Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presumption of Innocence | 2012 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 2 | Tribal Court | 2013 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 3 | By Reason of Insanity | 2013 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 4 | A Prosecutor for the Defense | 2013 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 5 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | 2013 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 6 | Case Theory | 2013 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 7 | Substantial Risk | 2014 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 8 | Corpus Delicti | 2015 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 9 | Accomplice Liability | 2016 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 10 | A Lack of Motive | 2017 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 11 | Missing Witness | 2018 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 12 | Devil’s Plea Bargain | 2019 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 13 | Diminished Capacity | 2018 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 14 | Homicide in Berlin | 2020 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 15 | Premeditated Intent | 2021 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 16 | Alibi Defense | 2022 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 17 | Defense of Others: | 2022 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 18 | Necessity | 2023 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 19 | The Interests of Justice: | 2024 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
| 20 | Under Duress | 2025 | Stephen Penner | Buy |
The David Brunelle Legal Thriller series by Stephen Penner is a twenty-book run spanning from Presumption of Innocence in 2012 to Under Duress in 2025. The titles draw heavily from legal terminology — Corpus Delicti, Accomplice Liability, Diminished Capacity, Alibi Defense, Necessity — which gives the series a consistent identity rooted in the courtroom and criminal law.
Stephen Penner kept a steady output throughout the series, publishing multiple books in 2013 and maintaining a roughly annual pace through the 2020s. Readers starting with Presumption of Innocence in 2012 have twenty complete entries to work through, with the most recent, Under Duress, arriving in 2025.