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.

Available Now: 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.

Tortured Justice South Carolina
A sequel to the critically acclaimed Tortured Justice Guantanamo Bay.
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Tortured Justice Guantanamo Bay
Only someone who’s lawyered inside the notorious military prison is qualified to tell its stories. Rick Kammen spent a decade navigating the pitfalls of criminal defense inside the walls of Gitmo. In the first installment of the Tortured Justice series, he paints a picture that’s both accurate and alarming.
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