Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legacy of Lies | 2020 | Robert Bailey | Buy |
| 2 | The Wrong Side | 2021 | Robert Bailey | Buy |
Robert Bailey’s Bocephus Haynes series features one of legal thriller fiction’s more distinctive protagonists. Bo Haynes is a former college football player who chose law over a professional sports career, and his physical presence is matched by his legal intelligence. Legacy of Lies (2020) and The Wrong Side (2021) set his cases in Pulaski, Tennessee, a small town with a complicated racial history.
The two books use the southern setting to examine how race, power, and justice intersect in rural America. Bailey, who practices law in Alabama, writes these dynamics with an insider’s understanding. The Bocephus Haynes series is shorter than Bailey’s other work but packs its themes into two tightly plotted legal thrillers.