{"title":"Darcy Cole Novels in Order","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDarcy Cole Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e by Larry Axelrood, in reading order. Start with \u003cem\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e and read all three books in this order:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-advocate\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/plea-bargain\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlea Bargain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2002)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/death-eligible\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath Eligible\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (2004)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-advocate","title":"The Advocate (A Darcy Cole Novel, #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCriminal defense attorney Darcy Cole is facing one of the biggest cases of his distinguished career, but at the same time he must deal with his own midlife crisis. He has just won an acquittal for his client—beautiful, self-centered Lynne Tobias—from the charge of murdering her husband, a prominent Chicago attorney. But now Cole and Tobias are facing federal charges of conspiracy to defraud an insurance company in connection with the death of her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new charge has been brought by the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Owen Dempsey, who is running for governor. He knows that prosecuting Tobias will provide him with massive, and free, election-year publicity. A notorious self-promoter, Dempsey has a reputation as a ruthless politician with an infallible knack for getting the right kind of headlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCole, however, is exhausted, worn out. A brilliant criminal defense attorney, he has made his career the central focus of his life. While he appears to be a successful man, he has had no personal life since his wife divorced him years earlier. He feels old and lost and weary. During his sleepless nights, he sits alone in his penthouse apartment overlooking Lake Michigan, trying to imagine what sort of lives the people on the expressway below live, remembering the mistakes he's made, and wondering if he has anything to show for his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFilled with brilliant legal maneuverings and surprise after surprise,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003espins a complicated, frightening, often humorous path through a spectacular federal trial, ruthless organized crime activity, a verdict that is totally unexpected, and a conclusion that will leave even the most avid mystery readers wondering why they didn't see it coming. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581822928\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581822922\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Larry Axelrood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43233313358040,"sku":"9781581821376","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43233313390808,"sku":"9781581822922","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/Advocate_FC_mockup_v2_1664828835_f80cacb6-ce57-476b-8db3-084381f6a905.jpg?v=1791019358"},{"product_id":"plea-bargain","title":"Plea Bargain (A Darcy Cole Novel, #2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the midst of fraud and deception, murder and betrayal, Darcy battles a legal system that seems more adept at administering injustice than in protecting the innocent.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes a simple plea bargain is not what it appears to be, as criminal defense attorney Darcy Cole learns when he takes the case of Harry Feigler, a Chicago attorney who specializes in expunging the records of men who have been caught soliciting prostitutes. Sometimes also, Darcy reminds his associate Kathy Haddon, when a husband regularly comes home in the evening smelling like a bar and claiming to have been out with \"friends,\" there may be no cause for alarm. Sometimes, too, a black man accused of murder in an apparently open-and-shut drug case has been set up and is innocent, and a beautiful, apparently distraught young woman who reports the disappearance of her boyfriend to the police is lying to distract attention from a real crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSometimes even a middle-aged police officer whose life is spiraling toward disaster discovers the inner qualities of character that attracted him to law enforcement in the first place, and the luck of the draw in emergency room physicians brings together a disenchanted lawyer and an overworked doctor in a romance that sizzles from the moment they first meet. These story lines, which at first glance appear to have no connection to one another, come together with high drama and humor in \u003cem\u003ePlea Bargain.\u003c\/em\u003e Nothing, it seems, is as it appears, and Darcy must sift through the illusions and deceptions to come to the actual truth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581822731\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581822731\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Larry Axelrood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43233316110552,"sku":"9781581822731","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/PleaBargainHighres_mockup_v2_1664826571_4018df63-649c-4659-98f4-9975c65211bf.jpg?v=1791021060"},{"product_id":"death-eligible","title":"Death Eligible (A Darcy Cole Novel, #3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath Eligible\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two death penalty cases.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth of them involve rape and murder, and though the defendants are as different from each other as night and day, the similarities of the two cases are uncanny. As Darcy Cole defends both men, the twists and turns their cases take as they proceed to the courtroom make for compelling and electrifying reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDarcy Cole's life has become a bit more complicated than it was in previous books, both by his caseload and by the fact that his love interest, Dr. Amy Wagner, is about to turn fifty. This milestone makes her want to celebrate with more than cake and ice cream, and she plans to travel to a developing country to help sick and starving people in need. Darcy is afraid for her safety, but also afraid for their relationship. Where does he fit in?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, a young attorney with an odd nickname joins Darcy's team and seems to fit right in. A crisis in one of the cases threatens to undermine his confidence, but Darcy comes to his rescue and teaches him an important lesson. Just as in his previous two Darcy Cole novels—\u003ci\u003eThe Advocate \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlea Bargain—\u003c\/i\u003eLarry Axelrood skillfully brings the complex threads of several plots together to form an exciting, riveting courtroom drama with generous doses of lightness and humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFans of Darcy Cole and new readers alike will not be able to put down \u003ci\u003eDeath Eligible\u003c\/i\u003e until its thrilling conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1581823924\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781581823929\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Larry Axelrood","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43233319813336,"sku":"9781581823929","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/DeathEligibleHighres_mockup_v2_1664829921_6d2d7556-f751-495b-abe3-4a8a94a3827f.jpg?v=1791022428"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/series-darcy-cole-novels.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}