Warren & Carmichael Legal Thrillers

Midnight for Justice

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Midnight for Justice (#1)

Written with Don Stuart

Two mismatched lawyers uncover a long-forgotten military conspiracy…

Career U.S. Navy JAGC officer Lt. Duncan Carmichael and an ACLU volunteer lawyer, Sydney Warren, form an unlikely team defending a young uncooperative sailor accused of a vicious murder on a U.S. Navy base but are thwarted at every turn by the military command.

Fast-forward 40 years: Warren and Carmichael are investigating an insurance claim on a yacht wrecked on northern Vancouver Island when they uncover startling links between their 1978 murder case, a break-in at their law office, and a mass shooting by far-right extremists at a protest rally.

Can they prove that the wreck is connected to a large shipment of contraband military arms stolen at the end of the Vietnam War?

Can two aging lawyers prevent the illegal arms from fueling a violent uprising or will they be outsmarted by a desperate enemy from their past?


Bad Day for Justice cover

Bad Day for Justice (#2)

Written with Don Stuart

Two families bound by a single tragedy – one loses a father to murder, the other sees theirs accused of the crime …

When the victim’s son-in-law hijacks a Navy jet and vanishes over the Canadian wilderness, he leaves a mystery that refuses to fade.

Decades later, a defamation case and blackmail pull veteran law partners Duncan Carmichael and Sydney Warren back into the lingering mysteries surrounding the original murder. They struggle to help their former clients and strive to find justice for both families.

But is justice delayed still justice?