Lachlan Smith

A Leo Maxwell Mystery

1 - Bear is Broken (Feb-2013)
2 - Lion Plays Rough (Feb-2014)
3 - Fox Is Framed (Apr-2015)
4 - Panther's Prey (Apr-2016)

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  Bear is Broken
  

  • Feb-2013
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Leo Maxwell Mystery - 1
  

  Leo Maxwell grew up in the shadow of his older brother, Teddy, a successful yet reviled criminal defense attorney who racked up enemies as quickly as he racked up acquittals. As children, their father was jailed for the murder of their mother, and Te...

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  Lion Plays Rough
  

  • Feb-2014
  • / Private Investigator
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  A Leo Maxwell Mystery - 2
  

  Leo Maxwell always lived in the shadow of his older brother Teddy, one of San Francisco's most ruthless and effective criminal defense lawyers. Then a gunman shot Teddy in the head. Although Teddy survived the shooting, he has been left disabled and ...

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  Fox Is Framed
  

  • Apr-2015
  • / Legal Thriller
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  A Leo Maxwell Mystery - 3
  

  In the utterly suspenseful "Fox Is Framed," Smith confronts anew the drama that has haunted Leo--and his recently brain-damaged elder brother, Teddy--since childhood. Faced with evidence of stunning prosecutorial misconduct, a San Francisco judge...

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  Panther's Prey
  

  • Apr-2016
  • / Legal Thriller
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  A Leo Maxwell Mystery - 4
  

  In Panther's Prey, the latest novel from Shamus Award winner Lachlan Smith, tragedy once again strikes near the heart for lawyer-detective Leo Maxwell. After working to free his father from prison in Fox Is Framed, Leo has now left private practic...

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  Wolf's Revenge
  

  • Oct-2017
  • / Legal Thriller
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  Leo Maxwell is no ordinary attorney. He spends as much time tracking corrupt politicians and gangland leaders across the Bay Area to piece together the facts of a crime as he does crafting courtroom rhetoric. But Leo has never quite recovered from di...

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Award-Winning Books by Lachlan Smith

Bear is Broken
2014 Shamus Award -- First P.I. Novel