“Lawyers and Other Monsters” Launches 9/17/25!

Court is in Session:

โ€œOriginal storytelling at its best. A perfectly curated blend of wit, humor, and horror.โ€

German fans have been captivated by the Monster Lawyer seriesโ€”a wildly entertaining urban fantasy saga where courtrooms meet creatures, and justice gets a paranormal twist.

From his humble beginnings as a successful but jaded attorney, Daniel Beckerโ€™s transformation into a monster-defending legal sleuth has delighted fans with its sharp humor, unexpected heart, and wonderfully bizarre cases. Whether representing misunderstood magical creatures or bumbling through supernatural investigations, Becker is as flawed as he is lovable, and fans canโ€™t get enough.

โ€œA funny, warm-hearted, and surprising story. An unreserved recommendation.โ€

โ€œA light, easygoing read โ€“ entertaining, self-deprecating, and clever. Iโ€™ll definitely buy the next one.โ€

Critics praise Buckinghamโ€™s unique premise โ€” a lawyer who defends monsters โ€” as an โ€œoriginal and engagingโ€ blend of fantasy, crime, and comedy, full of quirky characters, magical chaos, and courtroom suspense.

โ€œMore suspense, more funโ€ฆextraordinary cases and creatures from page one.โ€

โ€œMonsters also have rightsโ€”and Daniel Becker is the lawyer to defend them.โ€

With every new installment, the series grows richer, stranger, and more hilarious. Readers and listeners alike love how Becker stumbles through his supernatural casesโ€”sometimes suspecting the wrong creature, sometimes biting off more than he can chewโ€”but always fighting for justice with a big heart and even bigger determination.

โ€œWonderfully unconventionalโ€ฆI love the mix of fantasy, suspense, and humor.โ€

Now in Book 3: Lawyers and Other Monsters, Daniel Becker must defend a pot-smoking dragon trapped in the Seattle Zoo, prevent a love godโ€™s deportation, and survive his own day in court as the defendant! With more twists, more magic, and even more monsters, the latest installment promises to be the most entertaining yet.

Review Alert!

Love coming across reviews like this one. Thank you, Susann Fleischer and Literaturmarkt!


Monsters have rights too!

Daniel Becker is a lawyer, and he is morally flexible enough that a steep career is outlined for him. Only one more step separates him from the partnership in the respected law firm. The ugly steamer case is just right for him. Several young people were partly burned away when smoking e-cigarettes. But Daniel is not supposed to represent the victims, but the manufacturer responsible for these tragic incidents. This could be THE chance of his life.ย 

Unfortunately, Daniel is not quite as unscrupulous as he always believed: That same night, Daniel believes the monster under his bed back. When he comes to the office in the morning, a client is already waiting for him there, a client he still knows from his school days, a client who has the same voice as his monster.

Brett Bremen, as the monster is called in the human world, needs Daniel’s help. He is accused of brutally killing a little girl. And as if that were not bad enough, the prosecution is crowned by the judge charges Brett for revealing his monster identity to a mortal. This is threatened with the death penalty. Fortunately, Daniel is a damn cunning advocate. And so he succeeds in the miracle: His monster client is considered innocent from now on. But this seems to seal the fate of Daniel’s career. Not only that very strange figures appear in his law firm, who also want his help. The monstrous judge also demands from Daniel to track down the real culprits – and makes it clear that failure is not an acceptable possibility …

Fantasy with the bang effect of a champagne cork – if you want to read something very special, you have to reach for a story by Royce Buckingham. These are a completely wonderful pleasure between two book covers. Hardly opened “In doubt for the monster”, you grin even wider than a honey cake horse. The American author writes his readers downright dizzy. You can’t help but be completely enthusiastic about your skills; and that for many, many hours, even days and weeks. His books are read in a continuous loop. The present one is a hit that not only hits like a bomb, but goes beyond like a rocket. Thanks to Buckingham, it’s finally over with dull afternoons and evenings. His works bring a lot and the best atmosphere to the booth!

Royce Buckingham’s novels: funny to roar, highly amusing and anything but zero fifteen or dull – in short: the wackiest reading fun you can ever get your hands on. Boredom does not come up with any sentence in “In doubt for the monster.” Rather, the action goes off like a rocket. So, be sure to enjoy this wild roller coaster ride from the first to the last page!

Susann Fleischer
24.10.2022

Book Tip: Nautilus – Fantasymagazin

“The lovable characters, who have already grown on you in the first part, together again provide entertaining and lively dialogues, which definitely contribute to a high reading pleasure.”

Dana Rotter, Nautilus – Fantasymagazin

Daniel Becker ist der Anwalt, dem Monster vertrauen! Fans phantastischer Literatur dรผrften bei diesem Satz direkt wissen, zu welchem Buch eine Fortsetzung im Blanvalet Verlag / Penguin Bรผcher erschienen ist. MONSTERANWALT von Royce Buckingham ist nun fast genau ein Jahr nach dem ersten Teil IM ZWEIFEL FรœR DAS MONSTER in die deutschen Buchhandlungen gekommen.

Wie schon im Reihenauftakt muss sich Anwalt Daniel Becker wieder mit allerhand รœbernatรผrlichem herumschlagen. Seine Kanzlei, die Anlaufstelle fรผr alle Monster, Dรคmonen, Geister und andere phantastische Kreaturen in und um Seattle ist, lรคuft finanziell nicht besonders gut. Da kommt es Daniel gerade recht, dass gleich mehrere Fรคlle auf einmal seine Aufmerksamkeit fordern: Ein glibbriger Ehemann, ein minderjรคhriger Dรคmonenhรผter, eine Meerjungfrau und ein Monster in den Gewรคssern rund um Seattle, das schon mehrere Schiffe zu sich in die Tiefe gezogen hat, sind nicht mal alle Probleme mit denen sich der Monsteranwalt rumschlagen muss. Zu allem รœbel wurde auch noch ein magisches Attentat auf ihn verรผbt. Wer trachtet ihm, zwei Jahre nach dem groรŸen Showdown mit einer waschechten Hexe, wieder nach dem Leben?

Nicht nur Daniel, sondern auch die gestaltenwandlerische Ermittlerin Martina, der sprechende Hund Dennis und Praktikant Phil sind wieder mit von der Partie. Die liebenswerten Charaktere, die einem schon im ersten Teil ans Herz gewachsen sind, sorgen gemeinsam wieder fรผr unterhaltsam-spritzige Dialoge, die definitiv zu einem hohen Lesegenuss beitragen. Durch die verschiedenen Handlungen wird es niemals langatmig, sondern bleibt immer kurzweilig und unterhaltsam.

Dabei bleibt aber die Spannung nie auf der Strecke. In jedem einzelnen Fall โ€“ allen voran natรผrlich der Mordanschlag auf Daniel โ€“ will man unbedingt wissen, wie es wohl weitergehen mag und was des Rรคtsels Lรถsung ist. Da fรคllt es schwer, das Buch aus der Hand zu legen. Die Aussage โ€žNur noch ein Kapitel…โ€œ beschreibt es wohl am besten.

Royce Buckingham, der selbst Jura studiert hat, begeistert, wie schon mit dem Serienauftakt, auch mit der Fortsetzung MONSTERANWALT. Die รœbersetzung ist wieder von Hans Link, der den spritzigen und mit Witz gespickten Schreibstil von Buckingham erneut wunderbar eingefangen hat. Es bleibt nur zu hoffen, dass Buckingham die Reihe rund um den Monsteranwalt Daniel Becker fortsetzen wird. Genรผgend Stoff fรผr weitere Geschichten bietet die Welt der Hexen, Dรคmonen, Geister und anderen Monstern auf jeden Fall – und das Ende lรคsst die Mรถglichkeit ebenfalls offen โ€ฆ

Dana Rotter | Nautilus – Fantasymagazin

Daniel Becker is the lawyer that monsters trust! Fans of fantastic literature should know immediately which book has been published by Blanvalet Verlag / Penguin Bรผcher. MONSTER LAWYER by Royce Buckingham has now hit German bookstores almost exactly one year after the first part IN DOUBT FOR THE MONSTER.

As in the series opener, lawyer Daniel Becker has to deal with all kinds of supernatural things. His law firm, which is the go-to place for all monsters, demons, ghosts and other fantastic creatures in and around Seattle, is not doing very well financially. So it’s just right for Daniel that several cases demand his attention at once: A slimy husband, an underage demon keeper, a mermaid and a monster in the waters around Seattle, which has already pulled several ships into the depths, are not even all the problems that the monster lawyer has to deal with. To make matters worse, a magical assassination attempt was made on him. Two years after the big showdown with a real witch, who will try to kill him again?

Not only Daniel, but also the shapeshifting investigator Martina, the talking dog Dennis and intern Phil are part of the party again. The lovable characters, who have already grown on you in the first part, together again provide entertaining and lively dialogues, which definitely contribute to a high reading pleasure. Due to the different plots, it never gets long-winded, but always remains entertaining and entertaining.

But the tension never falls by the wayside. In every single case โ€“ first and foremost, of course, the assassination attempt on Daniel โ€“ you really want to know what will happen next and what the solution to the mystery is. It’s hard to put the book down. The statement “Just one more chapter…” probably describes it best.

Royce Buckingham, who studied law himself, inspires with the sequel MONSTER LAWYER, as he did with the series opener. The translation is again by Hans Link, who has once again wonderfully captured Buckingham’s lively and witty writing style. It can only be hoped that Buckingham will continue the series around the monster lawyer Daniel Becker. In any case, the world of witches, demons, ghosts and other monsters offers enough material for further stories – and the ending also leaves the possibility open …

Dana Rotter | Nautilus – Fantasy Magazine

On Location with the Lawyer who Loves Monsters

Go on location in Seattle with Author Royce Buckingham. Royce, a lawyer who grew up loving monsters, takes you on a tour of the real places where events in his unreal story unfold in the Monster Lawyer series.

Im Zweifel fรผr das Monster (In Doubt for the Monster) is published in Germany. Book 2: Monster Anwalt (Monster Lawyer) comes out October 18, 2023. Rights available in all other territories.

Can’t read German? Listen to a live reading in English by Royce HERE.

A Monstrous Reading

Finally for my U.S. fans! A reading from my novel Monster Lawyerโ€ฆin English!

About the story:

โ€œIn the supernatural world there are eternal, immutable laws. And where there are laws, there are lawyers.โ€

Monster Lawyer

Danny Becker was bullied as a kid and terrified of his own shadowโ€”any shadow, reallyโ€”until he learned to use his words, grew up, and became a lawyer. Thirty years later, Danny wakes up to find the closet monster who tormented him all through his youth sitting on his bed. Turns out his childhood nemesis needs a lawyer. Even worse, Danny knows the creature is innocent and cannot in good conscience turn it away. What follows is Dannyโ€™s journey through the supernatural legal world of monsters and magic and his realization that he never really dealt with his true fears as a kid.

More fun that you can wave a wand at, Monster Lawyer is an atmospheric limited series set in drizzly Seattle with a strong set up, a unique secret universe, and a compelling character arc for an unlikely protagonist tending to the most underrepresented population in our most colorful underworld.

Industry note on rights:
Monster Lawyer is published in Germany as Im Zweifel fur das Monster (Blanvalet). All other territories available. The sequel is due out this fall in Germany and is also available in all other territories.

In Case you Missed it…

Had an amazing interview with fellow horror writer Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Hex, Echo) when I traveled to Munich in October.

Talked about my latest book, Im Zweifel fur das Monster (Monster Lawyer) and my approach to writing horror, childhood influences and why humor and horror fit together.

Special thanks to Moderator, Bjรถrn Springorum and Penguin Random House, Germany for the amazing opportunity!


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