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Every case has a body. Some have a bloodline.
Enter the world of Derek Fermin’s legal thrillers—sealed records, dangerous verdicts, corrupted systems, and ordinary people forced to fight institutions built to bury the truth.
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Becomes Evidence.
Explore the David Mercer Legal Thriller Series and Derek Fermin’s standalone legal thrillers. Start with the recommended reading order, then move into the standalone cases.
A single sealed case. A nationwide conspiracy.
Case by case, David Mercer learns that the system he swore to serve was engineered to protect power, not people.
Deal
The Sealed Deal
A David Mercer prequel novella. A sealed file. A dead witness. A name buried in the system—his own.
of Lies
Inheritance of Lies
David Mercer opens the wrong file and discovers his family name buried inside a conspiracy powerful enough to rewrite the truth.
Network
Shadow Network
The sealed case gets bigger, the conspiracy spreads, and the system strikes back harder than David Mercer expected.
Silence
Trial by Silence
David Mercer survived the exposure of Docket 53. Now professional ruin, federal pressure, media attacks, and old family secrets are closing in.
Other courts. Different verdicts. Same stakes.
Standalone thrillers with judges, jurors, and attorneys one bad ruling away from losing everything.
Docket
The Liberty Docket
A federal judge receives a desperate letter from a death-row inmate that cracks open a forgotten case—and points back toward his own courthouse.
Lie
The Juror’s Lie
Twelve jurors. One hidden agenda. And a woman willing to burn a trial to the ground to expose the truth about her sister’s murder.
Client
The Pro Bono Client
A burned-out associate takes a pro bono defense she cannot drop without consequences. Every attempt to walk away triggers another tragedy.
Conference
Settlement Conference
They did not kidnap her for ransom. They kidnapped her for a verdict. A litigator wakes inside a courtroom built by victims.
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With Teeth.
Release updates, behind-the-scenes notes, cover reveals, and launch announcements from Derek Fermin Books.
Trial by Silence
David Mercer survived Docket 53. Now the system is using bar complaints, federal pressure, and public suspicion to erase him.
Settlement Conference
A litigator is abducted into a courtroom built by victims. No ransom. No negotiation. Just a verdict.
The Pro Bono Client
A case she cannot withdraw from. A client who should not know what he knows. Every attempt to leave has consequences.
Shadow Network
Book Two in the David Mercer series widens the conspiracy and pushes the fight far beyond one courtroom.
The Juror’s Lie
Twelve jurors. One hidden agenda. The jury box is packed with secrets, and the verdict is not clean.
Derek Fermin
Derek Fermin writes high-stakes legal thrillers where justice is not simply a verdict—it is a battle.
A lifelong fan of crime fiction and courtroom drama, Derek brings a sharp eye for suspense and a knack for unraveling conspiracies that hit close to home.
When he is not plotting legal showdowns, Derek is likely hunting down true-crime documentaries, building his next LEGO masterpiece, or connecting with readers who love their thrillers razor-sharp.
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