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.

Publication Order of Michael Gresham Books

The Lawyer	(2016)
The Defendant's Father / Secrets Girls Keep	(2016)
The Law Partners	(2016)
Voices In The Walls / Carlos the Ant and Jane Doe 235	(2016)
Sakharov the Bear	(2016)
Annie's Verdict / The Hydra-Shok Verdict	(2017)
Dead Lawyer on Aisle 11	(2017)
30 Days of Justis	(2018)
Lies She Never Told Me	(2018)
The Fifth Justice	(2018)
Girl, Under Oath	(2021)
Mother, Under Oath	(2021)

Publication Order of Annie the Profiler Books

Annie's Verdict / The Hydra-Shok Verdict	(2017)
Dead Lawyer on Aisle 11	(2017)

Publication Order of Historical Fiction Books

Unspeakable Prayers	(2015)
The Point of Light	(2019)
No Trivial Pursuit	(2020)
God Save the Spy	(2020)
Your Face In The Stars	(2022)

Publication Order of Nine Lives Books

Full Metal Jury

(2022)

Publication Order of Sisters In Law Books

Court Order / Frat Party	(2015)
Hellfire	(2015)
The District Attorney	(2021)
Justice in Time	(2021)

Publication Order of Spies In The Rose Garden Books

Lawyers in Gray	(2021)
The Seventh Grade Spy (With: Ellis Ellsworth)	(2023)

Publication Order of Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers Books

The Defendants	(2014)
Beyond a Reasonable Death	(2014)
Attorney at Large	(2014)
Chase, the Bad Baby	(2014)
Defending Turquoise	(2014)
The Mental Case	(2014)
The Girl Who Wrote The New York Times Bestseller	(2015)
The Trial Lawyer	(2015)
A Young Lawyer's Story / Thaddeus Murfee	(2016)
The Near Death Experience	(2018)
Flagstaff Station	(2018)
The Crime	(2019)
La Jolla Law	(2019)
The Post Office	(2020)
The Contract Lawyer	(2020)
RICO Rocky	(2021)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Empty Place at the Table	(2017)
The Casting Couch	(2022)

Publication Order of Collections

No Direction Home

(2023)

Note: A Young Lawyer’s Story was originally titled Thaddeus Murfee.

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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.

3 Responses to “Order of John Ellsworth Books”

1. carol dianne black-nixon: 2 years ago

   cannot find the book full metal jury. love books not kindle.

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   • Graeme: 2 years ago

     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.

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     • Kerby Keefe: 1 year ago

       I also cannot find Mother Under Oath and A Jury called Alaska. I love books because kindle gives me a headache .

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