Best Legal Mystery Books

The Case of the Howling Dog

by Erle Stanley Gardner

Arthur Cartright's official complaint about a neighbor's noisy dog leads Perry Mason and his associate into a case involving a poisoned police dog, a missing wife, and murder

Presumed Innocent

by Scott Turow

The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss' re-electio...

A Time of Kill

by John Grisham

A Southern town is shocked when a 10-year-old black girl is raped by two white men--until the girl's father takes the law into his own hands.

Anatomy of a Murder

by Robert Travers

Legal Tender

by Lisa Scottoline

Benedetta "Bennie" Rosato is a maverick lawyer who prosecutes police misconduct and excessive-force cases, and business at her firm of Rosato & Biscardi has never been better.Then, without warning, a savage murder tears...

To Kill A Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture,...

Witness for the Prosecution

by Agatha Christie

Lethal Legacy

by Linda Fairstein

As Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper pursues a murderer, she is drawn into the strange and privileged world of the Hunt family, major benefactors of the New York Public Library and passionate rare book collectors.

Primary Justice

by William Bernhardt