James Chandler Books in Order

Disabled veteran Sam Johnstone seeks a fresh start as a Wyoming attorney, but a local murder disrupts his plans. Representing an accused delinquent, he uncovers facts that complicate the case and expose the town's political tensions.

Attorney Sam Johnstone represents Lucy Beretta after her alleged attacker is murdered. With her husband also missing and her accounts proving unreliable, Sam faces an ethical dilemma as he prepares a defense against an aggressive prosecutor.

When a college basketball star is accused of killing the team manager, Sam Johnstone investigates conflicting accounts and circumstantial evidence. His law partner's son witnessed the crucial evening, drawing Sam's personal loyalties into a volatile courtroom case.

Sam Johnstone defends the protégé of a murdered cryptocurrency magnate in a Wyoming town transformed by digital wealth. The investigation leads through rival businesses and family secrets, testing his judgment in an unfamiliar financial world.

Sam Johnstone agrees to defend a close friend charged with murder, despite the man’s confession. Facing a prosecutor pursuing a personal grievance, Sam risks his reputation and livelihood to discover what really happened behind an apparently hopeless case.

An accused drug dealer offers Sam Johnstone information that could clear his former partner’s son in exchange for legal representation. Suppressed testimony points toward a former client, drawing Sam into a conflict that threatens his career.

Sam Johnstone defends a surgeon accused of assaulting her estranged husband, then must argue self-defense when the case becomes a murder trial. Threatening attention from a former lover endangers both his client and his courtroom strategy.

Sam Johnstone represents a dancer arrested for drug possession, then charged with killing her abusive boyfriend. His associate’s erratic behavior and an old romance complicate the defense as shifting loyalties obscure the truth behind the death.