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1950s New York. Alice White is a law student working as an investigator for a small downtown law firm. Her grit and courage have taken her far, but as she dives into Manhattan's underbelly and the crime-ridden outer boroughs, Alice discovers a world she never understood...and falls in love with the dangers! Now enjoy all four novels in the Alice White series: The Case, Hard Case, The Con Case, and The Case of the Butcher, the Bank Robber, and the Blonde.

With humor and pedagogy, Michel Sapanet immerses us in the daily life of a forensic medicine team, from findings at crime scenes to hearings before assize courts, including autopsies, criminal reconstructions, and even the examination of survivors of violence.

When former computer-crimes prosecutor Chris Bruen and retired hacktivist Zoey Doucet open their San Francisco law firm, it's the best day of their professional lives. That is, until their first client walks through the door. Ian Ayres is an "ethical hacker" who was hired by a company to test the security of its online systems. On the job, he uncovered some highly classified information: the existence of a top-secret government surveillance agency and its Skeleton Key, a program that can break any form of encryption.

Daring law firm investigator Alice White enters the glamorous world of high society in 1950s New York City to take on a gang of confidence artists whose vicious leader has recruited an innocent young man and framed him for a brutal murder to insure his loyalty. Can she beat the boss at his own game, con him out of a fortune, free the youth, and hang the leader in his own frame, without getting herself, the young man, or his girlfriend killed?

Daring, some would say reckless, law firm investigator and graduating law student Alice White takes on a murderous gang in 1950s New York City. A butcher, a WWII Marine war hero, has been implicated in a bank robbery and murder and Alice is compelled to come to his aid.

Courageous law firm investigator, Alice White, plunges into the waterfront of the 1956 Port of New York to free a United States Customs Inspector from the grip of a vicious union boss. Alice and her client's lives are at stake amidst the power struggle created by the wave of post-World War II Italian immigration into New York City's West Side.

Mamma Hesselbach stellt dem Babba eine bronzene Hirschstatue, ein Hochzeitsgeschenk des Herrn Kommerzienrats, auf den Schreibtisch. Angeblich im Wert von etwa 300,00 Mark. Da der Schreibtisch kein "Schuttabladeplatz" sei, stellt Babba Hesselbach den Hirsch mitten in den Flur, wo sich Annelies prompt die Nylonstrumpfhose aufreißt. So entspinnt sich eine Diskussion über den Wert der Plastik.

Der geläuterte Verbrecher Flambeau zeigt Pater Brown die Schönheiten seiner alten Heimat Paris...