Dave Daren Books in Order

An untested attorney becomes involved in defending a woman framed for murder. With a drug cartel's interests at stake, the case draws him into a dangerous conflict that reaches beyond his legal experience and courtroom abilities.

An art critic's murder disrupts the unconventional community of Sedona, Arizona, when suspicion falls on a local painter. A legal case unfolds amid the town's mixture of artists, wealthy residents, and competing interests.

Prominent Texas litigator John Stone knows a woman accused of a plane bombing is innocent, but defending her requires leaving his father’s prestigious firm. Building an unconventional team, he attempts to challenge the charges while establishing an independent professional legacy.

A seemingly straightforward self-defense case places Dallas attorney John Stone’s client between rival street gangs. Protecting the defendant requires his legal team to uncover the truth without becoming casualties of the violent territorial conflict surrounding the manslaughter charge.

Vincent Creed works to protect his client's inheritance from people determined to take it. When a murderous Yakuza boss joins the dispute, preserving her interests requires him to survive dangers far beyond ordinary estate litigation.

After a wealthy film mogul's body is found in a suitcase, Henry, Vicki, and AJ investigate another Sedona mystery. Defending an innocent client means finding unexpected inspiration while time and evidence work against them.

A copper millionaire leaves his fortune in trust to his pet zebra, plunging Henry Irving into an extraordinary estate dispute. Quarreling children, former girlfriends, and roaming animals complicate efforts to untangle the dead man's wishes.

A disillusioned corporate attorney becomes a mafia boss's personal lawyer, trading a predictable career for dangerous clients. Defending his new employer means navigating both courtroom conflicts and threats from people prepared to settle disputes with violence.

A mafia lawyer expecting glamorous foreign assignments is instead sent to close a deal in rural West Virginia. Negotiations with local politicians soon reveal that small-town corruption can be as dangerous as anything he left behind.

A young mafia lawyer must remove a corrupt district attorney working for a rival organization. Running a secret political campaign offers a legal route to victory, provided he can keep opponents and the media from discovering it.

A routine estate settlement draws attorney Vince Creed into a confrontation involving rival drug cartels, the FBI, and an angry widow. Finding justice for a family becomes difficult when every participant has something dangerous to hide.

Henry Irving defends a dancer accused of killing an avant-garde troupe leader. A case initially headed toward a plea bargain expands into a murder investigation involving activists and one of Arizona's most powerful media figures.

A South Beach lawyer handles the problems of Florida’s wealthy celebrities, working behind the stories that reach the tabloids. Protecting clients means fixing their legal troubles and managing the mistakes they want kept out of public view.

Alaskan attorney Reese Brooks travels to an isolated Arctic community to defend a man accused of murder. Facing hostility toward outsiders and uncertain local authority, he must untangle lies and hidden relationships while pursuing justice in an environment where danger extends beyond the courtroom.

A lawyer to Miami’s wealthy celebrities takes on a pop star whose manager has taken her fortune. Recovering the money becomes more complicated when the person controlling her career turns out to be her own father.

Las Vegas contract lawyer Jimmy helps a mob boss sell his casino and retire into legitimate business. Gangsters, politicians, and powerful property interests all oppose the deal, turning a complicated transaction into a dangerous assignment.

Young attorney Archer Landon opens a Texas practice hoping to establish his reputation. Seeking justice for his clients brings him into conflict with powerful political interests, testing his idealism and exposing him to deadly opposition.

Archer Landon challenges a sheriff who seized an innocent person's family heirloom after raiding the wrong home. Recovering the property means confronting a corrupt local system willing to fight him inside and outside the courtroom.

Attorney Archer Landon takes an immigration case that threatens the future of his young firm. Human trafficking, corruption, and murder lead him toward powerful people determined to keep the truth hidden.

Archer Landon defends a client accused of fixing University of Texas football games. As public outrage mounts, the case exposes a wider gambling network involving influential boosters who will kill to protect their interests.

Businessman Sam Higgins targets Archer Landon’s firm with a wrongful death lawsuit and physical intimidation. When his threats reach an innocent child, Archer must protect those around him while confronting the man determined to control him.

After political victories anger a corrupt mayor and prosecutor, a mafia attorney faces police harassment and dubious charges against his clients. Exposing their criminal connections becomes harder when rival gangsters and an impatient family patriarch intervene.

Hunter Morgan must prevent a war between the Febbo family and the Serbian mob while satisfying the family’s returning patriarch. Keeping his client safe means devising an alternative to retaliation before the violence traps him too.

When a thief steals Anthony Febbo’s Ferrari, attorney Hunter Morgan must recover it without police involvement. What looks like a minor theft leads into an international operation involving gangsters, corrupt officers, and wealthy overseas connections.

Anthony Febbo tries to reshape New York’s crime families as rivals fight over the resulting power vacuum. Hunter Morgan must use legal strategy to protect his clients and prevent a mob war without attracting dangerous attention.

A movie mogul's murder leaves Henry Irving defending an eccentric suspect in Sedona. Finding other people with motives is easy, but identifying the real killer may put the lawyer himself in danger.

A musician's death and an international ivory-smuggling operation become intertwined in Sedona. Henry, Vicki, and their friends must uncover the connection to secure justice for a woman accused of wrongdoing.

Miami public defender Rob Torres accepts a notorious cartel boss as a client, believing he understands the city's darker side. Becoming the criminal organization's personal attorney exposes him to corruption, violence, and dangers he never anticipated.

An ex-cop and lawyer works as the senior investigator for a law firm, searching for truths others would prefer buried. His determination to follow a promising lead can bring justice, but it also puts him in danger.

Defending an Iditarod musher against a genetics company’s pressure draws Reese Brooks into a fight over the client’s breeding business. A subsequent murder arrest opens another front, forcing the Alaskan lawyer to confront commercial exploitation and criminal charges at the same time.

Junior military lawyer Will Warner receives an unusually prominent war-crimes defense and begins to suspect his client has been framed. Resistance from official records and witnesses points toward a cover-up, while threats against him reveal why senior figures wanted an inexperienced attorney handling the case.

Reassigned to a quiet Army base after embarrassing powerful officials, Will Warner expects minor cases far from public attention. An assault charge grows into murder and espionage, giving him another chance to pursue justice while exposing him once more to enemies hoping to end his career.

John Stone represents a small business threatened by the sugar industry’s powerful legal teams. Facing a wealthy opponent determined to destroy the venture before it can establish itself, he must find a strategy capable of overcoming the overwhelming imbalance of resources.

Defending a reclusive hotel millionaire accused of murder puts John Stone at odds with the client’s employees, personal lawyer and local police. The case expands into an unusual conspiracy that could devastate a resort town, making uncovering the truth increasingly urgent.

Federal investigators, rival criminals, and ambitious underbosses threaten the Febbo family from every direction. Hunter Morgan devises a plan to turn those enemies against one another, knowing failure could destroy the family’s move toward legitimate business.

Lawyer Charlie Hindley discovers suspicious activity in an account inherited from a colleague who died under mysterious circumstances. Drawn into an international banking conspiracy, he must evade intelligence agents and assassins in a story with reader-directed choices.

Investigator Marcel examines the murder of members of a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe. Rivalries that run back generations complicate the defense of his firm’s client, exposing money, influence, and enemies with much to lose.

Marcel and Louis defend a fisherman accused of killing a crewmate in a small Gulf town. A corrupt sheriff obstructs their search for justice, while the real murderer remains a threat to anyone getting close to the truth.

Treasury lawyer and tax auditor Christopher James discovers evidence of illegal exports while examining a computer-chip manufacturer. The suspicious transactions suggest treason, drawing a routine financial investigation toward people willing to kill to protect their secrets.

Treasury lawyer Chris James is sent to Atlantic City to audit a casino magician after a traumatic investigation in Seattle. Suspicious transactions reveal another dangerous secret, placing him in the path of people determined to keep it concealed.

Jimmy is offered a job managing the family investments of a retired mob boss. Leaving corporate law could bring opportunity, but the world of venture capital and Wall Street presents a new set of dangerous predators.

Sent to defend a soldier accused of vehicular manslaughter in Japan, Will Warner encounters a base shaken by crimes and declining discipline. Local pressure to close the installation grows, while disturbing connections among the incidents make investigating the truth increasingly dangerous.

Former Chicago defense lawyer Clark Archer enjoys a quieter practice in the Virgin Islands until a cruise-ship murder case arrives. Defending the accused husband becomes increasingly puzzling when the supposedly murdered wife turns up alive.

High-school football prospect Andre hires Marcel Lavigne’s firm to negotiate the offers surrounding his college future. As major universities compete for him, the money and rivalries behind a signing decision lead to devastating consequences.

North Dakota lawyer Brock Weston represents ranching families caught between old feuds and a changing economy. When suspected water contamination kills a herd, he must confront the oil interests moving into cattle country before the conflict turns violent.

A legal patriarch’s approaching death ignites a struggle among his children for control of the family firm. Alexandra Thornton wants to avoid her brothers’ ruthless maneuvering, but preserving her own future may require entering the contest and making a claim for leadership.

Will Warner defends a decorated military hero accused of dereliction of duty, confronting disputed accounts from Saudi witnesses. Presidential intervention turns an already sensitive case into a national controversy, threatening both a fair trial and consequences extending beyond the defendant’s future.

A divorce client accused of murdering his wife returns to John Stone after dangerous business partners intimidate another lawyer into withdrawing. The high-profile defense promises attention for Stone’s growing firm, but apparent guilt and cartel-linked investors make accepting the case a serious gamble.

Hunter Morgan has helped the Febbo family build a legal future, but a rival mob exploits their reluctance to retaliate. He must demonstrate strength without breaking the law or triggering the gang war he has worked to prevent.

After a mugging leaves lawyer Lucas Blackwood with a serious brain injury, he begins seeing disturbing supernatural figures. When the visions appear to predict and influence his cases, he must question what is happening to his mind.

Lawyer Jordan Steele receives a crucial clue from a notorious imprisoned killer and wins an apparently hopeless defense. When another case exposes political corruption, accepting more help from him could reveal the truth while destroying her career.

Reese and his paralegal represent a woman planning a luxury retreat on inherited Kodiak Island land, angering hunters and local residents. A generations-old secret reveals that the property dispute conceals a more dangerous struggle, with both sides seeking something worth killing for.

Civil rights lawyer Will accepts a journalist’s case against a small-town Georgia sheriff. What begins as a challenge to official harassment draws him into local corruption that makes surviving the case as difficult as winning it.

Alexandra Thornton needs major clients to strengthen her bid for leadership of the family law firm. Competing for an international accounting company’s business forces her to confront entrenched sexism and rival practices, while her brothers work to undermine her from inside the organization.

A drug-trafficking defense at a remote Colombian Army base appears suitable for a plea agreement until Will Warner uncovers deeper corruption. Connections between local traffickers and military politics turn the case dangerous, forcing him to fight for his client while seeking a way to survive.

Newly independent attorney Jude Delgado-Ruiz represents an aristocratic young man who wakes beside a dead woman with no memory of the night. His client’s powerful family demands a rapid acquittal, putting the survival of Jude’s firm under pressure while he searches for the truth.

Ambitious young lawyer Jude Delgado-Ruiz defends a firefighter accused of killing true-crime podcasters linked to an old case. A dead witness and collapsing alibis complicate the defense, forcing him to confront his obligations to a client who may be a serial murderer.

Defense attorney Cal Rivers represents a woman accused of murdering her former boyfriend. A troubling confession and similarities to an earlier case challenge his beliefs about justice as he investigates whether the killings are connected.

After his client is killed outside the courthouse, attorney Calvin Rivers suspects a manipulator remains beyond the reach of the law. His determination to expose Daniel Cleveland threatens to become an obsession with consequences for those closest to him.

Los Angeles lawyer Justin Conrad represents a wealthy woman accused of a brutal murder. As he investigates his unsettling new client, coincidences begin linking the case to the unexplained disappearance of his closest friend.

A plagiarism dispute brings Reese Brooks into the art world, where his client’s former mentor soon dies under suspicious circumstances. With public opinion already convinced of the artist’s guilt, Reese searches for the truth and finds himself increasingly targeted as the case develops.

Assigned to defend New York police against a wrongful-death lawsuit, city attorney Ryan Jackson initially expects a straightforward victory. Inconsistencies in the evidence suggest a more troubling story, placing his professional duty against a search for truth that could endanger his career and life.

Kept away from the courtroom after uncovering corruption, Ryan Jackson struggles to determine whether the restriction protects or punishes him. Returning to legal action means navigating hostile city politics, finding allies and risking retaliation from powerful people threatened by further investigation.

A vote for corporate leadership gives Alexandra Thornton a possible route toward running her family firm. Defending a pharmaceutical client accused of altering trial results places her judgment under scrutiny, while opposition from her brothers threatens to turn professional risk into a decisive personal defeat.

Defending an Army Ranger who killed her husband, Will Warner must determine whether the act was self-defense, retaliation or aggression. Shifting testimony from people close to the couple obstructs the case, while unexpected Saudi interest suggests forces extending beyond a domestic tragedy.

Chosen to prosecute a celebrated admiral over an attack on an American vessel, Will Warner recognizes the assignment may be designed to ruin him. A whistleblower’s evidence offers another path, threatening to expose a scandal with consequences far beyond the military courtroom.

Lawyer Melissa Starke defends a foster teenager who has confessed to killing another girl. Doubts about the apparent motive lead her into a hidden danger within the city’s group homes, where even her client fears the truth.

Jordan Steele investigates weaknesses in the prosecution of a man accused of killing a young basketball prospect. Powerful opposition leaves her considering help from an imprisoned former lawyer turned serial killer, whose assistance always carries a price.

Auditor Chris James hopes to rebuild a normal life after surviving his last case. Evidence of suspicious stock trades during a judge’s audit draws unwanted attention, forcing him to defend himself before he can pursue the truth.

Retired injury lawyer Jerry Mitchell takes a friend’s small claim over an unsafe pickleball court. A refusal to settle leads him toward a financial scam, pulling him back into legal practice and a fight with determined opposing counsel.

Calvin Rivers defends a police officer accused of deliberately shooting his partner while a dangerous adversary remains in hiding. When the defense becomes tied to bringing that enemy to justice, the case acquires much higher stakes.