The legal thriller is a sub-genre of crime fiction in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. Crime fiction is the Genre of Fiction that deals with Crimes their detection criminals and their motives It is usually distinguished from A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person The system of justice itself is always a major part of these works, at times almost functioning as one of the characters. In this way, the legal system provides the framework for the legal thriller much as the system of modern police work does for the police procedural. The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a Police force as they investigate Crimes
Usually, crusading lawyers become involved in proving their cases (usually their client's innocence of the crime of which he is accused, or the culpability of a corrupt corporation which has covered up its malfeasance up until this point) to such an extent that they imperil their own interpersonal relationships and frequently, their own lives.
Major authors of this genre include John Grisham, Scott Turow, Lisa Scottoline, Sheldon Siegel, Richard North Patterson, James Grippando, Steve Martini, Bill Blum, Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Brad Meltzer, John Lescroart, Phillip Margolin, Perri O'Shaughnessy, Michael Nava, William J Coughlin, William Bernhardt, Kate Wilhelm, Linda Fairstein, William Lashner, Jeremiah Healy, Sydney Bauer and Arthur Train. For Polish place names see Turów. Scott Turow (born April 12, 1949) is an American Author as well as a practicing Lisa Scottoline (born July 1, 1955) is a popular American author of Legal thrillers. Sheldon Siegel (born July 14, 1958) is an American novelist and Author best known for his works of modern Legal drama. Richard North Patterson (born February 22, 1947) is an American author of fiction James Grippando (born January 27, 1958) is an American novelist and lawyer Steve Martini is an American writer of legal Novels and is best known for The Judge and Undue Influence. Nancy Camille Taylor-Rosenberg (b 1946, Dallas Texas) is an American writer Brad Meltzer (born April 1 1970) is an American author of several New York Times best-selling books including The Tenth John Lescroart (b January 14 1948 in Houston, Texas) is an American Author best known for two series of legal and crime Phillip Margolin (born in 1944 in New York New York) is a writer of legal thrillers Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pen name for two sisters Mary and Pamela O'Shaughnessy who live in Hawaii and California Michael Nava (born September 16 1954 in Stockton California) is an Attorney and Gay Writer. William Jeremiah Coughlin (1929 - 1992 is the popular author behind such novels as The Twelve Apostles Her Father's Daughter Her Honor In The Presence Of Enemies and William Bernhardt (born 1960 is an American mystery/suspense fiction Author best known for his " Ben Kincaid " series of books Kate Wilhelm (neé Katie Gertrude Meredith born June 8, 1928 in Toledo, Ohio, is a writer whose works include Science fiction, Linda Fairstein (born 1947 is one of America's foremost legal experts on crimes of violence against women and children William Lashner (born 1956 is an American Novelist who formerly worked as a Trial lawyer. Arthur Cheney Train ( 6 September 1875 - 22 December 1945) was an American Lawyer and Legal thriller Writer
A 2007 legal thriller film, Michael Clayton, was nominated for multiple and won one Academy Award in the 80th Academy Awards ceremony. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The 80th Academy Awards ceremony honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California on ABC