Where to Start with John Ellsworth
- Best entry point → The Defendants
- Start the Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers series → A Young Lawyer's Story
- What fans keep coming back to → Beyond A Reasonable Death
- Highest rated by listeners → The Mental Case: A Legal Thriller (Thaddeus Murfee Thrillers) (Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers #6)
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A Young Lawyer's Story
Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.01 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)★ 4.15 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.12 Audible (155)More about this pick
Adam Verner captures young Thaddeus Murfee's desperation and determination as the broke law graduate takes a mysterious government job that requires spying on his own boss.
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The Defendants
Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers • Book 1
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.05 ABR Score (6.3K ratings)★ 4.2 Goodreads (6.1K) ★ 4.16 Audible (131)More about this pick
A rookie lawyer takes on the Chicago Mob, a corrupt governor, and murder charges in small-town Illinois. Verner's measured delivery keeps the multiple conspiracies from overwhelming the central victim-turned-defendant drama.
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Beyond A Reasonable Death
Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers • Book 2
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.12 ABR Score (3.7K ratings)★ 4.37 Goodreads (3.6K) ★ 4.36 Audible (75)More about this pick
Lawyer Thaddeus Murfee takes on the Mob in a high-stakes legal thriller that spans from Chicago to Las Vegas. Adam Verner handles the tension and legal maneuvering with sharp precision.
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The Mental Case: A Legal Thriller (Thaddeus Murfee Thrillers)
Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers • Book 6
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.08 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)★ 4.3 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.36 Audible (74)More about this pick
Thaddeus Murfee confronts his strangest case yet: a law firm founder whose character shifts like a will-o-the-wisp while money and death haunt the practice. The missing child subplot adds urgency to an already bizarre legal mystery.
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The Girl Who Wrote the New York Times Bestseller: A Legal Thriller: Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thriller Series
Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers • Book 7
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.03 ABR Score (2.9K ratings)★ 4.27 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.21 Audible (47)More about this pick
Attorney Thaddeus Murfee gets skyjacked to Moscow alongside journalism graduate Angelina Sosa, who decides their hijacking will become her bestseller book project.
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The Trial Lawyer: A Legal Thriller (Thaddeus Murfee Thrillers)
Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers • Book 8
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 4.02 ABR Score (3.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.1 Audible (29)More about this pick
Professional loyalty collides with legal ethics when Thaddeus defends a DA accused of vehicular homicide in this courtroom drama about friendship and justice.
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The Trial Lawyer
Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers • Book 8
Narrated by Adam Verner
★ 3.96 ABR Score (3.2K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.25 Audible (4)More about this pick
Thaddeus Murfee defends a District Attorney charged with drunk driving homicide, facing a special prosecutor determined to destroy his longtime friend.
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