William Tapply

Follows the Supreme Court nomination of Massachusetts judge and Vietnam War hero Thomas Larrigan, whose fierce ambition compels him to hire a Marine buddy-turned-hit man to make sure unscrupulous events from his past are never brought to light

A Boston lawyer investigates a prep school teacher's suspicious suicide Brady Coyne never meant to become the private lawyer to New England's upper crust, but after more than a decade working for Florence Gresham and her friends, he has developed a reputation for discretion that the rich cannot resist. He is fond of Mrs. Gresham-unflappable, uncouth, and never tardy with a check-and he has seen her through her husband's suicide and her first son's...

Fly fishermen everywhere will enjoy these varied, witty, and engaging adventures by one of America's finest outdoor writers. There is a long section on trout fishing called "Brookies, Browns, and Bows," and another on the challenges and excitement of saltwater fly fishing, and an exciting group of memoirs about fishing near home and in far-flung and often exotic places-like the Minipi, Bighorn, and Norfolk rivers, where the trout can beggar the imagination,...

Defending a client, Brady gets himself implicated in a murder charge Brady Coyne has known Chester "Pops" Popowski since law school. An honest, battle-hardened Massachusetts judge, Pops is more soldier than scholar-and has been known to defend what's right with his fists. After years on the bench, Pops has been nominated for a federal judgeship, with a possible Supreme Court appointment in his future. Only one thing stands in his way: blackmail. A...

When Native Americans claim a friend's fishing lodge as protected land, lawyer Brady Coyne heads to Maine-where a complex case quickly turns deadly. He may be a millionaire, but Vern Wheeler never forgot that he is a son of Maine-land of big sky, wide lakes, and the fattest salmon on the East Coast. To escape the boardroom, he buys a rundown fishing lodge in the wilds of his home state, and with his brother turns it into the most fashionable retreat...

For two years, Eddie Donagan was on track to become the greatest Red Sox pitcher of all time. Then one day, without warning, he went from unhittable to ineffective-forcing him to drop out of the Majors before he even hit his prime. Attorney Brady Coyne met Donagan before he turned pro, and stays friends with him even as the faded star drifts into depression, disappearing from his wife and child for days at a time. Finally, the Donagans are thrown...

Boston attorney Brady Coyne's peaceful life begins to unravel thanks to his old friend, who claims that he is being hounded by the Boston mob for a debt he does not owe but for which Brady has become responsible in the wake of his disappearance

Meeting an old friend he has not seen in a decade, Boston attorney Brady Coyne is shocked when he learns the next day that his friend has been murdered, the man's ex-wife is being accused, and that she is asking for Brady's help

After hiring a private investigator to learn if a political candidate's husband is having an affair, attorney Brady Coyne finds he is bound by attorney-client privilege from disclosing information when the investigator is murdered