Deze serie volgt de reizen van ambitieuze vrouwelijke advocaten bij een prestigieus kantoor in Philadelphia. Met onwrikbare professionaliteit en scherpe intelligentie pakken ze complexe zaken aan waarbij recht en gerechtigheid botsen met persoonlijke uitdagingen. Elke aflevering levert spannende rechtszaakgevechten en inzichtelijke kijkjes in de levens en carrières van deze krachtige vrouwen. De verhalen zitten vol wendingen en tonen de kracht van vrouwelijke kameraadschap en vastberadenheid in het veeleisende juridische vakgebied.
Mary DiNunzio is trying to make partner in her cutthroat Philadelphia law firm. She's too busy to worry about the crank phone calls that she's been getting—until they fall into a sinister pattern. Mary can't shake the sensation that someone is watching her. Following her every move. Then the shadowboxing turns deadly, and she has to fight for something a lot more important than a partnership—her life.
Bennie Rosato is a maverick lawyer, and business at her law firm has never been better. Then, without warning, a savage murder tears the firm apart. All evidence points to Bennie, who has motive aplenty and an unconfirmable alibi. Her world turns upside-down as the lawyer becomes the client, and the law is now after her. When another killing takes place, Bennie runs for her life, a fugitive armed only with her wits and courage. She is determined to find the real killer -- or die trying.
Marta Richter is een van de beste strafpleiters in de Verenigde Staten. Het ligt dan ook voor de hand dat Elliot Steere, gewetenloos zakenman en miljonair, zich door haar laat verdedigen. Steere wordt beschuldigd van moord op een dakloze man die zou hebben geprobeerd er met zijn auto vandoor te gaan. Na een briljante verdediging sluit Richter haar pleidooi af in het volle vertrouwen dat ze de jury heeft weten te overtuigen van de onschuld van haar cliënt. Terwijl de jury in beraad gaat, verneemt ze de onthutsende waarheid: Steere is schuldig aan moord in koelen bloede. Terwijl over enkele uren vrijspraak voor Steere dreigt en Philadelphia de zwaartste sneeuwstorm in jaren beleeft, begint Richter aan een race tegen de klok. Geholpen door haar assistentes, Judy Carrier en Mary DiNunzio, is ze bereid haar positie, reputatie en leven op het spel te zetten ter wille van de gerechtigheid. Maar zelfs vanuit de gevangenis blijkt Steere over connecties te beschikken die Marta in een heel lastig parket brengen...
Nothing can prepare criminal attorney Bennie Rosato for her new client, Alice Connolly, who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to her and tells her, "Pleased to meet you. I'm your twin." But Bennie grew up an only child. She doesn't have a twin. Or does she? Bennie takes on the woman's defense in a murder case and plunges into the mystery of the murder—as well as the secret of her own identity. Not until the verdict is in will she finally learn the truth.
When attorney Jack Newlin discovers his wife's body, he's determined to hide the truth about her killer. Deciding to frame himself, he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find: Mary DiNunzio, a reluctant rookie from a hot Philadelphia firm. But Mary is smarter and more persistent than he thinks, and she's just as determined to prove what really happened.
Judy Carrier takes the case of her career to defend Anthony Lucia, fondly known as "Pigeon Tony," who freely admits to killing his lifelong enemy in order to settle a personal vendetta. Her client's guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy's problems. The victim's family wants revenge and is determined to finish off Pigeon Tony and Judy before the case goes to trial. Then there's Pigeon Tony's hunky grandson, who makes Judy think about everything but the law. In a case steeped in blood and memory, it will take brains and a lot of luck to save Pigeon Tony. But if anyone will see justice done, it's this gutsy girl who'll risk everything to win -- including her life.
Anne Murphy thought she'd put her unhappy past a continent behind her when she joined Philadelphia attorney Bennie Rosato's all-woman law firm. Then a friend who's housesitting for Anne is murdered in what's clearly a case of mistaken identity, and Anne realizes that the past has caught up with her and that the only way to outrun it is to catch the killer before he realizes that she's still alive. But how can Anne play dead with a high-profile case just days away from starting? The only way to pull it off is to let her new colleagues in on the secret, which would mean telling them her other secrets, too, including the fact that she's in love with opposing counsel and the probability that her client may not be as innocent as she thought he was.
In this novel, ace lawyer Bennie Rosato is duelling evil in the form of her own twin sister, ex-convict Alice Connolly, who has returned to Philadelphia to exact her revenge and ruin Bennie. A mysterious stranger appears just in time to help Bennie in a fight that turns out to be for her life.
Mary DiNunzio, jongste partner bij het advocatenkantoor Rosato en Partners, heeft een ongebruikelijke zaak in voorbereiding. Ze gaat de staat aanklagen namens de nabestaanden van de Italiaanse Amerikaan Amadeo Brandolini, die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog geïnterneerd werd en vervolgens zelfmoord pleegde. Ondanks haar harde werken komt er maar geen schot in de zaak, en als Mary 's avonds na een verontrustend telefoontje op straat gevolgd wordt door een verdachte auto begint ze te vermoeden dat de zaak Brandolini veel gevaarlijker is dan ze ooit kon bevroeden.
Mary DiNunzio has become a big-time business-getter at Rosato & Associates. But the last person she expects to walk into her office one morning—in mile-high stilettos—is super-sexy Trish Gambone, her high-school rival. Back when Mary was becoming the straight-A president of the Latin Club and Most Likely to Achieve Sainthood, Trish was the head Mean Girl, who flunked religion and excelled at smoking in the bathroom. These days, however, Trish needs help. She is terrified of her live-in boyfriend, an abusive, gun-toting drug dealer for the South Philly mob. Mary remembers the guy from high school, too. She had a major crush on him. Then Trish vanishes, a dead body turns up in an alley, and Mary is plunged into a nightmare that threatens her job, her family, and even her life. She goes on a one-woman crusade to unmask the killer, and on the way finds new love in a very unexpected place.
