New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder
returns with a suspenseful and explosive new thriller about
a female judge and the one personal misstep that could lead
to her—and her family's—undoing.
It was nothing more than a one-night stand. Juliana Brody, a
judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts, is rumored to
be in consideration for the federal court, maybe someday the
highest court in the land. At a conference in a Chicago
hotel she meets a gentle, vulnerable man, and in a moment of
weakness has an unforgettable night with him. They part with
an explicit understanding that this must never happen again.
But back home in Boston, it becomes clear that this was no
random encounter. The man from Chicago proves to have an
integral role in a case she's presiding over—a
sex-discrimination case that's received national attention.
And Juliana discovers that she's been entrapped, her night
of infidelity captured on video. Strings are being pulled in
high places, a terrifying unfolding conspiracy that will
turn her life upside down. Her career, her family, and then
her life are on the line.
And turning the tables on her adversaries will require her
to be as ruthless as they are.