{"id":1130,"date":"2018-11-05T19:50:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T19:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/?page_id=1130"},"modified":"2021-02-12T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:54:12","slug":"female-attorneys-as-characters-in-novels-authors-names-beginning-with-l","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hedgehogsandfoxes.org\/index.php\/female-attorneys-as-characters-in-novels-authors-names-beginning-with-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Attorneys As Characters In Novels (Authors&#8217; Names Beginning With L)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La Seur, Carrie, The Home Place (NY: William Morrow, 2014). A corporate attorney returns to her home town to investigate the suspicious death of her younger sister.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lachnit, Carroll,\u00a0<u>A blessed death<\/u> (NY: Berkley Prime Crime, 1996). Southern California lawyer Hannah Barlow investigates murder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lachnit, Carroll,\u00a0<u>Akin to death<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Berkley Prime Crime, 1998). Southern California setting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lachnit, Carroll,\u00a0<u>Janie&#8217;s Law<\/u>\u00a0(1999). A Hannah Barlow mystery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lachnit, Carroll,\u00a0<u>Murder in Brief<\/u>\u00a0(1995). First appearance of law student Hannah Barlow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lambert, Mercedes,\u00a0<u>Dogtown<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Penguin Books, 1991).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lambert, Mercedes,\u00a0<u>Soultown<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Penguin, 1996). LA solo practictioner Whitney Logan investigates disappearance of a Latina housekeeper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lane, Sandy, The moon with mascara (London: Minerva, 1998).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Langello, Kip,\u00a0<u>The clinic<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Pocket Star Book, 1997). Action centers on nefarious doings at a fertility clinic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Latt, Mimi Lavenda,\u00a0<u>Powers of attorney<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Pocket Books, 1994).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Latt, Mimi Lavenda,\u00a0<u>Pursuit of justice<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Simon &amp; Schuster, 1998). LA lawyer investigates murder. Features attorney Rebecca Morland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Latt, Mimi Lavenda,\u00a0<u>Ultimate Justice<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Simon &amp; Schuster, 1999). Features lawyer Alexandra Locke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Le Carre, John,\u00a0<u>The Constant Gardener<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Scribner, 2000). Features Tessa, a British attorney and victim in this thriller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Le Clair, Tom,\u00a0<u>Well-Founded Fear<\/u>\u00a0(Dunkirk, NY: Olin Frederick, 2000). Legal thriller about Kurdish refugees and political persecution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lee, Linda Francis,\u00a0<u>The Ex-Debutante<\/u>\u00a0(2008). Novel about a lawyer-heiress and her discovery of true love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lee, Rachel,\u00a0<u>Before I Sleep<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Warner Books, 1999).Romantic suspense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lee, Rachel.,\u00a0<u>A fateful choice<\/u>\u00a0(Don Mills, Ontario: Mira Books, 1996). Romance fiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lee, Rachel,\u00a0<u>A question of justice<\/u>\u00a0(Richmond: Silhouette Sensation, 1996)(He who dares). Wyoming attorney; romance fiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Leigh, Victoria,\u00a0<u>Wait for midnight<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Bantam Books, 1996)(Loveswept). Romance fiction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lescroart, John T.,\u00a0<u>The Hearing<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Dutton, 2001). Another female DA with ambitions gets involved in a high-profile murder case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Levin, Michael,\u00a0<u>The Socratic method<\/u>\u00a0(1987). Female law professor tries to get tenure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Levine, Paul J.,\u00a0<u>9 scorpions<\/u>\u00a0(1998). Female attorney investigates an airline accident.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Owens, John B.,\u00a0<i>Book Review: The Simple Truth About 9 Scorpions and The Tenth Justice,<\/i>\u00a088 California Law Review 233 (January 2000).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Levine, Paul J.,\u00a0<u>Solomon vs. Lord<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Bantam Books, 2005). Legal thriller featuring trial attorneys Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord (she&#8217;s a former assistant d.a.). First in a series. Levine also writes the Jake Lassiter novels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lewis, Susan, One Minute Later (HarperCollins, 2019) . Female attorney moves back home when she becomes ill; uncovers a family secret.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lochte, Dick and Christopher Darden,\u00a0<u>L. A. Justice<\/u>\u00a0(2001). Features Nikki Hill. Lochte is the author of numerous mysteries; Darden was a prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson criminal trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lochte, Dick and Christopher Darden,\u00a0<u>The Trials of Nikki Hill<\/u>\u00a0(1999). African-American female prosecutor working in LA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Logan, Leandra,\u00a0<u>Angel baby<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Harlequin, 1995)(Harleqiun temptation; 564).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lovelace, Merline,\u00a0<u>River Rising<\/u>\u00a0(NY: New American Library, 1999).Romance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lynds, Gayle,\u00a0<u>Mesmerized<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Pocket Books, 2002). Washington attorney on the partnership fast track joins forces with a reporter to investigate psychic visions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lyons, Mary,\u00a0<u>Reform of the Playboy<\/u>\u00a0(Richmond: Mills &amp; Boon, 1999)(Notting Hill Grooms)(Mills &amp; Boon Romance; H5068). Romance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lyons, Richard,\u00a0<u>The edge of things<\/u>\u00a0(Midlothian, VA: Van Neste Books, 1999). Seattle lawyer investigates a serial killer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial Narrow;\">Lysaght, Brian,\u00a0<u>Eye of the beholder<\/u>\u00a0(NY: Pocket Books, 1995).<\/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>La Seur, Carrie, The Home Place (NY: William Morrow, 2014). 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