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Start with The Lawyer and continue through all 12 books in the listed reading order.

12 books

Published 2016 to 2022

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Book 1 by John Ellsworth • Published 2016

Michael Gresham defends a man accused of killing a judge’s wife while juggling a fragile brother, an ex‑wife with demands, and mounting threats. As evidence twists and bodies fall, he must expose a deeper plot or lose...

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Book 1:The Lawyer
John Ellsworth • 2016
Michael Gresham defends a man accused of killing a judge’s wife while juggling a fragile brother, an ex‑wife with demands, and mounting threats. As evidence twists and bodies fall, he must expose a deeper plot or lose...
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Book 2:The Defendant's Father
John Ellsworth • 2016
A horrific crime tears apart a family and leaves a father desperate to save his child. Michael Gresham steps in, uncovering buried histories, police missteps, and dangerous loyalties as he fights to keep both father a...
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Book 3:The Law Partners
John Ellsworth • 2016
When one of Michael Gresham’s law partners is murdered, suspicion lands uncomfortably close to home. Soon Michael himself is facing criminal charges, forcing him to defend his own life while unmasking the real killer...
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Book 4:Carlos the Ant
John Ellsworth • 2016
Carlos is a quiet family man whose daughter needs expensive medical care. Desperate, he robs a bank and lands in Michael Gresham’s office. As the trial unfolds, Michael must convince a jury to see the father behind th...
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Book 5:Sakharov the Bear
John Ellsworth • 2016
Two CIA field operators uncover a shipping document that suggests a massive illegal arms deal. The trail leads to a Russian courtroom where Michael Gresham must navigate foreign laws, hostile officials, and a case tha...
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Book 6:Annie's Verdict
John Ellsworth • 2017
Twelve‑year‑old Annie Gresham can read people with unnerving accuracy. When Michael brings her into a difficult case, her observations reshape the investigation, forcing the legal team and the court to reckon with a c...
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Book 7:Dead Lawyer on Aisle 11
John Ellsworth • 2017
Lawyers connected to the U.S. Attorney’s office are being gunned down, and Michael Gresham is assigned to prosecute the killer. When conventional leads run dry, his daughter Annie builds a profile that may catch the m...
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Book 8:30 Days of Justis
John Ellsworth • 2018
Michael Gresham discovers he has an adult daughter only when she calls from death row, thirty days from execution. With other lawyers giving up, he races through old files and buried evidence to overturn the sentence...
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Book 9:Lies She Never Told Me
John Ellsworth • 2018
Spanning mob‑ruled Chicago, World War II battlefields, and the civil rights era, this saga traces Michael Gresham’s family of lawyers. When his beloved grandmother asks him to kill one man for her, he must choose betw...
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Book 10:The Fifth Justice
John Ellsworth • 2018
Michael Gresham and Marcel search for a client’s missing wife, a brilliant lawyer nominated to the federal bench. As political enemies close in and bodies appear, they uncover secrets that could destroy a judicial car...
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Book 11:Girl, Under Oath
John Ellsworth • 2021
Doctor Jenny Ipswich’s husband dies, and his life insurance is set to pay half to a woman Jenny has never heard of. As she digs into his secret life, Michael Gresham helps her untangle fraud, betrayal, and a high‑stak...
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Book 13:Lawyers in Gray
John Ellsworth • 2022
In a high‑stakes espionage case, Michael Gresham discovers that American energy secrets are being sold to Russia. As he tries to expose the conspiracy, he finds himself caught between intelligence agencies, corporate...
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