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Defense attorney David Nash has made a career out of setting monsters free -- and no one does it better. Now a case has come to "The Ice Man" that could help cleanse Nash of the guilt and doubts that torment him: that rarest of all defendants, an innocent man. A fellow lawyer has been accused of a heinous crime -- the brutal murder of an undercover vice cop. But the case that is supposed to be Nash's redemption could prove to be his downfall, dragging him into a dark and sinister world where lies and the truth are interchangeable; where the manipulator becomes the manipulated; and where every answer spawns more complex and terrifying questions. And as the shadows close in around him, the final question that remains for David Nash concerns his own fate: life ... or death?

The Last Innocent Man

Seven years ago, Phillip Margolin seized the imagination of thriller readers everywhere with his chilling breakout bestseller, Gone, but Not Forgotten. After five subsequent New York Times bestsellers, Margolin now returns to the haunting terrain of Gone, but Not Forgotten with a mesmerizing tour de force of psychological suspense, an electrifying tale of revenge and retribution that shows a master storyteller at the very peak of his craft.Thursday: Subject is still combative after four days of applied pain, sleep deprivation and minimal food.Vice squad detective Bobby Vasquez, for months on the trail of a slippery underworld figure, receives an anonymous tip that directs him to a mountain cabin. He races through the idyllic Oregon woods, expecting to close the book on a long-standing vendetta. What he finds instead opens a Pandora's box of horror that will haunt him to his dying day.8:10: Subject bound and gaffed and placed in upstairs closet at end of hall. Turned out lights in house, drove off, then parked and doubled back. Watched from woods.Within hours, Vincent Cordoni -- a brilliant surgeon with a history of violence and drug abuse -- is arrested for a heinous crime. Facing a seemingly insurmountable wall of evidence, he turns to Portland's top criminal defense attorney, Frank Jaffe-who, along with his ambitious daughter, Amanda, must put on an inspired defense. Amanda's first taste of criminal defense work is as intoxicating as it is chilling, but it raises moral questions she's loath to address. Is she defending an innocent man? Or is she using her considerable skills to set a monster free? Then Cardoni disappears under bizarre circumstances. Four years later, a second set of murders has begun ....8:55: Subject exits house, naked and barefoot, armed with kitchen knife. Remarkable strength of character. Breaking her will be a challenge.Has Cardoni resurfaced to ply his deadly trade anew? Is there a copycat killer? Or has the real killer been someone else all along? The police will do everything they can to stop Cardoni -- but they have to find him first.Following a twisting trail of clues, including a harrowing diary that clinically records the killer's horrible deeds, Amanda Jaffe and Bobby Vasquez join the hunt-and themselves become targets of the twenty-first century's first genuinely monstrous psychopath.:

Justice barbare

Issu d'une famille pauvre, Daniel Ames a dû emprunter pas mal d'argent pour financer ses études d'avocat. Son diplôme obtenu, il a immédiatement été embauché par un prestigieux cabinet de Portland, dans l'état de l'Oregon. Mais un jour, sa carrière va basculer à cause d'une affaire liée au groupe pharmaceutique Geller, détenteur du brevet d'un médicament appelé Insufort. Celui-ci serait à l'origine de graves malformations congénitales relevées sur plusieurs dizaines d'enfants, affirme un avocat rusé qui, au nom de mères plaignantes, porte plainte contre Geller. Chargé d'organiser la défense du groupe, le cabinet de Daniel a dû fournir à la partie adverse diverses pièces du dossier. Daniel, qui était chargé de ce travail fastidieux, est licencié pour avoir fourni à l'adversaire un rapport qui discrédite le groupe pharmaceutique. Peu après, la police l'accuse du meurtre de son employeur, retrouvé assassiné dans sa maison de campagne et le jette en prison. Kate, une enquêtrice, et Amanda, une avocate, vont s'efforcer de prouver son innocence. Ancien avocat, Philip Margolin revisite les prétoires et autres lieux où il exerça longtemps son activité professionnelle. Il tisse autour de son héros une infernale machination qu'il va démonter au fil des pages en maintenant jusqu'au bout un efficace suspense. Minutieusement construit, ce roman, qui se lit d'une traite, est d'une redoutable efficacité. --Claude Mesplède

L'Avocat de Portland

500000 dollars pour défendre Charlie Marsh : une offre irrésistible pour une jeune avocate aussi ambitieuse qu'Amanda Jaffe. Une dizaine d'années auparavant, ce petit malfrat est devenu un héros national en sauvant la vie d'un gardien de prison lors d'une mutinerie. Soupçonné par la suite d'avoir assassiné un sénateur, man de sa maîtresse, il s'est réfugié en Afrique, où il bénéficiait de la protection du sanguinaire président du Batanga, Jean-Claude Baptiste. Mais quand l'incorrigible séducteur s'est attaqué à la favorite du dictateur, la fuite est devenue à nouveau sa seule issue. Retour à la case départ pour Charlie qui préfère affronter la justice de son pays que les hommes de main d'un Baptiste écumant de rage... Un formidable suspense où Amanda Jaffe, l'héroïne préférée de Phillip Margolin, aura bien du mal à sauver la tête de son client menacé tout à la fois par la justice américaine, les services secrets d'une dictature africaine et un mystérieux tueur !

En fuite

Defense attorney David Nash has made a career out of setting monsters free -- and no one does it better. Now a case has come to "The Ice Man" that could help cleanse Nash of the guilt and doubts that torment him: that rarest of all defendants, an innocent man.A fellow lawyer has been accused of a heinous crime -- the brutal murder of an undercover vice cop. But the case that is supposed to be Nash's redemption could prove to be his downfall, dragging him into a dark and sinister world where lies and the truth are interchangeable; where the manipulator becomes the manipulated; and where every answer spawns more complex and terrifying questions. And as the shadows close in around him, the final question that remains for David Nash concerns his own fate: life ... or death?

Le Dernier Homme Innocent

A mesmerizing tale of deceit and criminal stealth in the high-stakes world of pharmaceutical research from Phillip Margolin, the New York Times bestselling master of the courtroom thriller. Daniel Ames is living the American dream. Though born into poverty and living on the streets by the age of fifteen, Daniel has overcome every obstacle -- and now is an associate at Reed, Briggs, Portland's most prestigious law firm, earning more money than he ever imagined possible. But when Aaron Flynn enters his life, Daniel finds himself caught between his towering ambition and his bedrock idealism. Flynn, a charismatic civil litigator, sues Geller Pharmaceuticals -- Reed, Briggs's biggest client -- for manufacturing a drug that he claims causes unspeakable birth defects. Daniel is certain the claim has no merit -- until a memo written by a Geller scientist is found, detailing the shocking results of a study that implicates the company in a horrific lie. Could Daniel unwittingly be helping Geller cover up a dark secret? As he begins to investigate, his world comes tumbling down around him. His work is sabotaged, he's accused of professional incompetence, and he's fired. Twelve hours later the man who fired him is murdered. Daniel is arrested. With help from two women, including lawyer Amanda Jaffe (whom we met in Wild Justice), Daniel scrambles to clear his name and save his reputation -- and in the process unearths a trail of deceit that leads back to a series of unsolved kidnappings seven years earlier. But someone doesn't want this trail explored, and Daniel becomes the target of a vicious killer who will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from being revealed.

The Associate

In this mesmerizing tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Phillip Margolin, attorney Amanda Jaffe-star of Wild Justice, Ties That Bind, Proof Positive, and Fugitive-becomes entangled in a murder case involving Big Oil, an estranged father and son, and the greatest ethical dilemma of her career . Dale Masterson, senior partner in a large Portland, Oregon, law firm, has become wealthy and successful representing the interests of oil and coal companies. When his colleague, Christine Larson, is found dead, Masterson's business practices are put under surveillance and a lower-level employee stands accused. The controversy surrounding the firm is magnified tenfold when Dale is found beaten to death in his mansion. But this time Dale's son, Brandon, is seen fleeing the scene. A dedicated eco-warrior obsessed with saving the planet, Brandon confesses to killing his father-for revenge, he claims-on behalf of all the people whose lives are being destroyed by his father's questionable clients. Veteran lawyer Amanda Jaffe is hired to represent Brandon, but what seems like an open-and-shut case quickly begins to unravel. If Brandon is really innocent-a radical activist determined to martyr himself for his cause-then who viciously murdered Dale Masterson? And what, if any, is the connection between his murder and the murder of Christine Larson? Smart, fierce, and unafraid of the truth even if it puts her in danger, Amanda begins to look deeper. What she finds will force the seasoned legal pro to make the hardest professional decision of her life.

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