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Start with Burden of Truth and continue through all 12 books in the listed reading order.

12 books
Published 2018 to 2025
Status: Possibly ongoing

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Burden of Truth

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

  1. 1
    Burden of Truth

    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...

  2. 2
    Silent Witness

    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...

  3. 3
    Devil's Bargain

    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...

  4. 4
    Stolen Justice

    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...

  5. 5
    Blood Evidence

    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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    Imminent Harm

    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...

  7. 7
    First Degree

    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...

  8. 8
    Mercy Kill

    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...

  9. 9
    Guilty Acts

    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...

  10. 10
    Cold Evidence

    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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    Dead Law

    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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    Code of Secrets

    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.