Small-Town Legal Mystery
Nash Bolcom
Where small towns keep big secrets and justice comes at a price
The Vinny DeLuca Mysteries follow a disgraced big-city lawyer who traded his corner office for a dusty practice in the Arizona desert—and discovered that small towns bury their secrets deeper than anywhere else. Nash Bolcom writes legal mysteries where the courtroom is just one battlefield, where everyone knows everyone's business except the things that matter, and where justice has to be fought for one witness at a time. His protagonist isn't looking for redemption; he's looking for the truth, even when the whole town would rather he stop digging.
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A Vinny DeLuca Mystery
Inadmissible: A Vinny DeLuca Mystery Book 1
Some evidence is too dangerous to let into a courtroom. Vinny DeLuca used to be somebody in Phoenix—a rising star prosecutor with a corner office and a future in politics. Now he's defending DUIs and property disputes in Copper Springs, Arizona, population 3,200, where the biggest excitement is the annual chili cook-off. When a local rancher is accused of murdering his business partner, Vinny takes the case expecting a straightforward defense. Instead, he uncovers a web of land deals, old grudges, and secrets that half the town would kill to keep buried. The deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes: someone framed his client. And that someone has enough power to make evidence disappear, witnesses forget, and lawyers who ask too many questions have unfortunate accidents on desert roads. In a town where everyone knows everyone, the truth is the one thing nobody wants to see.
The Shepherd's Flock: A Vinny DeLuca Mystery Book Two
The church always protects its own. When the beloved pastor of Copper Springs' largest congregation is found dead in his sanctuary, the whole town mourns—and the whole town points fingers at the outsider who threatened him the week before. Vinny's client is a drifter with a criminal record and no alibi, which should make this case impossible. But the more Vinny learns about Pastor Jim and his devoted flock, the less the official story makes sense. Behind the Sunday smiles and potluck dinners lies a congregation with secrets darker than any sermon warned against. Money gone missing. Confessions heard by the wrong ears. And a pattern of young people who left town suddenly, never to return. As Vinny peels back the righteous facade, he discovers that some shepherds don't protect their flock—they prey on them. And exposing the truth might cost him more than just a case.