The Casey Cort Series

The Casey Cort Series

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

Volume Two of the Casey Cort Legal Thriller Series Cleveland lawyer Casey Cort lost more than her job when she crossed the wrong political family, she lost her idealism. Casey's scraped together a career as a solo practitioner which has offered her more than one opportunity for redemption...but its also threatened her life. In this thrilling, gritty, realistic series by former criminal lawyer Aime Austin, readers will experience stories ripped from the headlines with the heart and soul of the best women's fiction. In In Plain Sight Casey has to make the right choice between what is right and what is ethical. In Conflict of Interest Cleveland is on the verge or a riot after the shooting of an unarmed man. One bullet. Two Stories In The Right to Life a judge faces a biblical decision. What wouldn't a mother do for her child? This bundle includes In Plain...
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The Murders Began

The Murders Began

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

????‍♂️ A cop willing to climb the blue wall, a reporter in pursuit of the truth, and a prosecutor who has to choose between her career and justice. ⚖️ New to homicide, Loren Logan is hot on a string of cold cases where the evidence doesn't add up. Blogger and podcaster Blake Hardin Tatum has agreed to help Logan even though she's wary of cops. Unfortunately, Logan's need to keep the off-the-books investigation confidential clashes with Tatum's need to grow her audience and her revenue. When the trail of damning evidence leads straight to the top, will prosecutor Nicole Long be sober enough to do what she must to assure justice for all?
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Abused

Abused

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

He said. She said. He's dead. Nicole Long is one failed breathalyzer away from unemployment. The lawyer's future was promising when she first joined the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office. Then Nicole's demons caught up with her in the form of a bourbon habit. Her boss has offered one last chance at redemption. Nicole only has to do two things: stay sober and win her first murder case. Lulu Mueller's dream man is turning into a nightmare. Despite warnings from friends and family, she started an affair with her older, married boss. What began as a dream relationship is becoming something entirely different. Is Richard Sinclair guilty of love-bombing, gaslighting, and manipulation or is he her one twin flame? Casey Cort is defending her first murder suspect, but her client Juliana Clarke is taking her constitutional right to remain silent seriously. How can Casey mount a battered woman syndrome defense when Juliana won't spill the dark...
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Outcry Witness

Outcry Witness

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

When she didn't give him what he asked for, he took what he wanted... Nicole Long was enjoying an extended vacation after college graduation until her parents gave her an ultimatum: get a job or move out. At least their proviso came with a lifeline, a lead on a marketing role in a growing megachurch. Long's new public relations job is more than she could have ever hoped for until her boss does the unspeakable and the secret behind her pedigree is revealed. Now Nicole must learn to stand up for herself and accept her true identity or else the shame will drown her faster than her growing bourbon habit.
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Poisoned

Poisoned

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

People lie. Documents don't. The quaint village of Brighthill in the southernmost part of Cuyahoga County is a bucolic Cleveland suburb bordered by a nature conservancy. But the green trees and greener grass are hiding a secret underneath. The well water that pours from the taps is being poisoned. Dozens of kids are battling childhood cancer but the cause is unknown until one attorney brings them together for the biggest class action in decades. Justin McPhee's legal career has so far been undistinguished. After more than a decade of practice, he is trying to decide what's most important. Is it money or is it justice? When families from Brighthill seek his help to find the cause of their kids' cancer, Justin knows he's finally found his calling. Determined to hold the corporation responsible, and help children heal, he's ready to bring Cuyahoga County's most popular family-owned company to justice. But the specter of millions in attorney's fees...
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In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

Struggling to pull together the pieces of her life after another falling out with Ohio's most powerful political dynasty, Casey Cort turns her attention toward her budding relationship with rising assistant U.S. Attorney Miles Siegel. Things come to an abrupt halt when circumstances catapult them onto the scene of a horrific crime.Miles investigates the identity of an unlikely criminal mastermind, known on the street as Sledge Hammer. Meanwhile Casey discovers she may hold the key to solve the crime—and to the freedom of innocent women and children in the sex trafficking ring. Can Miles and Casey put the clues together to solve the mystery before the trail runs cold?In this continuation of the Casey Cort series, Sylvie Fox—a former trial lawyer in Cleveland—weaves a tale that blends the best of today's top legal thrillers with the heart and soul of women's fiction, in a story ripped from real-world headlines.
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Major Crimes

Major Crimes

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

Cleveland's top prosecutor is playing 4-D chess. Nicole Long is just a pawn in the game. Nicole Long's promotion to head of the Major Crimes prosecution unit comes with only one caveat, she has to give up drinking once and for all. Nicole knows she can hide her bourbon habit as long as she wins every case assigned to her. The first case her boss Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Lori Pope, assigns her—a cold case murder—isn't the slam dunk she needs to score a quick conviction for her win column. Even worse than an unsolved murder? The victim was her boss' sister. Lori Pope doesn't just want Nicole to get a conviction, the top prosecutor wants revenge against her sister's killer. When Nicole discovers the case isn't as clear cut as it seems, she must decide between justice for the accused or loyalty to the only job that will turn a blind eye to her addiction.
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The Common Pleas Lawyer

The Common Pleas Lawyer

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

Sylvie Fox writing as Aime Austin shares the beginning of Casey Cort's story. Casey crosses a powerful family in this prequel novella.It's spring in Cleveland, Ohio, but Casey Cort isn't going to let rain and gray skies get her down. The last year of law school is a magical time. At any moment her long-time boyfriend, Tom Brody, is going to pop the question. She's ready to finish a successful year as a senior editor on the law review, and her dream job at Morrell Gates is right around the corner. The bar exam is her last hurdle, and she's more than ready to jump it.Or so she thinks.When Casey reports an honor code violation to the dean of the law school, her perfect future comes crashing down around her as friends and fellow students fail to come to her rescue.In this prequel novella of the Casey Cort series, Aime Austin—a former trial lawyer in Cleveland—weaves a tale that blends the best of today's top legal thrillers with the heart and soul of...
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Qualified Immunity

Qualified Immunity

Aime Austin

Thriller / Contemporary / Crime

Sheila Harrison Grant is the first African American woman ever nominated to the federal bench in Cleveland. But when her thirteen-year-old daughter Olivia shares a family secret with a well-meaning guidance counselor, she sets the wheels in motion to feed a partisan senate's opposition, threatening her mother's position...and both of their lives.Once an ambitious young law student with promise, Casey Cort made the mistake of crossing a classmate from a prominent and influential family. Now she works as an unfulfilled, faceless cog in a broken legal system. When fate gives Casey a second chance, she has to set aside her lack of faith in justice and find the strength to fight for those with nowhere else to turn. In this first novel of the Casey Cort series, Sylvie Fox—a former trial lawyer in Cleveland—weaves a tale that blends the best of today's top legal thrillers with the heart and soul of women's fiction, in a story ripped from real-world headlines.
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