Scott Pratt Books in Order

New lawyer Charleston Story agrees to help an elderly neighbor with what seems like a simple legal matter. When she unexpectedly inherits something far more valuable than she imagined, Charleston becomes the target of people willing to kill to reclaim it.

Burned out from defending guilty clients, Tennessee lawyer Joe Dillard is ready to quit when he is hired to represent Angel, a strip club waitress accused of murdering a preacher. Believing she may truly be innocent, he risks everything to prove it.

Now a prosecutor, Joe Dillard takes on a horrific case after a rural Tennessee family is slaughtered. Two goth teenagers stand accused, but Joe suspects a manipulative young woman is the true instigator and must endanger his own family to pursue her.

A hated criminal court judge is found murdered and burned, and Joe Dillard’s son’s best friend becomes the prime suspect. As Joe investigates, he uncovers corruption inside the prosecutor’s office and secrets that could destroy both his career and his marriage.

Three young women are discovered floating in a lake, and suspicion falls on one of the richest men in Tennessee. Now district attorney, Joe Dillard must confront political pressure, threats at his doorstep, and a choice that could save or doom his family.

Joe Dillard hires young attorney Charleston Story as his first associate. Her debut case leaves her in possession of something others are willing to kill for, dragging both lawyers into a dangerous chase that reaches deep into Joe’s past cases and enemies.

When a six year old girl is kidnapped from her bedroom and a ransom note demands millions, Joe Dillard represents the frantic parents. As hours slip away, his wife’s cancer returns and his estranged father appears, pushing Joe toward his breaking point.

Set in the late 1960s Midwest, River on Fire follows foundling Randall Smith as he grows up in an orphanage and small towns, trying to make sense of war, injustice and first love in a turbulent, bittersweet coming of age story.

A rising country music star is found strangled in a Nashville hotel room, and her powerful label owner is charged with murder. Joe Dillard travels to the city to defend him, navigating celebrity gossip, industry secrets, and a case built on lies.

In this whimsical children’s story, a young boy is granted the wish most kids dream of, a ride on a cloud. His journey through skies filled with talking fish and floating ships makes for a colorful, read aloud fantasy.

A playful picture book, An Elephant's Standing in There tells of a little boy who wakes to find an elephant in his bedroom, turning bedtime into a silly, rhyming adventure that children and parents can enjoy together.

Darren Street, a Knoxville defense lawyer who once exposed corruption, is arrested when a former client linked to child murders turns up dead. Framed by enemies, he must fight for his freedom and his son from inside the system.

When a Supreme Court justice is discovered dismembered in the back of a pickup truck and three other judges are missing, Joe Dillard defends the driver. The hunt for the real killer pulls Joe and Sheriff Leon Bates toward a ruthless enemy targeting the bench.

Now free after a wrongful conviction, Darren Street is rebuilding his law practice when a bomb meant for him kills his mother. Wracked by PTSD and guilt, he hunts the person behind the attack, even if it means crossing the law.

A young college football star is accused of sexually assaulting a white student, igniting national headlines and bitter local divisions. Joe Dillard defends the player while a shadowy agitator manipulates the case, putting Joe, his son, and Charleston Story in danger.

Still scarred by prison and loss, Darren Street tries to build a normal life until another tragedy shatters it. When the courts refuse to act, he pursues personal vengeance and a run for district attorney, forcing him to confront what justice now means.

Prostitutes are being mutilated and displayed around quiet Northeast Tennessee towns, and panic is rising. Detectives Lukas Miller and Brooke Stevens are forced into a cross department partnership that tests their trust as they track a calculating serial killer.

College football phenom Jarvis Thompson disappears from Billy Beckett’s riverside home after a night of celebration, leaving behind drugs, cash and Billy’s brother beaten nearly to death. To save his client and career, Billy chases the truth across the South.

Still shaken by a past kidnapping and personal loss, sports agent Billy Beckett is drawn into two new crises, a tortured restaurant owner left dead on a Texas ranch and a haunted rural fighter trying to outrun his violent past and enemies.

Billy Beckett represents Russell Mann, a brilliant young NBA star on the verge of a huge contract, when people close to Russell start dying. As blackmail and bodies pile up, Billy must decide how much he will risk to protect his client and conscience.

In Break Point, Billy Beckett tries to guide teenage tennis prodigy Simon Shay toward his first major championship. As pressure, addiction and dangerous outsiders close in, Billy has to keep his volatile client on course while a darker plot unfolds around them.

Presley Carter built a reputation as a sharp Nashville defense attorney despite witnessing her father’s murder as a child. A routine clemency petition unexpectedly frees a convicted killer and exposes a governor’s corrupt scheme, forcing Presley to choose between safety and justice.

Turning fifty and nearly retired, Joe Dillard spends his days caring for his wife as her cancer worsens. When a girl from his son Jack’s little league team vanishes, Joe is pulled back into a frantic search that strikes painfully close to home.

Part biography and part creative origin story, Redemption traces Scott Pratt’s fall when he was jailed after a suborning perjury charge, his decision to rebuild through writing, and the way Joe Dillard became a stand in for his own battles.

Jack Dillard, Joe’s son, is a small town defense lawyer still reeling from recent trauma when a true crime podcaster begs him to look into a questionable murder conviction. At the same time, his wife Charlie takes a volatile new homicide case of her own.