La consulta SQL SELECT no funciona:no se puede encontrar el error

Necesita tres SELECT separados (y probablemente una búsqueda con comodines):

SELECT *
FROM tbl_books
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'
LIMIT 0,30

SELECT *
FROM tbl_books_author 
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'
LIMIT 0,30

SELECT *
FROM tbl_books_subject
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'
LIMIT 0,30

Si devuelve resultados compatibles, puede UNIRLOS:

SELECT 'book   ', title
FROM tbl_books
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'author ', author
FROM tbl_books_author 
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'subject', subject
FROM tbl_books_subject
WHERE title LIKE '%law%'
LIMIT 0,30