Books like Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline

A historical novel set in the 12th century, focusing on the building of a cathedral and the surrounding community's fortunes amidst historical events of the time.

John Grisham’s debut legal thriller follows a murder trial in Mississippi that explores capital punishment, racial discrimination, and the complexities of the judicial system.

In South Carolina, attorney Hammond Cross must decide between justice and love when a chance encounter places a woman he’s fallen for as the alibi in a murder trial.

Michael Connelly’s debut in the Mickey Haller series follows a Los Angeles defense attorney who operates from the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, confronting a high‑profile client and a murder that threatens his own life.

In a small East Texas town, a convicted football star faces execution while the true perpetrator, now paroled, must decide whether to confess and risk his own life to save an innocent man.

Public defender Kendall Deaton in Prosper, South Carolina, must flee after uncovering a town secret and confronting her powerful husband, while protecting her baby and navigating a treacherous escape amid threats to her life and the truth she holds.

A former lover’s passion turns to obsession when a college professor discovers the truth behind his ex’s vanished life, forcing him to confront a mystery that endangers his own existence.

In the third Camel Club installment, ex‑Green Beret Oliver Stone and his rogue group face threats from past enemies and a lethal assassin who has targeted Stone himself.

Samantha Kofer leaves a New York law firm after Lehman Brothers collapses and volunteers at a Virginia legal aid office, battling coal‑mining injustices while confronting the harsh realities of Appalachia.

A TV journalist on the verge of stardom becomes obsessed with finding her birth mother while covering a high‑profile murder trial, uncovering family secrets that threaten the inheritance of a wealthy, contested estate.

A gripping tale of revenge, murder, and the criminal mind that explores the truth behind a cold case from 22 years ago.

In 1981 Houston, attorney Jay Porter’s attempt at a fresh start is shattered when a rescue on a bayou draws him into a murder investigation tied to high‑level corporate corruption, forcing him to confront his past and danger at every turn.

James Campbell, well-liked Texas lawyer, successful although reputedly unscrupulous, and Virginia, his paralegal wife of 40 years, are found brutally shot to death in the bedroom of their Houston home. With no witnesses and only allegations of family greed, incest, and sexual abuse, the murder remains unsolved for years. The most likely suspects, the victims' youngest daughter Cindy, and her ex-Marine boyfriend, David West, had an alibi the police could not crack. And then West fell in love with Kim Paris, a sexy ex-stripper turned private investigator. She coaxed a confession from him that led to a complex murder case exploding into national news. Clifford Irving wrote: "I started out in Houston as a writer on assignment . . . but I became an investigator, a friend to many of the dramatis personae, and a trial witness. As a result, to my discomfort, I helped to determine the outcome of events . . ." The story of Cindy, a tortured woman, and David, a man determined to do the right thing even if it required multiple murder, is as spectacular and thrilling a true-crime courtroom drama as you will ever read.

A former defense lawyer turns to the world of horse racing after his client’s light sentence, only to find a brutal murder linking steeplechasers. In a mix of courtroom intrigue and track tension, he must uncover the truth before it ends his life.