Talon Winter: Books 4-6
(2024)(A book in the Talon Winter series)
An omnibus of novels by Stephen Penner
COLLECTING BOOKS 4-6 OF THE TALON WINTER LEGAL THRILLER SERIES
WINTER'S JUSTICE
WHEN YOU FIGHT THE SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM FIGHTS BACK. Karim Jackson, college student and social justice activist, joins a protest at a newly completed private jail in downtown Tacoma, Washington. When the director of the jail comes out to confront the protesters, a physical altercation ensues. The director ends up on the ground with a fatal head wound, and Karim ends up arrested for his murder.
Attorney Talon Winter defends Karim against the murder charges, struggling to convince the prosecutor that Karim didn’t actually cause the death and anyway he was acting in self-defense. But the prosecutor isn’t going to cut a deal for someone accused of killing one of their own. When Talon gets too close to the truth, a third lawyer jumps in—a partner from Talon's old law firm, representing the private jail company.
Talon battles both the power of the government and the corporate prison complex to save a man from losing his freedom for a crime he didn’t commit.
WINTER'S DUTY
DUTY TO CLIENT > DUTY TO JUSTICE? Attorney Talon Winter confronts the darker side of criminal law, in more ways than one, when she is hired to defend the indefensible.
A young man with every advantage in life is charged with murdering his own grandparents. The media goes into a frenzy. The state puts their top prosecutor on the case. And the young man’s parents, despite everything, hire the best defense attorney in town: Talon Winter. As the case proceeds, Talon wrestles with her role in the justice system, is tempted by an opportunity to abandon criminal practice altogether and faces what it would mean for her both professionally and personally if she wins a case where the only truly just verdict is guilty.
WINTER'S PASSION
"I HAVE A PASSION FOR JUSTICE." Attorney Talon Winter goes back to her roots to fight for her people and their land, but can she really turn her back on the criminal justice system, and the defendants who need her help?
Talon joins the legal battle to reclaim a part of her tribe's coastal lands from powerful interests intent on keeping it a yacht club for Tacoma's wealthiest denizens. It's the good fight, but it's a slow fight, filled with mountains of paperwork and countless delays. As Talon struggles to push the litigation forward, she finds herself distracted by a new man and a new case. She knows how to ignore a man, but can she sit idly by as an innocent person is railroaded into a life behind bars?
Passion fuels excellence. Talon will need to decide where her passion truly lies, so she can bring to bear the full power of her excellence.
Genre: Mystery
WINTER'S JUSTICE
WHEN YOU FIGHT THE SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM FIGHTS BACK. Karim Jackson, college student and social justice activist, joins a protest at a newly completed private jail in downtown Tacoma, Washington. When the director of the jail comes out to confront the protesters, a physical altercation ensues. The director ends up on the ground with a fatal head wound, and Karim ends up arrested for his murder.
Attorney Talon Winter defends Karim against the murder charges, struggling to convince the prosecutor that Karim didn’t actually cause the death and anyway he was acting in self-defense. But the prosecutor isn’t going to cut a deal for someone accused of killing one of their own. When Talon gets too close to the truth, a third lawyer jumps in—a partner from Talon's old law firm, representing the private jail company.
Talon battles both the power of the government and the corporate prison complex to save a man from losing his freedom for a crime he didn’t commit.
WINTER'S DUTY
DUTY TO CLIENT > DUTY TO JUSTICE? Attorney Talon Winter confronts the darker side of criminal law, in more ways than one, when she is hired to defend the indefensible.
A young man with every advantage in life is charged with murdering his own grandparents. The media goes into a frenzy. The state puts their top prosecutor on the case. And the young man’s parents, despite everything, hire the best defense attorney in town: Talon Winter. As the case proceeds, Talon wrestles with her role in the justice system, is tempted by an opportunity to abandon criminal practice altogether and faces what it would mean for her both professionally and personally if she wins a case where the only truly just verdict is guilty.
WINTER'S PASSION
"I HAVE A PASSION FOR JUSTICE." Attorney Talon Winter goes back to her roots to fight for her people and their land, but can she really turn her back on the criminal justice system, and the defendants who need her help?
Talon joins the legal battle to reclaim a part of her tribe's coastal lands from powerful interests intent on keeping it a yacht club for Tacoma's wealthiest denizens. It's the good fight, but it's a slow fight, filled with mountains of paperwork and countless delays. As Talon struggles to push the litigation forward, she finds herself distracted by a new man and a new case. She knows how to ignore a man, but can she sit idly by as an innocent person is railroaded into a life behind bars?
Passion fuels excellence. Talon will need to decide where her passion truly lies, so she can bring to bear the full power of her excellence.
Genre: Mystery
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