Christopher Paget Books in Order

Christopher Paget’s story begins in Washington, D.C., where he is a young federal prosecutor trying to do honest work inside a system built on compromise. Over four novels, he moves from government investigator to San Francisco defense lawyer, carrying old scandals, broken relationships, and a stubborn belief that the law should still matter.

In The Lasko Tangent, Paget is asked to take on William Lasko, a millionaire fixer with deep ties to the White House. What starts as a financial investigation quickly turns into a political knife fight. Paget and his team sift through shell companies, back‑channel deals, and dead witnesses, knowing that every step closer to the truth puts them further out on a limb.

Years later, in Degree of Guilt, Paget reappears on the other side of the courtroom. He is raising his son in San Francisco when television journalist Mary Carelli—his former lover and the boy’s mother—is charged with murdering a famous novelist. Mary claims she shot him while fighting off rape. Defending her forces Paget to reopen painful questions about their past, her ambition, and the way powerful men exploit women and then rewrite the story.

Eyes of a Child picks up the emotional wreckage from that trial. Mary’s associate Terri Peralta is locked in an ugly custody battle with her ex‑husband, Ricardo Arias, over their young daughter. When Ricardo is found dead, Paget himself becomes the prime suspect. The book spends as much time on the psychology of divorce, step‑families, and children caught between adults as it does on cross‑examination and legal strategy.

By Conviction, Paget is older, married to Teresa, and working pro bono death‑penalty appeals. Together with his son Carlo, now a lawyer, they take up the case of Rennell Price, a mentally disabled man condemned for the brutal killing of a child. There is no question the original crime was horrific; the question is whether the investigation, trial, and sentencing were anything close to fair. The novel walks readers through the maze of last‑minute appeals, political pressure, and the emotional cost to everyone involved.

Across the series, the courtroom is never just a stage for clever arguments—it is where decades of personal choices and public corruption finally collide.

Read in order, the Christopher Paget books trace one man’s life from idealistic investigator to battle‑scarred advocate, and show how each case leaves a permanent mark on his family. Readers who dip in at any point will find self‑contained legal thrillers, but following the full arc makes the shifting loyalties, old friendships, and long‑running feuds hit that much harder.