The Silent Gavel (Alex Hayes Legal Thrillers #5)

The Silent Gavel (Alex Hayes Legal Thrillers #5) by L T Ryan and Laura Chase is out now (published January 13, 2026).

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The Silent Gavel (Alex Hayes Legal Thrillers #5)
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The Silent Gavel (Alex Hayes Legal Thrillers #5) Release Date: January 13, 2026

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Justice has a sound. This time, it’s silence.

When Deputy Attorney General Eleanor Vance dies in an apparent suicide, DOJ prosecutor Alex Hayes is left holding fragments of a conspiracy—evidence of a covert network placing corrupt judges on the federal bench. Vance had hinted at a link to Alex’s own mother, then vanished before revealing the truth.

The deeper Alex digs, the more contradictions she finds. Some files paint Vance as a whistleblower. Others as an architect of the scheme. Sealed records, secret payoffs, and a single white queen chess piece point to a dangerous double life.

To expose the truth, Alex must untangle Vance’s role in the conspiracy before the same silent gavel that ended her career—and her life—comes down on Alex.

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