The Van Nuys Courthouse Legal Thriller Series
Justice has a story.
Matt Graham tells it.
From 43 years on the bench and in the courtroom, bestselling author Matt Graham brings the Los Angeles justice system to life with insider authenticity and page-turning suspense.
The Books
The Van Nuys Courthouse Legal Thriller Series — where the line between justice and corruption is thinner than you think.
Special Directives
A Courthouse Thriller
A progressive District Attorney is elected in Los Angeles with controversial policies about the treatment of juvenile felons. When the DA secures the prison release of a rapist convicted as a juvenile, careers are put on the line and victims are outraged. The supervising judge at the Van Nuys courthouse faces impossible choices about how to address the DA’s directives.
Hidden Behind the Robe
A Courthouse Thriller
Judge Charles Dunning is the reluctant manager of the Van Nuys courthouse — a building teeming with conspiring judges, oddballs, gossipers, and misfits. When Dunning receives an anonymous allegation of sexual misconduct against Judge William Davis Hyde, his investigation reveals there is more intrigue hiding behind the robe than he could have imagined.
About the Author
Matt Graham is a San Fernando Valley native who attended Cal State Northridge and Loyola Law School. Over a distinguished 43-year legal career, he served as a state prosecutor, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, and California Court of Appeal justice.
By age 30, he had successfully argued cases before both the California and United States Supreme Courts. Now he channels those decades of courtroom experience into fiction that readers call “stranger than fiction.”
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