Most Popular Books by Richard North Patterson

From the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Richard North Patterson comes Silent Witness, an "intense courtroom drama... as startling as the bang of a gavel." ( People). After the murder of his high school sweetheart left him shattered, Tony Lord vowed never to return to his Ohio hometown of Lake City. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a successful California criminal lawyer with a beautiful celebrity wife. He''s living the good life...until long-buried memories come crashing down when he hears from an old friend, who needs his help. Sam Robb is a track coach at Lake City High. He swears he is not responsible for the death of one of his female team members...even though forensic evidence reveals that he''s the father of her unborn child. Back when they were teenagers, Sam stood by Tony when he was a suspect in his young girlfriend''s murder—and Tony desperately wants to do the same for him today. In doing so, Tony will have to revisit his troubled past and probe the darkest secrets of small-town life to get to the truth. And what he will find is more shocking than he ever could have imagined....

The death of the Chief Justice and the desire of a young girl to have a late-term abortion over her parents'' objections cause difficulties for the new president.

Als der Schuss faellt, haelt Amerika den Atem an. Der Kandidat fuer das hoechste Staatsamt stirbt vor den Augen von Freund und Feind: Hoffnungstraeger und Sonnyboy James Kilcannon ist tot. Zwoelf Jahre spaeter: Ein Schuss, ein Schrei aus 5000 Kehlen, eine Blutlache--immer wieder der gleiche Traum. Kerry Kilcannon quaelt die Erinnerung an den Tod des Bruders. Aber er steht im Begriff, James'' Traum zu verwirklichen. Als Kandidat der demokratischen Partei ist sein Einzug ins Weisse Haus zum Greifen nah. Es scheint, als gelaenge ihm vor den Augen der ewig lauernden Medien die Balance zwischen Ueberzeugung und Taktik, zwischen Moral und Macht. Der Countdown laeuft im Medienstaat Kalifornien, und hier holen Kerrys Gegner zum entscheidenden Schlag aus: Sie spielen der Presse ein dunkles Geheimnis aus seiner Vergangenheit zu. Im Zentrum dieser Killerstory steht die NBC-Reporterin Lara Costello, Kerrys grosse Liebe, die nach einer heimlichen Abtreibung aus seinem Leben geflohen ist. Werden die Medien die Liebe und das Leid zweier Menschen einer reisserischen Story willen ans Licht zerren? Muss Kerry sich zwischen Wahrheit und Waehlerstimmen, zwischen Glueck und Macht entscheiden? Der Kandidat ist ein Roman aus einem Land, das von politischen Intrigen gebeutelt wird, dessen Medien vor nichts zurueckschrecken und dessen Buerger auf der Suche nach der Integritaet des Kandidaten vom Scheinwerferlicht geblendet werden. In the high-stakes, high-pressure world of presidential politics where predators carry microphones and one misstep can savage a lifetime of achievement, Kerry Kilcannon is the rarest player of all. Kilcannon believes he can make the system work. And he just may die trying.Driven by the violent nightmare of his childhood, fueled by forces that few could understand, and burdened by secrets no one must know, Kilcannon is running for President--and entering the crucial battleground of California with seven days to go. But for Kilcannon, there are hurdles that his courage, charisma, and compassion may not overcome: the network correspondent he still loves; the reporter bent on their exposure; the rival who''ll do anything to win; and the fanatic who believes that he must murder Kilcannon to protect the right to life.

A husband convinces a judge to give him custody of the couple''s daughter. The mother goes to see a lawyer and he turns out to be a man of action. Rather than file a time-consuming appeal, he murders the husband. So says the prosecution, in this tale of a trial.

"Caroline Masters vorrebbe che il suo passato non fosse mai esistito. Lo ha oscurato dietro una luminosa carriera che sta giungendo al suo apice-- la nomina a giudice federale della Corte d''Appelp degli Stati Uniti, a un passo dalla Corte Suprema. Eppure basta una telefonata a ridare corpo e voce a quel passato. E Caroline è costretta ad affrontarlo, se vuol tentare di salvare sua nipote Brett da una condanna per omicidio che pare ormai inevitabile."--Back cover.

David Wolfe is a successful American lawyer being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif—the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school—he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco. Soon, Hana is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Now David faces an agonizing choice: Will he, a Jew, represent her? The most challenging case of David''s career requires that he delve deep into the lives of Hana and her militant Palestinian husband, all the way back to Israel and the West Bank. There he uncovers the couple''s dangerous connections...culminating in an explosive trial where the stakes are Hana''s life—and the future of two peoples.

这是一部精彩的政治小说,书名出自美国总统就职誓词。在当选总统克里·基尔坎农的就职宣誓仪式上,最高法院首席大法官突然跌倒去世,于是,提名怎样一个人就任高院新的首席大法官便成了总统上任后的第一个重大决策。基于他对时局的认识以及他革除司法界弊端的决心,他决定提外女法官凯罗琳·玛斯特斯......