Books

	The Prosecution Rests Author: Edited by Linda Fairstein Published: April 19, 2009 by Little, Brown & Back Bay Publisher's Weekly calls this "a stellar anthology" of "consistently high quality." I agree! Click for more info.

	Bootheel Man Author: Morley Swingle Published: November 6, 2007 by Southeast Missouri University Press Category: Historical Mystery/Legal Thriller Main Character: Allison Culbertson, Harry Sullinger When Allison Culbertson takes the case of Joey Red Horse, an Osage Indian charged with stealing a sacred artifact from The Heartland Mound Builder Museum, she finds herself in the middle of a courtroom battle pitting contemporary American Indians against a private museum over legal rights to the bones of "Bootheel Man," a Native American who lived, fought and loved in Cahokia and Southeast Missouri in the year 1050. Click for more info.

	Scoundrels to the Hoosegow: Perry Mason Moments and Entertaining Cases From the Files of a Prosecuting Attorney Author: Morley Swingle Published: April 1, 2007 by University of Missouri Press Category: True Crime/Humor/Legal Studies Main Character: Morley Swingle The public prosecutor has more control over life, liberty and reputation than any person in America. In Scoundrels to the Hoosegow, a veteran prosecutor who has handled more than 70 homicide cases shares thirty entertaining true crime stories drawn from his career, re-creating, with verve and wit, the villains, heroes and scoundrels he has encountered. Some of his stories are tragic, others are hilarious, but all offer a behind-the-scenes look at the criminal justice system from the prosecutor's side of the courtroom. Click for more info.

	The Gold of Cape Girardeau Author: Morley Swingle Published: October 1, 2002 by Southeast Missouri State University Press Category: Historical Mystery/Legal Thriller Main Character: Allison Culbertson A treasure trove of gold is found buried next to a skeleton with a bullet hole in its skull. Young lawyer Allison Culbertson faces the toughest courtroom battle of her career to prove the gold belongs to her client. The secrets of the gold are revealed in an unforgettable story that transports the reader from a modern courtroom to the glory days of steamboating on the Mississippi, from young love on the river to the perils of the Civil War. Click for more info.