Best John Ellsworth Books

After putting a godfather behind bars, attorney Thaddeus Murfee flees west while pursuing a civil case that could strip away his enemy's power.

When your client has her attacker's name literally carved into her chest, self-defense seems obvious—until the Chicago Mob and Illinois governor both want her silenced.

Chicago law firm founder Ansel Largent's plastic personality changes constantly while his practice faces mysterious death and missing money. Ellsworth creates a protagonist whose shifting identity becomes the central puzzle of this legal thriller.

Defending a friend who also happens to be the District Attorney forces Thaddeus into his most personal case yet against a vengeful special prosecutor.

A defense attorney must save his friend—the local DA—from a murder charge that threatens to unravel both their careers in small-town Illinois.

Lawyer Thaddeus Murfee finds himself skyjacked to Moscow with ambitious journalist Angelina Sosa, who plans to turn their ordeal into literary gold.

Fresh from Georgetown Law with $200 to his name, Thaddeus Murfee accepts a government position so secret there's no job description — and his first assignment is surveilling his supervisor.