Legal thriller

/lˈiːɡəl θɹˈɪlə/

/lˈiːɡəl θɹˈɪlɚ/

Legal thriller

a subgenre of thriller and crime fiction that typically involves legal disputes, courtroom drama, or investigations that revolve around the legal system

Examples

1. I write fantastical legal thrillers mostly.

2. When the show ended, Weil earned a main role in the legal thriller How to Get Away with Murder, which ran from 2014 to 2020, but she made time in her schedule to reprise the role of Paris for A Year in the Life.