Order of John Ellsworth Books
John Ellsworth is an American author and former trial lawyer who writes the popular Thaddeus Murfee series of books. A lot of the stories in his books are drawn from his real life. For instance, in the book his lawyers have airplanes as when he was a practicing lawyer his firm had a plane that they used to travel from Chicago to Arizona.
Ellsworth worked as a trial lawyer and were mostly criminal cases, he even worked first chair on some capital murder charges. He would also defend white collar crimes and tax crimes were a specialty. Eventually, he got tired of being exhausted by the high stress life of being a trial lawyer and decided to give a try at writing books.
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Publication Order of Michael Gresham Books
| The Lawyer | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Defendant's Father / Secrets Girls Keep | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Law Partners | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lawyer Who Roared | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Voices In The Walls / Carlos the Ant and Jane Doe 235 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sakharov the Bear | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Annie's Verdict / The Hydra-Shok Verdict | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Lawyer on Aisle 11 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 30 Days of Justis | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lies She Never Told Me / No Direction Home | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fifth Justice | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Girl, Under Oath | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Michael Gresham Books
| Lies She Never Told Me / No Direction Home | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lawyer | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Defendant's Father / Secrets Girls Keep | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Law Partners | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Voices In The Walls / Carlos the Ant and Jane Doe 235 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sakharov the Bear | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Annie's Verdict / The Hydra-Shok Verdict | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Lawyer on Aisle 11 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 30 Days of Justis | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fifth Justice | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Girl, Under Oath | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lawyer Who Roared | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Annie the Profiler Books
| Annie's Verdict / The Hydra-Shok Verdict | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Lawyer on Aisle 11 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Historical Fiction Books
| Unspeakable Prayers | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Point of Light | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| No Trivial Pursuit | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| God Save the Spy | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Your Face In The Stars | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Nine Lives Books
| Full Metal Jury | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Redemption Manuscript | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Sisters In Law Books
| Court Order / Frat Party | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hellfire | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The District Attorney | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Justice in Time | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Spies In The Rose Garden Books
| Lawyers in Gray | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Seventh Grade Spy | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers Books
| The Defendants | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beyond a Reasonable Death | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Attorney at Large | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Chase, the Bad Baby | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Defending Turquoise | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mental Case | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Girl Who Wrote The New York Times Bestseller | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Trial Lawyer | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Young Lawyer's Story / Thaddeus Murfee | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Near Death Experience | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Flagstaff Station | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crime | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| La Jolla Law | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Post Office | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Contract Lawyer | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| RICO Rocky | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Empty Place at the Table | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Casting Couch | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Hunt for Thaddeus Murfee | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
| No Direction Home | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Note: A Young Lawyer’s Story was originally titled Thaddeus Murfee.
If You Like John Ellsworth Books, You’ll Love…
John Ellsworth Synopses: The first book in the Thaddeus Murfee series is A Young Lawyer’s Story. It features young Thaddeus getting his first job out of college as an assistant to the U.S. Attorney. He doesn’t know much about his new job, but he does know that there is a U.S. Attorney selling government secrets. He likes his new boss though and he even has a daughter that he’d like to introduce Thaddeus to. His first job out of school and he’s spying on his boss.
Another popular series from Ellsworth is Michael Gresham and the first book in that series has the same name. It’s about an older attorney who feels like he might be getting too old for this line of work. He defends a man accused of murdering a judge’s wife, but then that same judge is seeking him out for legal counsel. Problems in his real life tie in to as he has a brother wanted dead and an ex-wife who wants him to pay for her fertility costs.
cannot find the book full metal jury. love books not kindle.
For health reasons he has taken a bit of a break from writing it sounds like. Last I heard was in February he said it is coming soon.
I also cannot find Mother Under Oath and A Jury called Alaska. I love books because kindle gives me a headache .