Dennis Carstens Books in Order

Minneapolis defense lawyer Marc Kadella reluctantly takes on the murder defense of a judge who has long antagonized him. As his investigators examine the accusation, the case leads into a criminal network whose powerful protectors make exposing the truth dangerous.

Dennis Carstens recounts a woman's decade-long struggle against tax demands she did not owe. Her husband's lawsuit challenges the IRS's conduct, turning years of harassment into a legal fight over accountability, compensation and resistance to government mistakes.

When Minneapolis police arrest a suspected serial killer, struggling defense lawyer Marc Kadella believes they have the wrong man. Accepting a case far bigger than his usual practice, he risks his livelihood to challenge an investigation concealing dangerous secrets.

A young widow’s daughter disappears with her new boyfriend, and the mother becomes the target of a murder prosecution. Marc Kadella must build her defense while sensational television coverage turns an already devastating case into a public spectacle.

Faulty forensic evidence frees several convicted criminals, including a former client Marc Kadella never trusted. When people connected to the overturned cases begin dying, Marc and investigator Tony Carvelli suspect that a dangerous man is pursuing a personal reckoning.

When investigator Maddy Rivers’s boyfriend uncovers wrongdoing at an investment firm, his death leaves her facing a murder charge. Marc Kadella must defend his friend while navigating financial deception and authorities whose interests may depend on concealing evidence.

Marc Kadella reconnects with a childhood crush whose wealthy husbands have repeatedly died of apparent heart attacks. As her latest stepchildren challenge their inheritance and suspect murder, attraction draws Marc toward a woman surrounded by increasingly dangerous questions.

An ambitious governor and his calculating wife pursue the presidency with little regard for those in their way. As their rise becomes entangled with scandals and deaths, the struggle for political power threatens everyone who could expose its costs.

A police shooting and growing unrest draw Marc Kadella into a volatile defense case in Minneapolis. As his investigators pursue overlapping crimes, public pressure and hidden connections threaten to obscure the evidence needed to distinguish guilt from political advantage.

Deaths surround a defective toy whose batteries have killed children, while privileged information offers opportunities for profit. Defending a lawyer accused of murder, Marc Kadella follows a case that connects corporate secrets, insider trading and the cost of concealment.

A professor and his students turn political outrage into a bank-robbing campaign, while attorney Marc Kadella handles a bitter divorce. When his case leads to murder, the two investigations converge around a bank and increasingly dangerous acts of corruption.

Linda Tripp recounts her work in the Clinton White House and her perspective on the scandals surrounding the administration. Written with Dennis Carstens, the memoir presents her allegations about political loyalty, misconduct, and the pressures behind her public role.

What begins as a sexual harassment case against a prominent law firm leads Marc Kadella and his investigators toward a trafficking operation. As Maddy Rivers and Tony Carvelli uncover the firm’s connections, their inquiry puts them in a predator’s path.

American reporter Jeffrey Bartlett arrives in London in 1940 and falls for BBC journalist Catherine Hartley. Their relationship develops as Britain faces Dunkirk, aerial warfare and the Blitz, drawing their private hopes into the struggle of a city under attack.

A wealthy husband’s careless remark becomes incriminating when his wife is found murdered. Marc Kadella investigates a seemingly decisive case, discovering that the victim’s secret business involved powerful clients whose hidden lives give others reasons to want her silenced.

Realtor Hope Slade already faces serious criminal charges when a political fixer is found dead and her fingerprints implicate her. Marc Kadella must untangle a murder defense from a wider investigation that threatens people with powerful reasons to keep secrets.

After serving a prison sentence, Billy hopes to start again in Minneapolis but becomes trapped between white supremacists and federal investigators. When a community leader is assassinated, Marc Kadella faces a murder defense built around an apparently perfect suspect.

In a speculative 2029, a devastating engineered pandemic leaves the United States vulnerable to Chinese conquest. As occupation transforms American life, the novel follows a struggle over survival and control in a country targeted for its food and resources.

Investigator Tony Carvelli is charged with murder after a violent ambush ends in a fatal shooting. Marc Kadella and Maddy Rivers work to reconstruct the attack, tracing a dangerous group whose manipulation of young followers has already left victims behind.

Two Iranian sisters are accused of murder and treason after a demonstration against an ayatollah turns deadly. Marc Kadella must defend the young women while an assassination plot threatens to turn their prosecution into the spark for an international conflict.

Fourteen-year-old basketball prospect Miles Davis is arrested after the weapon used to kill two federal agents turns up in his school locker. Convinced the boy is innocent, Marc Kadella must find an alternative explanation for evidence that seems damning.

After Robbie’s mother and others connected to a troubled childhood are murdered, police arrest Robbie for multiple killings. Marc Kadella and his investigators must examine a history of coercion and conflicting motives to uncover what the evidence actually proves.

A technology executive’s murder leaves his company’s corporate counsel facing prosecution. Marc Kadella takes her defense into a web of stock manipulation, international intelligence interests and secret deals, where the victim’s business practices have created far more than one enemy.