case. And the young man’s parents, despite everything, hire the best defense attorney in town: Talon Winter. As the case proceeds, Talon wrestles with her role in the justice system, is tempted by an opportunity to abandon criminal practice altogether, and faces what it would mean for her both professionally and personally if she wins a case where the only truly just verdict is guilty. STEPHEN PENNER IS AN AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Winter’s Duty is Book 5 in the top-rated legal thriller series featuring hard-nosed criminal defense attorney Talon Winter. Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone novel, but also follows the personal and professional growth of Talon and her friends and foes. "Talon Winter is a kick-ass main character." --Amazon Reader Review If you're looking for an authentic legal thriller that doesn’t shy away from the big issues in the criminal justice system, you’ll love Winter’s Duty.

"I HAVE A PASSION FOR JUSTICE." Attorney Talon Winter goes back to her roots to fight for her people and their land, but can she really turn her back on the criminal justice system, and the defendants who need her help? Talon joins the legal battle to reclaim a part of her tribe's coastal lands from powerful interests intent on keeping it a yacht club for Tacoma's wealthiest denizens. It's the good fight, but it's a slow fight, filled with mountains of paperwork and countless delays. As Talon struggles to push the litigation forward, she finds herself distracted by a new man and a new case. She knows how to ignore a man, but can she sit idly by as an innocent person is railroaded into a life behind bars? Passion fuels excellence. Talon will need to decide where her passion truly lies, so she can bring to bear the full power of her excellence. STEPHEN PENNER IS AN AMAZON BESTSELLING AUTHOR WITH OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Winter's Passion is Book 6 in the top-rated legal thriller series featuring hard-nosed criminal defense attorney Talon Winter. Each book in the series can be read as a stand-alone novel, but also follows the personal and professional growth of Talon and her friends and foes. "Talon Winter is a kick-ass main character." --Amazon Reader Review If you're looking for an authentic legal thriller that doesn't shy away from the big issues in the justice system, you'll love Winter's Passion !