Cate Fante has just become a judge.  She’s smart and sexy and wears designer suits.  She leads a dark double life that she hides from everyone.  When, after her court ruling, the defendant kills the accused and then commits suicide, a very nosy detective uncovers her secret.  Soon, it’s splashed all across the tabloids, her boyfriend dumps her and she’s asked to resign from her post.  Poor Cate, her troubles are only just beginning.  Someone is out to kill her, and she’s wondering if she shouldn’t go to court herself and sue some people.  She’s running for her life and fighting her way back to the truth...if she stays alive long enough.  Cate is made of stern stuff and she won’t go down without a fight.  Even though she’s down, she’s got some good friends in her corner, one of which is a rather interesting member of the police force. 

Lisa Scottoline plunges us into the world of the courts, lawyers, judges and poorly paid clerks.  This story opens with a very exciting court scene that escalates to a first rate mystery.  Pulling no punches, Ms. Scottoline gives us a heroine who has a rather sordid side to her life, but who is not afraid to stand up and admit her mistakes.  She is willing to fight for what is right in spite of the rather stuffy opinion of others.  This reviewer was riveted to her seat reading this book and finished it off in one sitting.  She never saw the ending coming and in this reviewers opinion, this is the sign of a first rate mystery.  Ms. Scottoline dangles a few red herrings in her reader’s face, and keeps them in the dark in more ways than one.  This reviewer can recommend this mystery highly, it will leave you breathless.

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