The Jailhouse Lawyer

From the world's #1 bestselling author, a young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself.

In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court.

Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets.

Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time.

Author: James Patterson,Nancy Allen
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 08/25/2026
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780316610681
ISBN10: 0316610682
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Legal
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths

About the Author
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

Nancy Allen practiced law for fifteen years in her native Ozarks and served as a law instructor at Missouri State University for sixteen years. She is also the author of the Ozarks Mystery series.