{"id":1101,"date":"2018-11-05T19:32:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/?page_id=1101"},"modified":"2018-11-05T20:21:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T20:21:06","slug":"female-attorneys-as-characters-in-novels-authors-names-beginning-with-b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/female-attorneys-as-characters-in-novels-authors-names-beginning-with-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Attorneys As Characters In Novels (Authors&#8217; Names Beginning With B)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Baker, Jeanette,&nbsp;<u>Irish Lady<\/u>&nbsp;(Pocket Books, 1998). Meghann Sutton is the barrister who takes the case of an IRA defendant. Reminiscent of&nbsp;<u>In the Name of the Father<\/u>&nbsp;(movie).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidbaldacci.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baldacci, David<\/a>,&nbsp;<u>The simple truth<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Warner, 1998). Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Knight and attorney Sara Evans are involved in a death penalty case. David Baldacci is a former trial lawyer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Baldacci, David,&nbsp;<u>Total control<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Warner Books, 1997). DC woman lawyer investigates a plane crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Barnett, Jill,&nbsp;<u>Imagine<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Pocket Books, 1995)(Pocket books historical romance). Historical novel about a female California lawyer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Barrett, Kathleen Anne,&nbsp;<u>Milwaukee autumns can be lethal<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Harlequin, 2001)(Wwl mystery). Features Beth Hartley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Barrett, Kathleen Anne,&nbsp;<u>Milwaukee summers can be deadly<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Avalon Books, 1997)(An Avalon mystery).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Barrett, Kathleen Anne,&nbsp;<u>Milwaukee winters can be murder<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Avalon Books, 1996). Features Beth Hartley, a Milwaukee attorney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Barrett, Margaret, and Anne Rudman,&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Given the crime: A novel<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Pocket Books, 1998). NY ADA Susan Given.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Barrett, Margaret,&nbsp;<u>Given the evidence<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Pocket Books, 1998).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Bass, Hyatt,&nbsp;<u>The Embers<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Picador, 2010). Young public defender Emily Ascher adjusts to a demanding career, personal loss, and love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Bates, Susannah,&nbsp;<u>Charmed Lives<\/u>&nbsp;(London: Century, 2001).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Bates, Susannah,&nbsp;<u>Getting a Life<\/u>&nbsp;(London: Arrow, 2000).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bell, James Scott,&nbsp;<u>Circumstantial evidence: A novel<\/u>&nbsp;(Nashville, TN: Broadman &amp; Holman, 1997). Female LA county district attorney Tracy Shepherd involved in murder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bell, James Scott,&nbsp;<u>Final Witness<\/u>&nbsp;(1999). A law student is involved in a complicated drug trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Benedict, Elizabeth,&nbsp;<u>The Practice of Deceit<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2005). Female lawyer and her husband accused of covering up a conflict of interest problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Benke, Patricia D.,&nbsp;<u>Above the law<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Avon Books, 1997). San Diego attorney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Benke, Patricia D.,&nbsp;<u>Cruel Justice<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Avon Books, 1999).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Benke, Patricia D.,&nbsp;<u>False witness<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Avon Books, 1996)(Avon fiction). San Diego lawyer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bernard, Diane,&nbsp;<u>Eternally yours<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Kensington, 1996)(Zebra books). Woman lawyer travels back through time to the Civil War. Romance fiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Berne, Suzanne,&nbsp;<u>A Perfect Arrangement<\/u>&nbsp;(2001). Thriller about a lawyer and her husband who hire a nanny for their two small children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindspring.com\/~willbern\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bernhardt, William<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">,&nbsp;<u>The midnight before Christmas<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Ballantine, 1998). Attorney Megan McGee helps a woman regain custody of her child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Berry, Steve,&nbsp;<u>The Amber Room<\/u>&nbsp;(2003). An attorney investigates the mysterious death of her war hero father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bettle, Janet,&nbsp;<u>The Confession<\/u>&nbsp;(London:&nbsp; Piatkus, 2000).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bickmore, Barbara,&nbsp;<u>Beyond the promise<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Kensington Books, 1996). Oregon lawyer practices family law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bird, Beverly,&nbsp;<u>When Winter Comes<\/u>&nbsp;(1999). Romantic suspense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bissell, Sallie,&nbsp;<u>In the Forest of Harm<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Bantam, 2001). Mary Crow is a half-Cherokee Atlanta ADA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Blackstock, Terri,&nbsp;<u>Evidence of mercy<\/u>&nbsp;(Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995)(Sun coast chronicles; 1). Christian romantic fiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Blackstock, Terri,&nbsp;<u>The Sun-Coast chronicles : four bestselling mystery novels complete in one volume<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Inspirational Pres, 1999).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Blackstock, Terri,&nbsp;<u>Word of Honor<\/u>&nbsp;(Zondervan, 1999<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">)((Newpointe 911; 3). Character Jill Clark is the attorney.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bond, Rebecca,&nbsp;<u>In passion&#8217;s defense<\/u>&nbsp;(London: Harlequin, 1985)(Harlequin love affair).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Boswell, Barbara,&nbsp;<u>When lightning strikes twice<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Avon Books, 1997)(Avon contemporary romance). Romantic fiction featuring a woman attorney.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Boylan, Eleanor,&nbsp;<u>Working Murder<\/u>&nbsp;(Henry Holt, 1989). Mystery featuring Clara Gamadge, a character first invented by the writer Elizabeth Daly, Boylan&#8217;s aunt. Gamadge&#8217;s daughter in law is Tina, a New York lawyer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Brandon, Jay,&nbsp;<u>Defiance county<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Pocket Books, 1996). Woman lawyer investigates the disappearance of children in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Bremer, Joann,&nbsp;<u>It&#8217;s all in the game<\/u>&nbsp;(Toronto: Harlequin Books, 1988)(Harlequin Superromance; 302).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Bright, Freda,&nbsp;<u>Decisions<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: St. Martin&#8217;s Press, 1984).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Bright, Freda,&nbsp;<u>Parting shots<\/u>&nbsp;(London: Macmillan, 1993). Explores a NY divorce lawyer&#8217;s own breakup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bristow, Gwen and Bruce Manning,&nbsp;<u>The Invisible Host<\/u>&nbsp;(1930). Also called&nbsp;<u>The Ninth Guest<\/u>. An attorney is one of several guests invited to a mysterious party in New Orleans.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Brondos, Sharon,&nbsp;<u>Luck of the Irish<\/u>&nbsp;(Toronto, NY: Harlequin Books, 1994)(Harlequin Superromance; 588).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/authors\/Sandra-Brown\/19338053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Brown, Sandra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">,&nbsp;<u>Best kept secrets<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Warner Books, 1992). Attorney Alexandra Gaither returns to Texas to solve her mother&#8217;s murder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Brown, Sandra,&nbsp;<u>The witness<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Warner, 1995). South Carolina attorney Kendall Deaton takes a job as a public defender, uncovers conspiracy and murder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bugge, Carole,&nbsp;<u>Who Killed Mona Lisa?<\/u>&nbsp;(2001). Minor character is an African American female ADA, Rebecca White.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: medium;\">Bullard, Linda McKeever,&nbsp;<u>Shades of justice<\/u>&nbsp;(NY: Dutton, 1998).&nbsp;<i>Female African-American attorney Gwen Parrish practicing in Houston craves a judicial appointment.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alafairburke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burke, Alafair S<\/a>.,&nbsp;<u>Close Case<\/u>&nbsp;(2005).Features Samantha Kincaid, an ADA. Alafair S. Burke is a 1994 graduate of Stanford Law School and daughter of acclaimed novelist James Lee Burke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Burke, Alafair S.,&nbsp;<u>Judgment Calls<\/u>&nbsp;(2003).&nbsp;Features Samantha Kincaid, ADA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Burke, Alafair S.,&nbsp;<u>Missing Justice<\/u>&nbsp;(2004).&nbsp;Features Samantha Kincaid, ADA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=HedgehogsFoxes\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baker, Jeanette,&nbsp;Irish Lady&nbsp;(Pocket Books, 1998). Meghann Sutton is the barrister who takes the case of an IRA defendant. Reminiscent of&nbsp;In the Name of the Father&nbsp;(movie). Baldacci, David,&nbsp;The simple truth&nbsp;(NY: Warner, 1998). 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