John grisham witness to a trial summary11/17/2023 Jeri’s preposterous sounding charge is not backed up by proof but a series of compelling similarities. Though a loner, his court performance is as it should be, and even socially, he’s seen at the right places. At a coffee shop, Margie (real name Jeri Burke) presents a fantastical story of a sitting Circuit Judge in Pensacola, Florida, who is a serial killer! According to Jeri, Judge Ross Banick is a respected Judge, who on the surface is like any other. Lacy is skeptical but intrigued and reluctantly agrees to meet with Margie. Neither of them feels sure of what lies ahead, and are kind of feeling their way ahead in the darkness.Īt this juncture, Lacy’s life gets a boost when a woman who calls herself Margie (admittedly an alias) contacts her for a confidential consultation regarding a complaint against a sitting Judge. In her personal life, her boyfriend Allie, who is an agent with the FBI, is at a crossroads of sorts. Her personal case of compensation from the Mob which caused the accident is stagnating and ever her interest in prolonging her career at BJC is dwindling. Lacy is recovering from the tragic accident at the end of The Whistler, in which she lost her co-investigator from BJC, Hugo Hatch. The BJC is not in great shape due to constant budget cuts and an apathetic Director who has one foot out of the door. In The Whistler, it was a corrupt Judge who was benefitting from a mob-operated casino on Indian reservation land. The employees of BJC are not cops, but investigators, who, depending on the merit of the case, can involve Law Enforcement. There’s even a 0.5 in the series – Witness to a Trial! The BJC investigates complaints against serving Judges – malpractice, bias, corruption, etc. Lacy Stoltz and the fictional Board on Judicial Conduct (BJC), Florida are back with the next edition. Well, the master of legal thrillers is back in what is being touted as The Whistler Part 2 (following on from the success of The Whistler – 2016). My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – The Judge’s List Read the Goodreads Review of The Judge’s List here.Conclusion – Book Review of The Judge’s List.Plot Summary (Storyline) – The Judge’s List.Book Review – The Judge’s List – Another Great Read. Deakins is an award winning audiobook narrator and actor. Mark Deakins does an excellent job narrating the novella. The twists and turns of the plot are starting in the novella and so is the suspense. The novella is well written and is very concise. The defense attorney is in over his head and the prosecutor is out to make a name for himself by winning a death penalty case. The judge is conducting her first murder trial. The underlying villain is the person attempting to build a casino on the tribal land. The Trial is about a native American man who has been set up for the murder of his wife and his best friend by a paid assassin. This novella primarily introduces the reader to the key characters of the upcoming book. What is the book going to be like if one does not read the novella first? This is the prequel to “The Whistler”, Gresham’s new book due out any day. Now they spin it into a novella and sell it. In the past this would be the prologue of the book.
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