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Start with Burden of Truth and continue through all 12 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with Burden of Truth
Book 1 by Robin James • Published 2018
After fleeing a dangerous Chicago past, defense lawyer Cass Leary returns to Delphi, Michigan and takes a teen girl accused of killing the town's beloved coach as her first case. Fighting hostility from neighbors and...
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Ends with Code of Secrets
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Book 1:Burden of Truth
Robin James • 2018
After fleeing a dangerous Chicago past, defense lawyer Cass Leary returns to Delphi, Michigan and takes a teen girl accused of killing the town's beloved coach as her first case. Fighting hostility from neighbors and...
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Book 2:Silent Witness
Robin James • 2019
A wealthy Ann Arbor couple is brutally murdered and their six-year-old daughter disappears. When Cass Leary's sister is charged with the crime, Cass must defend her, search for the missing child, and face the possibil...
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Book 3:Devil's Bargain
Robin James • 2019 • 1 recommendation
Cass thought she was done defending the mob until an old crime boss calls in a life-or-death favor. Forced to represent a feared hitman known as Ghost Man, she must win his freedom to keep her family safe while wonder...
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Book 4:Stolen Justice
Robin James • 2019
Cass Leary's vacation disappears when her paralegal begs her to revisit a long-ago homicide conviction. With a terminally ill prisoner insisting he was framed and an entire town resisting her questions, Cass digs into...
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Book 5:Blood Evidence
Robin James • 2019
A client’s search for her birth parents leads Cass Leary to suggest a simple at-home DNA test, but the results uncover a gruesome family history. As Cass follows the genetic trail and deals with her estranged father's...
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Book 6:Imminent Harm
Robin James • 2020
When a local judge begs Cass Leary to help protect his sister from a violent husband, she sees a chance to rebuild her career. After the woman vanishes, Cass's frantic search points toward powerful figures in Delphi a...
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Book 7:First Degree
Robin James • 2020
A popular high school cheerleader is found dead and Cass Leary's teenage niece watches her boyfriend charged with first-degree murder. As Cass challenges thin evidence and sloppy police work, she uncovers a scheme tha...
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Book 8:Mercy Kill
Robin James • 2021
Defense attorney Cass Leary is forced onto the witness stand against the man she loves when Detective Wray is accused of murdering his estranged wife. Determined to clear him as damning evidence piles up, she races to...
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Book 9:Guilty Acts
Robin James • 2021
After housewife Juliet Clay finally goes viral selling diet shakes, her husband dies from poison and the internet brands her a killer. With public outrage and physical evidence stacked against Juliet, Cass must look p...
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Book 10:Cold Evidence
Robin James • 2022
Decorated veteran Ty Chapman seems an unlikely killer, yet witnesses place him fleeing a brutal motel beating with blood on his hands. Representing a client who refuses to explain himself, Cass digs into the victim's...
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Book 11:Dead Law
Robin James • 2023
Zoe Paul finds an uncashed check for millions hidden under her late grandmother's floorboards and turns to Cass Leary for help. What begins as a strange probate matter becomes a fight over long-buried secrets, a suspi...
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Book 15:Code of Secrets
Robin James • 2025
Two years after law student Daria Moreau was murdered at her graduation party, her classmate sits in prison and still insists he is innocent. Hired by his desperate family, Cass reopens the case and finds a tight grou...
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What is the best order to read the Cass Leary Legal Thriller series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Burden of Truth.
How many books are in the Cass Leary Legal Thriller series?
There are 12 books currently listed in the Cass Leary Legal Thriller series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Cass Leary Legal Thriller series?
New readers should start with Burden of Truth, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Cass Leary Legal Thriller series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears possibly ongoing and spans releases from 2018 to 2025.