Jay Brandon Books in Order

Lawyer Grey Stanton hopes a sabbatical will give him time for his book and his family. Instead, a former client recently released from prison comes looking for stolen money, pushing Grey to protect his wife and daughter from escalating violence.

Murder witness Elizabeth Truett is caught between a Baltimore criminal and a city police captain, both determined to control her fate. The arrival of a young man claiming to be her son makes an already dangerous situation even more uncertain.

Houston shop owner Daniel Greer seeks help from a Vietnamese gang leader as his neighborhood rapidly changes around him. When Daniel’s wife disappears, he is dragged into a violent underworld and discovers how far he will go to bring her home.

Newly elected San Antonio district attorney Mark Blackwell faces the worst case of his career when his son David is accused of rape. To save his family, Mark must navigate a brutal trial and a legal system he knows may be corrupt.

Black San Antonio defense lawyer Raymond Boudro agrees to represent Mike Stennett, a white detective accused of beating a Black drifter to death. As the trial exposes racial tension and old loyalties, Raymond must confront what justice really demands.

District attorney Mark Blackwell expects an easy confession from an accused child molester, until a young witness points to the man’s well-connected lawyer instead. Pursuing the case puts Mark on a collision course with San Antonio’s powerful elite.

After a speeding stop strands him in a small Texas town, lawyer Jordan Marshall is pressured into defending a young man accused of attacking his best friend. His investigation reveals a client who may be framed and a town protecting dangerous secrets.

Young assistant district attorney Kelsey Thatch is sent to Galilee, Texas, after a double murder tears apart the town’s ruling family. With loyalties divided and the local prosecutor conflicted, she must find the truth in a community built on secrets.

This nonfiction history traces the development of the legal profession in San Antonio. Brandon examines the lawyers, courts, and changing civic institutions that helped shape the city’s legal life over time.

San Antonio district attorney Chris Sinclair believes beloved community leader Malachi Reese is a ruthless killer. Even after Chris wins a murder conviction, Reese’s influence reaches from death row, turning allies into suspects and threatening to destroy Chris’s life.

Bernhardt edited this anthology of legal thriller stories by lawyer-authors, each taking the law in a different direction. It is more sampler than novel, with short pieces built around guilt, loyalty, surprise, and revenge.

When a young woman’s remains are found outside San Antonio, district attorney Chris Sinclair recognizes the reconstructed face as that of Jean, his first love from college. The discovery opens an old wound and a mystery that reaches far beyond the grave.

San Antonio divorce lawyer David Owens is stunned when the First Lady asks him to help her leave the president. As she and her young son become targets, David is drawn into a White House crisis involving betrayal, state secrets, and deadly power.

Chris Sinclair and Anne Greenwald visit Anne’s estranged father, only to uncover a murder case shadowed by his old political connections. As powerful figures intervene, Chris must untangle lies and loyalty without further damaging Anne’s fragile trust.

New DNA evidence clears Steve Greerdon, a man Chris Sinclair once helped send to prison for armed robbery. When two police officers are murdered and Greerdon is found nearby, Chris must decide whether he freed an innocent man or unleashed a killer.

San Antonio district attorney Chris Sinclair is pulled back into a case from his days as a defense lawyer when a teacher he once represented is found murdered. Corruption, revenge, and a stalker soon make the danger feel uncomfortably close to home.

At the funeral of a powerful San Antonio patriarch, Jerry Grohman meets the captivating Estela Valenzuela. Their connection draws him into family secrets, murder, old grudges, and the elusive Milagro Lane, a place where the city’s hidden history seems to surface.

A romantic trip to the Texas coast turns unsettling when Kathy and Michael meet the glamorous Lefflers. Drawn into their fascination with the 1920s, an old robbery, and a drowning, the couple finds that the past may not be finished with them.

A strange terrorist attack threatens to expose a secret society that has quietly shaped history for generations. Jack Driscoll and Israeli security specialist Rachel Green race across Europe to prevent an assassination that could trigger a global crisis.

After receiving frightening medical news on Christmas Eve, Ray Seymour resolves to repair his fractured family. When he dies that night, his wife and children must face grief, unfinished love, and the difficult work of becoming a family again.

Fresh out of prison and stripped of his law license, Edward Hall returns to court when his sister Amy is charged with murdering her former husband. Fighting for her freedom means facing the judge tied to Edward’s own downfall and asking whether Amy is truly innocent.

Disbarred Houston lawyer Edward Hall gets a chance to regain his license if he defends Donald Willis in a kidnapping case. But the alleged victim is the district attorney’s sister, and Edward soon sees that a successful defense may be the last thing his allies want.