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This is the 5th novel in the 6-book Vanishing Lawyer Series. Each book is a stand-alone story but with the same main character, John Carverton who in Book 1 found himself plunked into a parallel world where he had never been born. Subsequent books have described John's various adventures in this eerily similar realm. In this 5th novel, John is sent undercover by the FBI to a retirement home in Bluefield, West Virginia as bait to attract a ring of swindlers who have been stealing the bank accounts of trusting seniors. The criminals grab onto the bait but that throws John into the most ...

Retired, widowed and bored at age 77, Canadian lawyer Carter Cunningham is recruited out of the blue to assist the American government in a clandestine New Mexico property sale to a criminal cartel. Carter will soon discover that old attorneys are considered to be disposable commodities these days. At least Carter's acute boredom will come to an end but he will need every ounce of his experience and intellect to survive. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has published more than 125 novels exclusively on Amazon. Please check out his Author Page on ...

Wyatt Mazy is a young attorney newly arrived in Bath, New York who has recently opened his own legal practice. Wyatt suffers from a form of Asperger's Syndrome which causes him to repeat ridiculous rituals especially when a pen or eating utensil is in his hand. In this second novel in the WEIRD LAWYER SERIES, poor Wyatt is falsely accused of sexually assaulting a pretty young client. Establishing his innocence as an oddball stranger in a small town will prove to be a daunting task. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian attorney who has penned more than 100 novels since his ...

Forced out of his New York law firm by his partners, 66 year old Carl Saunders drives to Pittsburg, Kansas where he buys a modest home and begins operating his own legal firm out of his dining-room. Being a small town attorney had long been Carl's unfulfilled fantasy. Carl will soon discover that mortal danger can lurk under the surface even in small town America. WATCH YOUR BACK, CARL. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 120 novels. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon for details about each book.

Cursed with a form of Asperger's Syndrome which compels him to repeat ridiculous rituals whenever a pen or an eating utensil is in his hands, newly-minted lawyer Wyatt Mazy can't find a job with any law firm. Forced to open his own legal practice on a shoestring budget, Wyatt attempts to survive among the established shysters of Upper New York State. This is the first in a planned series of novels about Wyatt and his search for acceptance in a brutal profession and his dream of finding a woman who will accept and love him, quirks and all. There are now three books in the series. ABOUT THE ...

Tired of eighty-hour work weeks, attorney Jimmy Corbett grabs an opportunity to leave a Toronto law firm and head to the small city of Belleville, Ontario to open his own law practice and find a life actually worth living. Jimmy is handed a complex legal mystery with his very first client and will soon discover that danger can arise anywhere when you stick your stubborn snout in the wrong toilet. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian author who has penned more than 100 novels since his retirement in 2009. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon for details about each book.

You've got to feel a bit sorry for veteran attorney Delbert Drunge. Poor Delbert was disbarred by the Iowa Attorney Discipline Board for pooping his pants while trying to close a real estate deal. Delbert was too humiliated to fight the adverse ruling. Then he meets Jake Taalsma who just suffered a similar fate by the same panel of young litigation lawyers. Jake's sin was passing out at his desk and spending a week in hospital. The two old boys join forces and fight the callous legal bureaucracy which determined that a health crisis was grounds for dismissal from the legal profession. ...

This novel is set in early 2017 during Donald Trump's first term as President. Utterly confused by the media coverage of President Donald Trump's first hundred days in office, retired Canadian lawyer Don Smith decides to hitchhike through America in an attempt to discover whether the new President is the savior of the USA or the biggest fool ever to hit the White House. Fifty years ago Don Smith had hitchhiked around America as a university student in the Vietnam War era, and now in 2017 he wants to understand why America seems so divided again. Has the USA and the American dream changed ...

Jeremy Dunston, a wealthy and sophisticated 66 year old widowed Canadian attorney, loses his fortune and his reputation in the blink of an eye when he is swindled by his young law partner. Jeremy moves to Las Vegas to avoid the humiliation back home and finds a menial job slinging burgers. Does romance forsake a man who has lost it all? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired real estate lawyer from Belleville, Ontario, Canada who operated a one-man law firm in that beautiful city from 1973 until 2009. Still residing in Belleville with his lovely English wife, Jane and their ...

It's looking rough for Jeremy Duff to make a go of his new law practice in the former Bleake Funeral Home in Parsons, Kansas. His secretary is the gorgeous ghost of Amelia Bleake who was murdered in the funeral home in 1962. Only Jeremy can see and hear Amelia. Another problem is caused by angry demons which infuse Jeremy's office with the stench of rotting corpses complete with blowflies whenever he sees a client. Just when Jeremy is ready to abandon all hope of success, he is offered the opportunity to team up with Amelia as ghost detectives tasked with figuring out what agonizing trauma ...

Some guys never learn from bitter experience. Grant Peden loved and lost just once in his whole sorry lifetime. In the process he was taken to the cleaners by Danielle, his gorgeous but unfaithful wife, after she dumped him the day before his 40th birthday. That happened back in 1993. To compound his misery, Grant wasted his entire career as a useless lawyer in a worthless job with the Canadian government. Recently retired and residing in a new town, a chance meeting with a 22 year old hitchhiker hands Grant an unexpected opportunity to love again. Can a torrid romance between a young girl ...

This is the 5th installment of the Ty Ward Adventure Series which is made up of seven separate novels. Each novel is a stand-alone story. This story begins with Ty in prison where he receives an unusual offer of early parole. All Ty has to do is live in a Dallas slum for the remaining seven months of his sentence. While in Dallas, Ty attempts to discover the identity of Mr. J, the leader of the kidnapping and prostitution ring that Ty encountered in "Deadly Witness" which was the 4th book in the series. As usual in Ty's tumultuous life, he wades into the most depraved cesspools of human ...

This is the 6th and final story in the VANISHING LAWYER SERIES about John Carverton, a retired Canadian attorney who found himself plunked into an alternate world in which he had never been born. In this novel, John remains in deep cover for well over a year before he comes to believe that his services might again be required to protect President Donald Trump from harm. The clues are so murky that John begins to think that he must have misinterpreted them. Nothing could be further from the truth. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than ...

This is the 2nd novel in the 6-book VANISHING LAWYER SERIES about John Carverton, a retired Canadian lawyer who suddenly found himself plunked into his hometown in a parallel world in which he had never been born. John witnesses a car accident near his dumpy apartment. Someone with both power and money wants John to lie about what he saw. Since lawyers never lie, John is thrown into a complex and dangerous series of events in which he must keep his unique secret hidden from the government and the media. The last thing John wants is to be some sort of circus freak in this alternate realm. ...

Adam Crook is a brand new attorney who, despite his unfortunate name, is totally honest. He believes that the hourly billing system harms clients by encouraging lawyers to fight about everything in order to maximize the time spent on each file. Adam opens his own law office and attracts some initial business by urging his clients to be reasonable with their spouses in order to reduce the time spent by the attorneys. Adam also offers to cap his legal fee on any contested marital separation matter. This concept of a fixed maximum fee enrages Adam's competitors who set out to ruin this naive ...

Terminated from a Topeka law firm for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccinations, Jeremy Duff drives to the small city of Parsons, Kansas where he purchases the abandoned Bleake Funeral Home at a great price to use the building for both his law office and his residence. On just his second night in the upstairs apartment, Jeremy is confronted by the ghost of Amelia Bleake who was murdered by her own brother in the funeral home in 1962. This story chronicles how Jeremy and Amelia deal with their unintended relationship and the perils they face as the spirit world seeks to abduct Amelia back to...

Within a week of being dumped by his girlfriend for avoiding discussions about the future of their relationship, Marty Marcotte also loses his job and his apartment. Marty leaves town and finds not only a job in northern Ontario but also a possible new romance. Unfortunately his new love interest comes with dangerous baggage, namely a psychopathic stalker who inundates his victim with dirty tricks and intense terror. Is there any way to stop such a monster? ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired lawyer from the picturesque small city of Belleville, Ontario, Canada where he ...

Mortified by the news from her accountant that her bookstore is failing, Amanda Appledoorn decides to take her own life in order to escape the humiliation that lies ahead. With a bottle containing 58 potent sleeping tablets in front of her, Amanda chooses to make one phone call to a total stranger before knocking back the deadly pills. That choice results in what can only be classified as a "CELESTIAL COINCIDENCE". ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who has penned more than 125 novels exclusively on Amazon. Please check out his Author Page on Amazon (and ...

In this 5th novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY MYSTERY SERIES, Billy Hill's new girlfriend becomes frantic with worry about her half-brother who has gone missing. Billy drives to the bayous of Pecan Island, Louisiana to investigate. Danger tends to stick to Billy like an unwanted hemorrhoid and this latest mystery is no exception. Billy soon finds himself immersed in a confusing and perilous predicament as he is inadvertently scooped up in the Joe Biden administration's latest illegal plot to change the very fabric of American society. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired ...

If you detest the legal profession, then you might enjoy this sad story. Once a successful Toronto attorney, a failed investment venture abruptly drove Carl Smith into bankruptcy and divorce three years ago when he was only 59. His plunge down the ladder of success continues and eventually lands Carl in a minimum wage job swabbing toilets in a fast food restaurant under the supervision of a sadistic young tyrant. That form of cruel humiliation can't end well for a proud former lawyer. Be prepared for a good cry. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian lawyer who often ...