The Van Nuys Courthouse Legal Thriller Series

The Books

Where the line between justice and corruption is thinner than you think. Each novel draws from real courtroom experience to deliver insider authenticity that only a judge who has seen it all could write.

Special Directives by Matt Graham — book cover

Special Directives

A Courthouse Thriller

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A progressive District Attorney is elected in Los Angeles with controversial policies about the treatment of juvenile felons. When the DA secures the prison release of a rapist convicted as a juvenile, careers are put on the line and victims are outraged. The supervising judge at the Van Nuys courthouse faces impossible choices about how to address the DA’s directives.

Hidden Behind the Robe by Matt Graham — book cover

Hidden Behind the Robe

A Courthouse Thriller

4.6 Stars on Amazon2022 Reader’s Favorite Award Winner — Legal Thriller

Judge Charles Dunning is the reluctant manager of the Van Nuys courthouse — a building teeming with conspiring judges, oddballs, gossipers, and misfits. When Dunning receives an anonymous allegation of sexual misconduct against Judge William Davis Hyde, his investigation reveals there is more intrigue hiding behind the robe than he could have imagined.