The Tenth Justice: A Novel

ISBN: 0061535680

Author: Meltzer, Brad

Condition: New

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMeltzer has earned the right to belly up to the bar with John Grisham, Scott Turow, and David Baldacci. - People"A madcap mix of intrigue, romance and legal trivia. - New York TimesThe young attorneys who clerk for Supreme Court justices wield extraordinary power-privy to sensitive material that could prove disastrous in unscrupulous hands, making decisions that could change lives or destroy them. They areTHE TENTH JUSTICELanding a prestigious position as a Supreme Court clerk fresh out of Yale Law, Ben Addison is on the ultrafast track to success-until he inadvertently shares a classified secret with the wrong listener. And now the anonymous blackmailer who made a killing with Bens information is demanding more. Guilty of a criminal act, his golden future suddenly in jeopardy, Ben turns for help to his roommates-three close friends from childhood, each strategically placed near the seats of Washington power-and to his beautiful, whip-smart fellow clerk, Lisa Schulman. But trust is a dangerous commodity in the nations capital. And when lives, careers, and power are at stake, loyalties can shatter like glass and betrayals can be lethal.