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Bio:
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Jim Michael Hansen is a Colorado attorney emphasizing civil litigation, employment law and OSHA. (JimHansenLawFirm.com)
Jim is also the author of the Laws novels, which are hard-edged legal/crime thrillers featuring Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry. Night Laws, Shadow Laws, Fatal Laws, Deadly Laws, Bangkok Laws, Immortal Laws, Voodoo Laws, Ancient Laws and Hong Kong Laws.
The Laws books can be read in any order. Each is independent of the others. All the latest information is on the author's blog, www.JimHansenBooks.Blogspot.com.
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NIGHT LAWS (Spring 2006)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Denver.
Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry is on the hunt for a vicious killer who has warned attorney Kelly Parks, Esq., that she is on his murder list. Something from the beautiful young lawyer's past has come back to haunt her, something involving the dark secrets of Denver's largest law firm. With the elusive killer ever one step away, Kelly Parks frantically searches for answers, not only to save her life but also to find out whether she unwittingly participated in a murder herself.
--Night Laws is a terrifying, gripping cross between James Patterson and John Grisham ... Hansen has created a truly killer debut."
--J.A. KONRATH, author of Whiskey Sour, Blood Mary and Rusty Nail
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SHADOW LAWS (Fall 2006)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Denver.
The second printing of Shadow Laws (March 2009) has a different cover but the text and ISBN are the same.
Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry and beautiful young attorney Taylor Sutton are separately hunting a killer but for very different reasons. As the two dangerous chases inadvertently intersect, both of the hunters get pulled deeper and deeper into an edgy world of shifting truths where there is more at stake than either could have imagined, nothing is as it seems and time is running out.
"As engaging as the debut Night Laws, this exciting blend of police procedural and legal thriller recalls the early works of Scott Turow and Lisa Scottoline."
--LIBRARY JOURNAL
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FATAL LAWS (Spring 2007)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Denver.
When several women are found buried in shallow graves near one another, each murdered in a brutally different way, Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry finds himself pulled into the edgy world of Tianca Holland-----a woman involved enough to be a prime suspect, vulnerable enough to be the next victim, and beautiful enough to be more than just a distraction.
"[Jim Michael Hansen] builds suspense effectively, and his hero is both likeable and multidimensional. A too-little-known hardboiled series that deserves attention."
--BOOKLIST
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DEADLY LAWS (Fall 2007)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Denver.
Watch the book trailer on YouTube.
Third-year law student Kayla Beck receives a chilling telephone call. A stranger has chosen her to be the rescuer of a woman he has abducted. Kayla can either attempt to rescue the victim and possibly save her life or she can ignore the call and never be bothered again. If she disregards the call, however, no one else will get a similar opportunity. The woman will die. What happens next catapults both Kayla and Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry into a deadly world where the FBI has been hunting unsuccessfully for years; a world of unknown boundaries and dangers; a world where, in the end, the only hope of getting out is to go all the way in.
A "clever and engrossing mystery tale involving gorgeous women, lustful men and scintillating suspense."
--FOREWORD MAGAZINE
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BANGKOK LAWS (Spring 2008)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Denver and Bangkok.
Watch the book trailer on YouTube.
As Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry finds himself entangled in the collateral damage of a killer who uses the entire world as his playground, newly-licensed attorney Paige Alexander lands her very first case----a case that could possibly destroy the most powerful law firm in the world; a case involving a deadly, high-stakes international conspiracy of terrible proportions; a case that started in Bangkok but will not end there.
"Part of what makes this thriller thrilling is that you sense there to be connections among all the various subplots; the anticipation of their coming together keeps the pages turning."
--BOOKLIST
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IMMORTAL LAWS (Fall 2008)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Denver and New York City.
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Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry is thrust into his most bizarre and twisted case yet as he hunts the killer of a woman who was murdered with a wooden stake through her heart as if she was a vampire. Meanwhile, beautiful young blues singer Heather Vaughn learns that she has been targeted for a similar death. She frantically searches for answers, not only to save her life but also to find out whether dark genes from an ancient past are buried inside her. As time runes out, both she and Coventry find themselves swept deeper and deeper into the throes of a modern-day thriller born of ancient and deadly obsessions.
"This is one of the best thrillers I've read yet."
--NEW MYSTERY READER MAGAZINE
"Way creepy, a little tawdry, but boatloads of fun."
--BOOKLIST
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VOODOO LAWS (Spring 2009)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Denver and New Orleans.
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As Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry frantically searches for a missing woman and is pulled deeper and deeper into an edgy world of voodooism and death curses, beautiful young solo attorney Mackenzie Lee takes on a terrifying case—a case born of shadowy origins; a case prone to shift with the night; a case that is destined to sweep everyone who touches it into the spiraling vortex of a deadly thriller.
"Bryson Coventry knows he shouldn't let a woman get in the way of investigating his latest case, but that's the way this homicide detective rolls. Once again, his lustful ways complicate matters as he tries to negotiate Denver's underworld. Young, attractive Mackenzie Lee, once on the partner track of a prestigious law firm, now works for herself, and she's forced to take cases she'd rather avoid—including her latest: could Dalton Wrey, the handsome schmoozer for one of Denver's most successful production companies, really be the man behind the city's string of voodoo killings? That this story---and the whole series, really---manages to maintain some lightness of touch in the face of all the violence and licivious goings-on is largely the result of the bantering but respectful relationship between Coventry and his colleague, Shalifa Netherwood, an atheltic African American woman who can go toe-to-toe with the hero in just about every facet of life. A thowback to the era of Mike Hammer and Shell Scott, Bryson Coventry is old school all the way, and that means good retro fun."
--BOOKLIST (02/15/09)
"What a rush! This fast-paced awesome thriller will leave you breathless."
--MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
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ANCIENT LAWS (Fall 2009)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Paris, Cairo and the Valley of the Kings.
Introducing Paris detective Fallon Le Rue who will branch out into her own series.
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Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry tracks a killer to Paris, expecting a dangerous but straightforward hunt. What he doesn't foresee is that he and a beautiful French detective would be pulled into a deadly game---a game that would stretch from Paris to Cairo to the Valley of the Kings; a game rooted in ancient tombs, archeological murders and lost treasures; a game that started thousands of years ago but is not over yet.
"Brilliant! *** [Ancient Laws] held me glued to the edge of my seat and kept me in wonder of what was around the next corner of this spine-tingling, sensational work of fiction."
--MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
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HONG KONG LAWS (Fall 2010)
A Bryson Coventry thriller set in Hong Kong.
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In his most desperate and personal case yet, Denver homicide detective Bryson Coventry hunts the streets of Hong Kong for a killer who has targeted a young woman for death. As the chase pulls him into a deadly internation game much more terifying and complex than simple murder, Coventry soon discovers that every obsession comes with a price.
"Another masterpiece of action and suspense ... Hansen has outdone himself."
--NEW MYSTERY READER MAGAZINE
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