J F Freedman Books In Order

Luke Garrison Books In Order

  1. The Disappearance (1998)
  2. Above the Law (2000)
  3. A Killing in the Valley (2006)

Novels

  1. Against the Wind (1991)
  2. The Obstacle Course (1994)
  3. House of Smoke (1996)
  4. Key Witness (1997)
  5. Bird’s-Eye View (2001)
  6. Fallen Idols (2003)
  7. In My Dark Dreams (2008)
  8. Turn Left at Doheny (2014)

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J F Freedman Books Overview

The Disappearance

In this tale of courtroom intrigue from critically acclaimed author J.F. Freedman, a disillusioned lawyer accepts a life or death case in search of his own redemption. Luke Garrison is hiding from the past. Once a brilliant, successful prosecuting attorney, he now lives in rustic Northern California, trying to forget the only mistake he ever made in a courtroom…
sending a man to his death, only to find out later he was innocent. But three years later, a judge and former mentor to Luke asks him to come to Santa Barbara to defend a high profile television newscaster accused of murdering a 14 year old girl. At first Luke is hesitant. He likes his new life, and he has a great relationship with a beautiful local woman. But as he learns more about the case, his old instincts kick in and he interrogates the defendant, only to emerge unconvinced of the man’s innocence. He takes the case anyway, determined to get back in the game…
a case that could redeem his life, or finish him for good.

Above the Law

New York Times bestselling author J. F. Freedman delivers his best novel since Against the WindNora Ray, a DA in northern California, has just been called upon to investigate a recent police killing, which she believes may be a government cover up, and she calls in Special Prosecutor and old friend Luke Garrison to help her find out. The case centers around a high profile raid conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in which one of the biggest drug dealing gangs in the country is uncovered and its notoriously reclusive leader, Reyaldo Juarez, is shot and killed despite direct orders from the U.S. Attorney General to take him alive at any cost and detain him as a possible witness in other drug cases. Because the DEA has stonewalled its own investigation into the Juarez killing, Nora suspects that the killer might actually be a member of its investigative task force and she wants Garrison to help her prosecute him. What Nora and Garrison couldn’t have known, they soon uncover in a snakepit of intrigue, crime in high places, and lies ending in a shocking trial and the deceit of some of Garrison’s closest friends. ‘Freedman exhibits the kind of raw storytelling power that keeps readers turning pages deep into the night.’ Entertainment Weekly

Against the Wind

Lone Wolf, Roach, Goose, and Dutchboy four wild ones who have lived their lives on the wrong side of the law. They are members of the outlaw motorcycle gang, the Scorpions men with their own brand of justice. Now they stand accused of the gang rape of a motel maid of dubious reputation and the brutal murder of a friend of hers in the mountains outside Santa Fe. But they claim they are innocent.

Will Alexander is a brilliant and flamboyant defense attorney when he’s sober. His second marriage is over, his first wife is moving away with his young daughter, and his drinking and sexual adventures are taking such a desperate edge that his law partners want him out of the firm. When the district attorney offers him the most notorious case of the year, it looks like Alexander is taking on another losing proposition. Except for one thing he comes to believe the bikers really are innocent.

This powerful thriller throttles forward with the power of a Harley, leaving the listener windblown and flush with the excitement of the trip.

The Obstacle Course

From the author of Against the Wind, a story of obstacles on the track and in life is the saga of a boy growing up in a tough blue collar town on the Eastern shore of Maryland. PW.

House of Smoke

The author of the best selling Against the Wind presents a thriller featuring a gutsy private eye who finds herself serving an evil dynasty led by a brilliant and seductive heiress. K. PW. NYT.

Key Witness

A corporate attorney gives up his prestigious position for the life of a public defender and tackles a case he cannot possibly win: the defense of a young black man with a criminal record who has been accused of seven rape murders. The defender’s only chance is to discredit the testimony of the prosecution’s Key Witness, but as the city seethes with racial tension, he realizes that the verdict is far more important than just one man’s guilt or innocence. Is he willing to risk his hard earned reputation and take the chance of losing the wife he loves for true justice to prevail.

Bird’s-Eye View

While photographing birds at dawn, maverick risk taker and onetime star professor Fritz Tullis sights a plane with his telephoto lens as it touches down on an airstrip across the bay. It is an open secret that this area, with its multitude of hidden waterways, is becoming a hub for illegal arms and drug trafficking. Three people emerge from the plane. As Fritz watches, two of them start arguing. Suddenly without warning, one shoots the other. The killer and his accomplice then throw the body into the plane and take off. Fritz learns that the airstrip belongs to a wealthy and elusive man with a long history of connections to the CIA. A few days later, he discovers that the victim, whose body turns up a hundred miles away, was a high ranking foreign diplomat. Before he knows it, against his better judgement, Fritz is digging for the truth and, complicating his life even further, becomes romantically entangled with an attractive Harvard ornithologist who has discovered his private sanctuary. Fritz is about to learn how dangerous ‘being involved’ can be. For as his quiet life becomes more complex, people including some who are near and dear start to die. And as he adds these possible murders to the one he personally witnessed, Fritz senses that he himself is being scrutinised through a telescopic lens, and that someone, somewhere is plotting his death.

Fallen Idols

Our Parents are the Reason We Exist. From the New York Times bestselling author J. F. Freedman comes a roaring suspense thriller about one family’s deadly encounter and the disturbing betrayals uncovered by three brothers. But What if Everything We Thought We Knew About Them…
was Wrong? Walt Gaines is a prominent archaeologist, husband of thirty years, and father of three. But after his wife is murdered near an ancient Mayan ruin, he cuts off nearly all contact with his family. Now Walt’s sons decide to perform an excavation of their own. Beyond their father’s sudden change of lifestyle his new million dollar home and young girlfriend the secrets the sons are about to unearth are more complex, and more devastating, than anything they could have imagined…

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