RICHARD KAMMEN'S WRITING IS FICTION. BUT JUST BARELY.

IT READS LIKE YOU WERE THERE. BECAUSE HE WAS.

Though officially filed as works of fiction, Rick Kammen’s novels are informed by his lengthy career as a criminal defense lawyer in some of the nation’s most notorious homicide and death penalty cases. Rick’s writing, in short, tells the story behind the story.

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Coming Soon: A Novel About Women's Lives in Trump's America

When the mother of a twelve-year-old rape victim and a physician who acted legally are put on criminal trial by a politically ambitious prosecutor for aborting the little girl’s baby, attorney Connor Mendelson finds himself hundreds of miles from home, facing one of his most challenging cases while confronting racism, hostility to women’s rights, and a take no prisoner legal culture. 

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More from the writing desk of Rick Kammen

  • Tortured Justice Alabama

    Richard Kammen

      I began thinking about this book shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Women’s Whole Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade. To me, it was apparent that...

    Tortured Justice Alabama

    Richard Kammen

      I began thinking about this book shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Women’s Whole Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade. To me, it was apparent that...

  • My Books

    Richard Kammen

    Each of my books confronts current issues in the context of fictional criminal cases. My role model as an author is the English writer John Mortimer and his fictional character,...

    My Books

    Richard Kammen

    Each of my books confronts current issues in the context of fictional criminal cases. My role model as an author is the English writer John Mortimer and his fictional character,...

  • Guantanamo Update #1

    Richard Kammen

    Torture, how it affects the tortured, the torturer and lawyers work with them is one of the central themes of Tortured Justice Guantanamo Bay. And just as torture is a...

    Guantanamo Update #1

    Richard Kammen

    Torture, how it affects the tortured, the torturer and lawyers work with them is one of the central themes of Tortured Justice Guantanamo Bay. And just as torture is a...

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