Vail/Stampler Series

Dive into a compelling legal thriller series where top-tier defense attorneys tackle the most complex and high-stakes cases. Experience intricate legal strategies, shocking plot twists, and profound moral questions that push the boundaries of justice. Each installment offers a gripping courtroom drama filled with suspense and psychological depth.

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Primal Fear
William Diehl
393 pages
14 hours of reading
4.4(42)Add rating
Martin Vail, the brilliant "bad-boy" lawyer every prosecutor and politician love to hate, is defending Aaron Stampler, a man found holding a bloody butcher's knife near a murdered archbishop. Vail is certain to lose, but Vail uses his unorthodox ways to good advantage when choosing his legal team—a tight group of men and women who must uncover the extraordinary truth behind the archbishop's slaughter. They do, in a heart-stopping climax unparalleled for the surprise it springs on the reader...
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Show of Evil
William Diehl
512 pages
18 hours of reading
3.9(1643)Add rating
When Linda Balfour, A Young Mother, Is Found Butchered In Small-Town Southern Illinois, A Coded Inscription Stamped In Blood On The Back Of Her Head Brands Her Mutilated Body. For Chief Prosecutor Martin Vail, The Bloody Insignia Drags Up Memories He'D Like To Forget - Memories Of Bishop Rushman, Slashed And Dismembered Ten Years Ago By An Altar Boy, Aaron Stampler. But If Stampler Is Locked Away, He Cannot Have Murdered Linda. With His Career - And His Life - On The Line, Vail Needs Answers Fast Before The Killer Signs Someone Else'S Life Away.
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Reign In Hell
William Diehl
528 pages
19 hours of reading
3.4(10)Add rating
Battling against the clock, Vail and his team work to uncover what links the crimes to the churches, the felonies to the fascists. But what begins as a high-wire act of negotiation explodes into a personal nightmare for Vail, as his most sinister adversary rears his evil head.

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Primal Fear

Show of Evil

Reign In Hell