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Two teenage children of a ruthless Mexican cartel drug lord have been illegally kidnapped and are being secretly held by the FBI. Has the President of the United States of America ordered the kidnapping as an excuse to expand his executive powers? Can the President use the fentanyl crisis as justification? Will the President, as Commander-in-Chief, refuse to obey a judicial order, even one from the U.S. Supreme Court? The entire nation holds its collective breath… more
Editor’s Pick: Cops Gone Bad, centering on a young, ambitious lawyer who unmasks a conspiracy within law enforcement, delivers with brisk action and high stakes. – Booklife Review
In Cops Gone Bad by Donald E. McInnis, the young lawyer Andrew Jackson Hawke finds himself deeply embroiled in another aspect of the legal system. This time, he faces something few people talk about: The police brotherhood and its Blue Code of Silence.” more
Editor’s Pick: “Highly recommended.” – Midwest Book Review
A.J. Hawke, Attorney at Law, no sooner reads about the death of Nevan Pansky, an influential member of the U.S. Senate, than a woman barges into his office, demanding that he represent her.
When he questions her need for a criminal defense attorney, she blurts out: “I killed my husband. I need you to arrange for my surrender to the police and my confession….” more
Editor’s Pick: Publisher’s Weekly Booklife Reviews: Nail-biting legal thriller. . . . Great for fans of Scott Turow, Phillip Margolin.
In Donald McInnis’s second novel, Return of the Sphynx (September 2022), a young man is arrested for the so-called Sphynx rapes when his DNA matches that of the rapist’s DNA.
But is the suspect the real Sphynx rapist?… more
In the first novel of the series (February 2022), The Sphynx Murder Case, a young man confessed; case closed. Or is it?
Did David Caine actually confess? Did he truly rape and kill his college sweetheart?
A. J. Hawke, believes otherwise, insisting the real culprit, dubbed The Sphynx, raped and killed the young woman.
Worse yet, The Sphynx is still at large. … more
In his true-crime book, She’s So Cold: The Stephanie Crowe Murder Case — A Defense Attorney’s Inside Story, Donald E. McInnis unveils the truth behind the coerced confessions that nearly sent three innocent 14-year-old boys to prison for a crime they did not commit. … more
Law Publications by Donald McInnis
