title: Why Lawyers Suck!: Hacking the Legal System, Part 1
author:  Melody A. Kramer 
description: MELODY A. KRAMER is a veteran trial lawyer, speaker, author, and established innovator in the legal industry. She is also the founder of Legal Greenhouse, a think tank for innovative solutions to systemic problems in the legal/judicial system.
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  ## Devil's Bargain
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( Red Letter Days - 1 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Rachel Caine
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Jazz Callender — don't ever call her Jasmine is an ex-cop with a goal: opening
  her own private detective agency and proving her former partner is innocent of
  murder. Too bad no one will lend her the money. Until a sexy lawyer with the
  devil's own grin appears with an offer she can't refuse. $100,000. A savvy new
  partner. And an agreement to make any case arriving via red envelope a top
  priority. But if Jazz accepts, there's no turning back. Because once she opens
  that envelope, all hell's gonna break loose.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Devil's Bargin
  
  
  ## Rachel CAINE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![](images/cover1.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For all my kick-ass girls.
  
  
  You know who you are.
  
  
  Everything you do matters.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  _Chapter 1_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **S** ol’s Tavern was a place for serious drinkers.
  
  
  It had no elegant decor, no pretty people sipping layered liqueurs. Sol’s had
  a bar