Order of Thaddeus Murfee Books
Thaddeus Murfee is the protagonist in a series of legal thriller novels by John Ellsworth. Thaddeus Murfee is a young lawyer, just out of law school with money still left to pay on his student loan.
John Ellsworth began his Thaddeus Murfee series in 2014 with the novel The Defendants. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of John Ellsworth’s Thaddeus Murfee books in order of when they were first released (as well as in chronological order):
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 Murfee & Gresham, Attorneys Books
Note: A Young Lawyer’s Story was originally titled Thaddeus Murfee.
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Thaddeus Murfee Synopsis: The Defendants is the second book in the Thaddeus Murfee legal thriller series by John Ellsworth. Thaddeus Murfee is a trial lawyer with less than 18 months of courtroom experience. He is completely unprepared for the complicated murder case that he is asked to defend. While Ermeline was passed out, her date carved his name in her breasts. Later, he is found murdered. Ermeline is arrested based on circumstantial evidence because she had motive and opportunity. She hires Thaddeus, who makes his criminal lawyer debut defending his first murder case in this intense courtroom drama.