A. L. Shields

A. L. Shields

A.L. Shields is a pseudonym for Stephen L. Carter, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale, where he has taught for thirty years. He is also the author of seven acclaimed works of nonfiction and five bestselling novels. His first novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park (2002), spent eleven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

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The Church Builder
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The Church Builder
  • By: A. L. Shields
  • Narrator: Kirsten Potter
  • Length: 14 hours 32 minutes
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Publish date: November 05, 2013
  • Language: English
  • (88 ratings)
(88 ratings)
Small-town lawyer Bethany Barclay is struggling to piece together the final months of her best friend’s life. And as Bethany digs deeper into a complex web of lies surrounding her ties to the murder of her client’s son, she remains... Read more

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